I thought if we got rid of zero all the czar positions died with him? I hope SC can get rid of that blight.
I agree, he needs to be given the boot, and the people of SC will try to vote him out. However, they tried in 2008, but the SC GOP establishment backed him, and his primary challengers never came close.
This is sheer speculation, but gaming this out a bit further, if the GOP nominee defeats Obama next year, that same SC GOP establishment is still going to be in power and they'll still back Lindsey. I just don't believe that it's a slam dunk that the SC Tea Party will be able to defeat him.
However, should Obama be re-elected, the SC GOP's fortunes take a steep dive, and Graham think he's in trouble, my speculation is that he's quite capable of pulling a Jim Jeffords cross-the-aisle switch and helping the Dems in exchange for a place in the Obama administration, all in the spirit of "bi-partisan co-operation" and all that.
Regarding the czar positions, You'd think that if Zero is out they'd be gone, but the precedent for their existence has been set, and I wouldn't underestimate the tenacity of entrenched bureaucracies for self-preservation. Power without accountability is like a highly addictive drug to both the DEM and GOP elites.