Then either Colbert Busch wins because of Sanford’s baggage and the voters in SC-1 take it back in 2014 with a better conservative candidate like Bostic...or Sanford wins and the voters in SC-1 primary him and kick him out in 2014 and replace him with a better conservative candidate like Bostic. Or if not Bostic, somebody else. Just not Sanford.
If he wins the special election, fine. But he needs to be gone come November 2014 one way or the other.
I liked the guy, I voted for him his first term as governor when I lived in Columbia, I was ready to support him for President if he ran. But I take it very seriously when a politician breaks an oath on a whim, be it “till death do us part” or “preserve, protect, and defend.” It shows an unfitness for higher office IMO, because if he breaks one, he’s very likely to break the other.
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Charleston and Myrtle Beach regions are experiencing the same demographic shifts that North Carolina and much of the nation have seen. If Sanford loses the special election, SC-1 is not an automatic pick up for the GOP come 2014. I am afraid that Mississippi and Alabama are the last two solidly red states. South Carolina is starting to get a purple tinge on the electoral map.
If Sanford wins this, he won’t get primaried in 2014..that’s the problem..