[elpadre]

Too many candidates dilute the electorate and Graham will win.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Is this fellow in any way, shape or form associated with Huckabee? If so, I smell a rat.

[Paladin2]

So, what is the strategery now on putting Linda down?

[Jim from C-Town]

From the article:

“If no candidate clears 50% in the primary this summer, the top two finishers will face each other in a two-week runoff election. The winner of the nomination is expected to cruise to victory in November in the Republican-leaning state”

[Slings and Arrows]

Very interesting.

[Shery]

Anybody google this guy, or does anybody on FR attend this church? I’m not against voting for a pastor, by any means, but, like another commenter said, if he is another Huckabee, then hopefully, he’ll not garner much support. Who IS a good candidate in SC, anyway?

[Wuli]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE South Carolina conservatives, do not yourselves, and do not allow outside-our-base-interests to, create a win for Graham in the GOP primary as a resultof an excess of official candidates against him on the ballot;

that’s how we got so MANY of the Romney primary victories in 2008; he won many of the primaries with mere pluralities, not majorities;

all it takes is a bunch of conservatives all putting their egos ahead of the pure objective of trying to beat our opponents, and we get a divided field of multiple conservatives who collectively lose to a “moderate” or Liberal RINO who wins with only a plurality, not a majority.

PLEASE, PLEASE South Carolina don’t do it.

[deport]

http://www.ironmanoutdoors.org/pages.asp?pageid=110404

deTreville F. Bowers, Jr.
Born: 4/14/52

Estill, South Carolina

Married to: Pauline (Polly) Wyman (of Estill)

Three sons - 2 daughters-in-law - 3 granddaughters

Undergraduate:

Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina

BA in Government, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa (1974)

Graduate:

1. University of South Carolina School of Law

Doctorate in Jurisprudence (1977)

2. Columbia International University

Master of Divinity (1995)

Practicing attorney for nearly 20 years (Federal, State and Municipal Courts)

Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

Preaching Pastor, Christ Church of the Carolinas, Columbia, South Carolina

The Real Scoop
Det Bowers is a guy who knows how to communicate with men! He’s rational, logical,
and not afraid to tell you where he stands on the issues. Det is the founding pastor
of Christ Church of the Carolinas in Columbia, SC. Det didn’t accept Christ until
he was in his 30’s. He left a successful law practice to attend Seminary and then
start a Church. Det has an entire media ministry called “Being Transformed.”
He’s widely know in SC for his television commercials where he commuicates the gospel
message in less than 60 seconds! And on top of all that, he has the coolest name
in Ironman Outdoors!

[stilloftyhenight]

Stop dividing the primary vote. It will ensure Graham’s re-election.

[Din Maker]

Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott, have had kind words for Graham, they have declined to formally endorse his re-election bid.
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It’s a shame that Rand Paul could not have been that smart in KY rather than endorsing Mitch McConnell.

[Din Maker]

Graham supporters were quick to highlight Bowers’ past support for Democratic candidates. Bowers was the chairman of Michael Dukakis’ 1988 presidential bid in South Carolina.
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WTF???? Oh, well, that will be one more person to draw votes away from Graham and force a run-off.