Posted on 04/22/2013 3:06:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
According to Public Policy Polling, anyway. Granted, polling is especially with a special election, because it’s difficult to really gauge what turnout is going to look like … but it’s kind of starting to look like, if any Republican could somehow possibly manage to lose this deeply crimson seat, Sanford could.
PPP’s newest poll on the special election in South Carolina finds Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch expanding her lead to 9 points over Mark Sanford at 50/41. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt polls at 3%.
Colbert Busch’s lead is on the rise for several reasons. She has a 51/35 advantage with independents. She’s winning over 19% of Republicans, while losing just 7% of Democrats. And it also seems that after last week’s revelations about Sanford that a lot of GOP voters are planning to just stay at home- while the district supported Mitt Romney by 18 points last fall, those planning to turn out for the special election voted for him by only a 5 point spread.
Sanford continues to be unpopular in the district with 38% of voters rating him favorably to 56% with a negative opinion. 51% say the revelations about his trespassing last week give them doubts about his fitness for public office. Interestingly the events of the last week haven’t hurt Sanford too much with Republicans though- 65% say the trespassing charges don’t give them any doubts about him, and his favorability with GOP voters has actually improved from 55/39 a month ago to now 61/32.
Yikes. This is all coming after the NRCC decided to jump ship and leave Sanford’s campaign to itself after last week’s revelations that he’s been caught violating his divorce agreement by trespassing at his wife’s home earlier this year, and big-name DC Republicans canceled a fundraiser they were planning to help out his campaign in the short space left before the May 7th election. And heck, with solid gold campaign tactics like this, who needs ‘em, anyway?
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford returns to the campaign trail next week and wants his Democratic congressional opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, to join him. …
The campaign released a statement Friday saying Sanford plans to make 15 stops in five days next week in the Republican-leaning district on the state’s coast.
“To date, my opponent has refused to do any joint public appearances or debate the issues for the benefit of voters in the 1st District,” Sanford said. “Without debate on issues we are getting what President Obama and Nancy Pelosi gave us with ObamaCare – pass it and then you can see what’s in it. Now it’s vote for Colbert Busch and then see where she stands on the issues.”
The Colbert Busch campaign did not respond directly, but said that the candidate, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, has her own aggressive campaign schedule for the coming three weeks. She has scheduled a full day of events in Beaufort County today.
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/04/19/2732462/sanford-to-travel-1st-district.html#emlnl=Morning_newsletter#storylink=cpy
And then, there’s this. I just can’t summon anything to say about this.
Usually, it’s Texans who are notorious for invoking the Alamo amid tough circumstances.
But this weekend, former Gov. Mark Sanford referenced the epic battle in a full-page newspaper advertisement in the Sunday edition of Charleston’s The Post and Courier. …
So Sanford is invoking the Alamo in his struggle to return to Congress:
“In March of 1863, there was similarly little time. A South Carolinian by the name of William Travis drew a line in the sand with his sword and simply asked those who would stay and fight, to cross it. His efforts, and that of those who died with him there at the Alamo, ultimately inspired Texans to come to the aid of their brethren and defeat Santa Anna’s army though they were outnumbered at the onset by six to one. I’m outnumbered right now, but will fight to the end toward freedom and financial sanity in Washington so important to sustaining it. …”
There’s a problem with this anecdote: the Alamo fell on March 6, 1836.
I don’t think I’m holding the bar too high if I don’t want my Republican representative to disappear from office and not let another soul know where he is in order to go screw his girlfriend in South America .
This shouldn’t even be close, what a clusterfrack.
South Carolina will be the next red state to go blue.
I hope SC Republicans/ Conservatives don't stay home during the election. I would hold my nose and vote for Sanford if I lived in SC.
Take it from a trapped resident of the deep blue state of Connecticut - DO NOT let the 'RATs even get a toe hold into your political system in the free state of South Carolina. Independent women voters in particular will weaken first, and - before you know it - SC will start looking like Colorado. Colorado was a fairly deep red state only about 10 years ago. It's sad to see how far Colorado has fallen...
"If Sanford were a Democrat his behavior would make him a hero (or better yet, a victim)."
Oh please like Vitter was voted out for being an admitted whore-monger. We really need to stop this foolish lie that our perverts and crooks are holier than their perverts and crooks. I trust none of them.
You obviously have a complete misunderstanding of my post. And are you calling me a liar?
Sorry if I misread your post and no I was not implying that you are a liar. However; I was attempting to spotlight the often posted fallacy that conservatives always throw out their trash.
I have to admit, I want this SOB to lose. We can get this seat back in 2014.
I just can't take another idiot, immoral RINO for SC. If he gets in, he'll stay in. I cann't stand this man whore.
Busch’s Fault!
No. We are the victim, with Sanford, of yet another pathological narcissist who seeks his “narcissistic supply” in politics. Sometimes I think Sanford’s problem may well be drugs. He’s just so painfully moronic.
Our choice was Sanford or Ted Turner’s son. There wasn’t much else, that’s why Sanford won 40% in the first primary. I’m sure there was some “operation chaos” on the part of the Rinos in this district who wanted to give Colbert’s little sister a chance at the seat.
After Tim Scott was tapped to replace DeMint, the race was on for our district. I don’t know if we had enough time to attract better. Either way, we’re stuck with Sanford over the liberal. I will do my duty, hold my nose and vote to keep the union-loving lib out of our seat.
Sorry, guys.
Keep faith and help him out that’s what I’m doing!
Yuk! It is better to try again in 2014 with a true conservative. Why allow him to win and be stuck with him forever. Get rid of him NOW so we don’t have to deal with him anymore. Her winning this seat does NOTHING in the House.
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