[cotton1706]

Graham was to be protected from all sides, from the democrats and the republicans, because his is a reliable vote for everything liberal.

[cherry]

so is he already elected?...primary over?....

[Mr. K]

Redouble efforts!!!!

THIS DORK MUST BE DEFEATED IN A PRIMARY!!!!!!

[C. Edmund Wright]

Yep, and kudos to your sub headline…becuz this is damned sure exactly how they do it!

[ilgipper]

Boehner is the chief liberal republican protector. What an asset we have on our hands. Redistrict out conservatives two years ago, promote entrenched members who vote for personal advancement over principle. Fund the left-most Republicans. What a successful party up there in DC.

[Graewoulf]

A hold your nose PING.

[andyk]

Like everyone else, this reads like the primary is over. Dewey defeats Truman!

[Diogenesis]

G.O.P. == GAVE. Obama. Power.

The GOP is the party of Obama and Romney,
the party of ObamaCARE support and RomneyCARE support,
NO MATTER WHAT THEY LIE ABOUT WHEN THEIR LIPS MOVE.

[Servant of the Cross]

Classic "Incumbent Protection Program" strategy. The problem lindsey is your money and influence peddling can't buy votes. And in South Carolina ... they are WELL AWARE of your record, and they don't like it.

Graham isn't getting 50% and in a run-off, I like the chances of the closest challenger (currently Lee Bright). Hopefully, all of the national groups (like SCF, NRA, Tea Party Express, CFG, Heritage, etc.) are saving their gunpowder to shower upon the run-off challenger in the short two-week campaign between the initial primary and the final run-off election.

[MamaTexan]

LOL! Tea-Party-talking-point-of-the-day ALERT!

This has come across the feeds from several different sources in the last 15 minutes.

[TXnMA]

More SC G2...

[Servant of the Cross]

Far from pandering to the party’s tea party wing in order to get reelected, he’s challenging it head-on: Graham warns that the GOP is caught in a “death spiral” with minorities, says it needs to get real about climate change and defends his move to open debate on gun control legislation after a school massacre.

Hysterical. This pollutico "puff piece" on Grahamnesty challenging the Tea Party head-on completely opposes his campaign message that he really is a conservative.

These blatant contradictions are great fodder for ads by the challengers.

[onedoug]

There must be a lot of RINOs out there.