A Palmetto Journal analysis of contributions to federal candidates over the past 20 years by Republican gubernatorial candidates turned up some interesting facts. The two most notable ones involved Lieutenant Governor Bob Peeler and Attorney General Charlie Condon. When both were nominated for their current positions in 1994, an article in The State pointed out that the top 3 GOP nominees (including David Beasley) had all been Democrats less than 5 years before. In 1988, Al Gore ran for President as a moderate Democrat. In fact, at that point Gore's voting record indicated him to be staunchly pro-life (before his...