South Carolina voters sent a message to their elected officials Tuesday: Experience counts ”“ against you.
As with primaries in other states, incumbents faced a tough year.
The results also show that a poor economy and an unhappy electorate have rendered conventional wisdom wrong and that Democrats head into November’s general election with their most viable chance at capturing the Governor’s Mansion and other offices in more than a decade.
I bet you are not surprised about such “wisdom;” I wasn’t either. Read it all-KSH.
“Haley has railed against the powers that be and said she will publicly criticize Republican lawmakers who oppose her, a Sanford tactic that created enmity with legislative leadership.”
Well, it looks as though the Reagan legacy is gone. “Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.” It was tactically effective, a strategy which the Democrats should be glad the Republicans have abandoned.