September 20, 2006
The Daily Troika: '08 Buzz
SC: Forget about the Dems. The real action in SC is now within the GOP. Almost sorta like the pre-civil rights South when the Dem primary was tantamount to election. Here's a good primer, courtesy of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
Call it Republicannibalism. With not enough Democrats around to make a good snack, Republicans have turned to eating their own. Prosperity, says Winthrop University political science professor Scott Huffmon, is the root cause. The same conflicts existed when Republicans were in the minority, Huffmon said, but they took a backseat to the goal of overthrowing the Democrats. "With the Republican Party being so dominant, all these minor fissures are opening up into great gulfs," Huffmon said. "It's the curse of power -- all the things that were secondary and tertiary when a party is in the minority become large divisions when they come to power."SC: Why so down on Democrats? Read this. Tommy Moore (D) won't attend the NAACP forum in Augusta, GA because it's ... not in SC. But Gov. Mark Sanford (R) will.
SC: A major gun rights activist in South Carolina declares: "Friends, Mike Huckabee is the real deal."
MI: Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk America now has the GOP's Senate nominee from Michigan in 2002, Andrew Raczkowski, Allegan Co. GOP chair Gerry Hildenrband, and MI GOP secretary Hank Fuhs. All will serve as co-chairs of the PAC's Veterans Organizational Committee.
IA: Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner (D) echoed a GOP refrain, saying: "It's been five years without a terrorist attack on our country" (Quad City Times).
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*It's actually the Spartanburg Herald-Journal rather than the Herald-Gazette.
Laurin Manning | 09.20.06 02:08 PM
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