Lachlan McIntoshwas a Scottish American military and political leader during the American Revolution and the early United States. In a 1777 duel, he fatally shot Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence... (wikipedia)
We have candidates for seven of the nine races. None of these candidates are sacrificial lambs. They can all win.
The governor puts all his efforts into misleading people about the problem instead of fixing it. Adding 100,000 jobs over three years is a drop in the bucket to what South Carolina needs to get back on the right track. South Carolina needs a new governor.
Sanford's boasting over 'the state of the economy' neglects the facts that South Carolina has the second-worst employment rate in the nation and 151,617 South Carolinians are still without jobs.
This is not unusual. I think we'll have a great slate.
I'm glad at least some members of his party are supporting his re-election.
In some ways, that's a good thing. It means they can spend the spring raising funds and doing thing they ought to be doing.
He pushed it, pushed it and pushed it until it was an election year and then acted like he'd never heard of it.