Thursday, April 26, 2012

South carolina primary

  • In early January, as the fight for the Republican presidential nomination kicked into high gear ahead of the looming South Carolina primary, Romney touted the endorsement of Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and co-author of the Arizona law.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • South Carolina Republicans no longer pick GOP presidential nominees the key elements remain for the state to keep the most important plum, its first-in-the-South primary placement.
  • (The Post and Courier)
  • Melvin Ingram is a rare defender, and you could get lost if you dont watch closely. (Getty Images) Pros: Ingrams primary attribute -- and the thing that shows on tape, over and over, to a ridiculous degree -- is his functional versatility.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Barack Obama has won the South Carolina Democratic primary, with 55 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton came in second with 27 percent of the vote, while John Edwards was third with 18 percent.
  • (Mister-info.com)
  • And yet the former Georgia congressman bounced back with the help of strong debate performances, winning the South Carolina primary and Georgias a few weeks later. He hoped to win other states in the Deep South, but it never happened.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Gingrich found the reversal his campaign needed in South Carolina, site of the Souths first primary. Defeating Romney there energized his campaign, but it invigorated Romney, too.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • We always thought we were the bright shining star of the South. Now we have to prove including the GOP presidential primary). Both sides are urging voters to the polls.
  • (Seattle Times)
  • the week he won the South Carolina primary. In other words, PEJ is not actually tracking how the press -- journalists, reporters, commentators, etc. -- are evaluating, ranking, spinning, etc., the campaign.
  • (News Busters)
  • successfully lobbied their national partys rules committee to endorse a plan that would keep South Carolinas GOP presidential primary as the first in the South.
  • (CharlotteObserver.com)
  • Newt Gingrich is dropping out of the GOP primary with more debt than any Republican candidate The campaign still owes the South Carolina Republican Party $4,400 for lodging. Former Gingrich campaign chief Michael Krull is owed $27,689.69.
  • (TPM)

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