From Hotline:
Sen. John McCain rolled out two more SC endorsements today, each with a very recognizable name. Strom Thurmond, Jr. and Carroll A. Campbell, III will serve as state co-chairs of Straight Talk America. The son of the iconic ex-Senator was appointed US Atty by Pres Bush and is now in private practice. Campbell, son of the ex-congressman and gov whose political machine delievered the state in every contested SC presidential primary for two decades, is a businessman.
Gamecock may want to delve into what this means a little further…?These are huge names in SC.?
September 28th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Kavon
I will delve into this continuing troubling trend of establishment repubs in SC supporting McCain.
You know, during my years in SC was a democrat and didn’t have much contact with the GOP establishment naturally. I switched parties while in Atlanta and now live in Charlotte, NC.
I need to get in touch with some older repubs that I know and make a report. I have ahard timeseeing SC rank and file repubs voting for McCain in large numbers, but….
we shall see
more later
September 28th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
I wonder if the endorsement game is going to work as well in 2008 as it has previously. And I would claim from my experience in campaigns that endorsements are vastly overrated anyway.
Given the challenges our country faces, are voters really going to be interested in what the Bush, Dole, Thurmond, and Campbell families think in 2008? I would imagine the theme “fresh ideas and leadership” may be particularly potent in 2008, though perhaps that is equal parts hope and analysis on my part.