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mercuryblues

(14,457 posts)
31. this is what I
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 09:33 AM
Dec 2012

don't understand. He has always stated he would be a two term senator. Quitting in the middle of his 2nd term is not a good idea if he had planned on a presidential run. Demented is an obnoxious ass. There is something definitely suspicious about his quitting. I always suspected either him or his supporters were behind the Greene fiasco. He was not polling well against Rawl, a whoola! Rawl loses the primary to someone who didn't even have a web site, no ads, and no campaign at all. How convenient for Demented.

All I hear is that his is a safe republican seat. Of course he won his last election by a landslide; his opponent was A. Greene, who had criminal charges pending for felony obscenity. If SC had a strong Democratic Party leadership the political makeup of the state might look different. This seat was held by a dem, from 1980 to 2004 until Hollings retired. It is possible to regain this seat, if the state and national party invest in the race, not just with money but get some heavy hitters to campaign for whoever runs.

It's about the money. Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #1
nobody makes more than a senator Always Randy Dec 2012 #4
There are probably a million people that make more than a Senator. former9thward Dec 2012 #8
Uh....he's going to make $1.1 million DrToast Dec 2012 #14
I posted another thread about this fishy story, still have no idea. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #2
interesting. Sunlei Dec 2012 #7
IMO, he's a Koch-puppet, making this a Koch-solidation over at Heritage Foundation. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #3
he still won''t be driving the bus Always Randy Dec 2012 #5
agree something is fishy, they 'created' a cushie position for him and we probably will never know. Sunlei Dec 2012 #6
Maybe his friends in Honduras aren't such nice people after all? Coyotl Dec 2012 #9
friends in Honduras? Sunlei Dec 2012 #13
I think many of these guys who are just about right wing corporate money might be running busterbrown Dec 2012 #10
C Street ?????? blue_heron Dec 2012 #11
He is running for President in 2016 sellitman Dec 2012 #12
I think you've hit on it customerserviceguy Dec 2012 #26
His term expires in 2014..... MzShellG Dec 2012 #15
His term expires in 2016. He was most recently elected in 2010. onenote Dec 2012 #17
I stand corrected..... MzShellG Dec 2012 #20
Miss Lindsay's term expires in 2014. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #35
True. Youre right. MzShellG Dec 2012 #37
He's emulating Sarah Palin Generic Brad Dec 2012 #16
I think its pretty simple onenote Dec 2012 #18
thank you for your think on this Always Randy Dec 2012 #19
this is what I mercuryblues Dec 2012 #31
You're right to be suspicious -- I don't think it's a simple matter of more money rocktivity Dec 2012 #21
"Dead girl or live boy?" is some of the speculation. Kennah Dec 2012 #22
Time to bust out the genetic testing for all half-white/half-black kids in South Carolina YayArea Dec 2012 #23
Nah - he can't do much in the minority quaker bill Dec 2012 #24
He's broke by Congressional standards - net worth only $40k Jersey Devil Dec 2012 #25
Does Heritage usually give out the information on salaries? Frustratedlady Dec 2012 #27
Linda McMahon spent 100 mill to get in in CT and failed Always Randy Dec 2012 #28
You seem to have it backwards. bornskeptic Dec 2012 #30
This does NOT have to do with money... brooklynite Dec 2012 #29
The Appalachian Trail is just a few miles away from Greenville Always Randy Dec 2012 #32
He is an ideologue not a legislator hack89 Dec 2012 #33
With Delay taking his $8M parachute, there's an opening for the role of... JHB Dec 2012 #34
only one good thing to say about "Jim DeMented" pbrower2a Dec 2012 #36
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