red states rule
05-08-2013, 02:11 AM
Much to the dismay of the liberal media and some conservatives - Mark Sanford will be returning to DC
It was a blowout and Dems flushed alot of money down the toilet
Remember when Elizabeth Colbert-Busch was supposedly leading Mark Sanford by nine points (http://elections.firedoglake.com/2013/04/22/colbert-busch-holds-nine-point-lead-over-sanford/) two weeks ago? And when the race was "tied (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/06/poll-sanford-colbertbusch-tied-on-special-election-eve-n1588160)" yesterday? Yeah, not so much.
Sanford overcame copious personal baggage to regain his old Congressional seat -- and it wasn't even close. Sanford bested comedian Stephen Colbert's sister by nine points, carrying all five counties (http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2013/mark-sanford-vs-elizabeth-colbert-busch-sc1?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008) in the district. How did he pull off this cake-walk "upset"? Three explanations: Hard work, Nancy Pelosi, and the district. The Campaign Spot's Jim Geraghty chronicled (http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/347519/mark-sanfords-10-event-campaigning-days) Sanford's work ethic:
If Mark Sanford succeeds in his improbable comeback tomorrow, a lot of people will be asking, “How did he do it?” A serious answer will be: “He just outworked his opponent.” Earlier today, Dave Weigel tweeted (https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/331395658210762753), “Sanford has 5 campaign stops today — one avail already — before Colbert Busch’s first event.” Sanford has eleven public events scheduled today; Colbert Busch has five. The week of April 22, he did 15 public events. She did six in those five days, according to her campaign’s web site. He did three public events Wednesday; she did one. He did three public events Thursday; she did none. He did ten events public Saturday, she did five.
As I mentioned (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/06/poll-sanford-colbertbusch-tied-on-special-election-eve-n1588160) on election eve, Sanford's decision to campaign against Nancy Pelosi -- almost literally (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/01/sanford-focused-on-pelosi-in-run-up-to-vote/) -- was a savvy play. The strategy paid dividends:
She's the other woman in a special congressional election in South Carolina that's captured national attention....No. We're not talking about Maria Belen Chapur, the woman from Argentina who in 2009 was involved in an affair with Gov. Mark Sanford. The other woman we're talking about is actually House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who the Sanford campaign has repeatedly tied to Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert and Sanford's Democratic opponent in next Tuesday's special election...Sanford has repeatedly brought up the former House Speaker recently, and last week even debated a cardboard cutout poster of Pelosi to call out Colbert Busch for not accepting more than one debate.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/07/comeback-sanford-blows-out-democratic-opponent-in-special-election-n1590649
It was a blowout and Dems flushed alot of money down the toilet
Remember when Elizabeth Colbert-Busch was supposedly leading Mark Sanford by nine points (http://elections.firedoglake.com/2013/04/22/colbert-busch-holds-nine-point-lead-over-sanford/) two weeks ago? And when the race was "tied (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/06/poll-sanford-colbertbusch-tied-on-special-election-eve-n1588160)" yesterday? Yeah, not so much.
Sanford overcame copious personal baggage to regain his old Congressional seat -- and it wasn't even close. Sanford bested comedian Stephen Colbert's sister by nine points, carrying all five counties (http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2013/mark-sanford-vs-elizabeth-colbert-busch-sc1?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008) in the district. How did he pull off this cake-walk "upset"? Three explanations: Hard work, Nancy Pelosi, and the district. The Campaign Spot's Jim Geraghty chronicled (http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/347519/mark-sanfords-10-event-campaigning-days) Sanford's work ethic:
If Mark Sanford succeeds in his improbable comeback tomorrow, a lot of people will be asking, “How did he do it?” A serious answer will be: “He just outworked his opponent.” Earlier today, Dave Weigel tweeted (https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/331395658210762753), “Sanford has 5 campaign stops today — one avail already — before Colbert Busch’s first event.” Sanford has eleven public events scheduled today; Colbert Busch has five. The week of April 22, he did 15 public events. She did six in those five days, according to her campaign’s web site. He did three public events Wednesday; she did one. He did three public events Thursday; she did none. He did ten events public Saturday, she did five.
As I mentioned (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/06/poll-sanford-colbertbusch-tied-on-special-election-eve-n1588160) on election eve, Sanford's decision to campaign against Nancy Pelosi -- almost literally (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/01/sanford-focused-on-pelosi-in-run-up-to-vote/) -- was a savvy play. The strategy paid dividends:
She's the other woman in a special congressional election in South Carolina that's captured national attention....No. We're not talking about Maria Belen Chapur, the woman from Argentina who in 2009 was involved in an affair with Gov. Mark Sanford. The other woman we're talking about is actually House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who the Sanford campaign has repeatedly tied to Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert and Sanford's Democratic opponent in next Tuesday's special election...Sanford has repeatedly brought up the former House Speaker recently, and last week even debated a cardboard cutout poster of Pelosi to call out Colbert Busch for not accepting more than one debate.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/05/07/comeback-sanford-blows-out-democratic-opponent-in-special-election-n1590649