Graham's Support Tanking in South Carolina?

[ccharles000]

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s public support is collapsing in South Carolina – driven by a wholesale revolt among the GOP electorate and a steady erosion of his support amongst independents.

Already consistently loathed by a solid third of GOP voters, Graham’s recent leftward bent – including his co-authoring of a controversial “Cap & Tax” proposal supported by President Barack Obama and liberal Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) – has him locked in a “terminal free fall,” according one prominent Republican consultant.

“A chunk of the GOP has always detested him, but in the last month a damn has broken,” said the consultant, who was granted anonymity to discuss the impact of two recent polls that were conducted in South Carolina (one allegedly by Graham’s own advisors). “More Republicans now oppose Sen. Graham than support him. Independents are also deserting him in huge numbers.”

Even more troubling for Graham is there doesn’t seem to be a way out of the box. In fact, both polls reportedly showed that the more the national liberal establishment and local environmentalists rally to Graham’s defense, the worse things get for him.

That has sparked a heated debate within Graham’s camp as to how to best manage the situation.

http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/11/14/two-new-polls-show-graham-tanking/

[burning rain]

1. He doesn't have to stand for re-election until 2014....

so he needn't start worrying for a while yet. If Cap & Trade passes with his support, there will be plenty of time before 2014 for him to point out that the doom-sayers were wrong and it's worked out fine.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. I didn't know it was that far out.

Okay, I recant what I said below.

[brentspeak]

2. This is not good news, actually

As bad as Graham is, he's not nearly as bad a lot of GOPers who might replace him. And it indicates that S.C. is very far away to electing a Democrat into the Senate. They went from the excellent Fritz Hollings to the repellent Jim DeMint.

[phleshdef]

10. True. Compared to what the constituency there would likely replace him with...

...I'd prefer to keep Lindsay around.

[greennina]

3. What is "Cap & Tax?"

I follow politics pretty closely, but I've never heard of that one.

[ingac70]

4. "Cap & Tax" is CONservaspeak....

for Cap & Trade.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. I guess he won't be up for a while...

[krispos42]

7. "more the national liberal establishment and local environmentalists rally to Graham’s defense,...

...the worse things get for him"

Well then...

[cliffordu]

8. Bummer. I'm happy the irrelevant are truly becoming that.

[Phx_Dem]

9. Oh know. That's terrible.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Phx_Dem]

12. I just noticed mispelled 'no.' What a loser!

:crazy:

[ShortnFiery]

11. Why should we care? eom