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arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 07:21 PM Apr 2013

Poll: Colbert Busch Opens Up 9 Point Lead Over Sanford

Last edited Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch has opened up a 9-point edge over Republican Mark Sanford in the special election playing out in South Carolina's First Congressional District, according to the latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling released Monday.

Fifty percent of voters in the district said they will vote for Colbert Busch, the sister of satirist Stephen Colbert, in the May 7 special election while 41 percent said they will vote for Sanford, South Carolina's former governor who resigned in 2009 after it was revealed that he had been visiting his longtime mistress in Argentina when he disappeared from the state. Only 3 percent said they will vote for Green Party candidate Eugene Platt.

PPP's previous survey of the race last month and an internal poll from the Colbert Busch campaign released earlier this month each showed a toss-up between the two major party candidates. But it's been a tumultuous past week for Sanford, who's seen the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee announce that it will not spend any additional money on his race and his ex-wife, Jenny Sanford, file a lawsuit in which she accused him of trespassing and violating their divorce agreement. Moreover, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last week released a brutal ad mocking Sanford for his 2009 mistress scandal.


http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-colbert-busch-opens-up-9-point-lead

bwahahaha

"It turns out he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail. Which is a trail that starts in Maine and ends in an Argentine woman's vagina"
Jon Stewert

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Poll: Colbert Busch Opens Up 9 Point Lead Over Sanford (Original Post) arely staircase Apr 2013 OP
That's Why The RNCC Dumped Him... KharmaTrain Apr 2013 #1
i don't care for Jenny Sanford's politics (hell, she is a bigger rwer than him) arely staircase Apr 2013 #2
bombshell? nt arely staircase Apr 2013 #4
A Reference to a former Congressional scandal... KharmaTrain Apr 2013 #7
Gee, didn't see that coming..... louis-t Apr 2013 #3
when people here beat the "we cannot get anythign done drum" DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #5
It's a House seat, not Senate RudynJack Apr 2013 #6
Well, at least when he's told to "take a hike" Brimley Apr 2013 #8
oh yes he does arely staircase Apr 2013 #11
This is good news, hope her lead increases. Thinkingabout Apr 2013 #9
Yahooooooo! mercymechap Apr 2013 #10
"My Sister -- Great Candidate, or Greatest Candidate?" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2013 #12
Take A Hike, Mark!! lastlib Apr 2013 #13
k&r... spanone Apr 2013 #14

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
1. That's Why The RNCC Dumped Him...
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 07:25 PM
Apr 2013

...Rheinhold's gang doesn't have a lot of money to play with...especially backing more losers. Sanford was polling poorly in what should be a heavy red district and with his latest run-in with his ex (or should I say: tresspass) this just made people remember what an arrogant shitstain he is. Having his Argentine bombshell with him on stage the night he won the primary didn't help either...people don't like this crap rubbed in their faces...

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
2. i don't care for Jenny Sanford's politics (hell, she is a bigger rwer than him)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 07:32 PM
Apr 2013

but I applaud her for telling him to take a hike (pun intended). can you imagine her reaction when he asked her to run his campaign? jeez.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
5. when people here beat the "we cannot get anythign done drum"
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 07:52 PM
Apr 2013

consider that Steven Colbert founded a pac, used it to lambaste pacs, and may very well have a sister for a senator, who is to the left of the DNC.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
11. oh yes he does
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:00 PM
Apr 2013

"It turns out he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail. Which is a trail that starts in Maine and ends in an Argentine woman's vagina"
Jon Stewert

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