A couple of notes regarding Sanford's win in SC.

[geek tragedy]

1) The polls probably missed because people were embarrassed to say they were voting for him.

2) This is a case of the voters behaving rationally (given their crazy policy views). Sanford is there to vote for their policy preferences. He's clearly a better fit for a Teahadist district in terms of how he will vote. Would you vote for Anthony Weiner or Peter King?

[gateley]

1. One commentator observed that when Sanford switched his campaign from "me"

to the policies, that's when it turned around.

Also heard a reporter say essentially what you did -- she spoke to voters who gave a lot of thought to their votes, really had a problem with Sanford's behavior, but in the end were more in line with his policies than with Colbert Busch's.

[peace13]

2. Look for remnants of the machine still kicking votes to Rethugs.

It sound like a perfect set up. The Rethugs say they aren't backing him but continue to pull strings on the count. The polls were wrong in Ohio and that was a result of election theft. I am always skeptical of exit polls not matching the outcome. Give KKKarl a call and see if he knows anything about this.

[GeorgeGist]

3. 3) ...

South Carolina is mostly ignorant.

[geek tragedy]

4. The state that elected Jim Demint with massive majorities.

Where Lindsay Graham is considered a moderate squish.

[treestar]

5. True.

I'm more appalled at his victory in the primary. The fact he is a hypocrite on family values and used public funds to see his mistress should have meant that the Teahadists were willing to vote for any other Republicans without that record instead of him. That is where their true hypocrisy lies.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. It was a crowded field (I believe)

it's easier for candidates like him to squeeze through a bigger field where he doesn't have to win as many votes. Republicans almost knocked off Dan Burton in the primaries in 2008 or 2010 but because there were so many people running against him (evidence of even Republican's disdain for him), he managed to squeak through an won another primary. However, he did not run again in 2012 and is, presumably (hopefully), permanently retired now.