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Colbert turns his back on South Carolina over Sanford win: ‘I feel so betrayed’
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert lashed out at his home state of South Carolina for failing to elect his sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch to Congress, and re-electing former Gov. Mark Sanford (R) to the congressional seat he held before running for governor. “Folks, tonight I…
Mark Sanford defeats Elizabeth Colbert Busch in South Carolina special election
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) completed a political comeback on Tuesday by defeating his Democratic opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch. The Associated Press projected Sanford to be the winner of the special election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. In his acceptance speech, Sanford acknowledged “God’s role in all…
Reports of push poll tactics emerge in South Carolina special election
Democratic operatives on Wednesday alleged that congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert-Busch had been targeted by a highly-misleading and sleazy push polls. Two women active in Democratic politics told the liberal blog Think Progress that they received such calls . The push polls, which are designed to mislead voters with a phoney…
Colbert-Busch slams Sanford’s Argentina trip in debate
It took just over 25 minutes for the South Carolina congressional debate between Elizabeth Colbert-Busch and former Gov. Mark Sanford (R) to veer toward the personal on Monday. “When we talk about fiscal spending and we talk about protecting the taxpayer, it doesn’t mean you take that money we save…
Slumping Mark Sanford ‘debates’ picture of Nancy Pelosi
In a move out of the Clint Eastwood political playbook, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) engaged in a public “debate” on Wednesday with a life-size picture of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) while accusing Elizabeth Colbert Busch, his opponent in a May 7 congressional election, of ducking…
Elizabeth Colbert Busch wins South Carolina primary race
Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, has won the Democratic nomination for a South Carolina House seat by a landslide, while the former state governor Mark Sanford will progress to a Republican run-off. Polling took place on Tuesday in a US congressional primary race that threw together…
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