The Greenville News had an item today about a joint appearance of the two GOP candidates for lite gov, gubernatorial scion Mike Campbell and incumbent Andre Bauer.
Get a load of this bit at the end:
Both said the media had overplayed the conflict between Republican Gov. Mark Sanford and the GOP-controlled Legislature.
While some problems exist, Campbell said the solution is a matter of "sitting down and working things out."
Bauer said he would continue to serve as a bridge between Sanford and lawmakers, adding that negative news reports aside, "Gov. Sanford has gotten all that he asked for."
He has? This is going to be news to the governor. It’s also going to be news that Mr. Bauer has been Mark Sanford’s "bridge" to the General Assembly. But if it were so, it would explain a lot.
Mr. Bauer is a walking, talking argument for why governors should get to choose lieutenant governor nominees to be their actual running mates — which is the way Mr. Sanford would prefer things to be. But this should not go to Mr. Bauer’s head; it’s not a distinction. Much the same could be said of other lite govs I have known.
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Mr Bauer should be finishing up his community service hours around now,not running for,from or through anything.As far as the Gov and Legislature go,they deserve each other,just wish it didn’t include the rest of us.
Almost everyone I know thinks the newspaper exaggerates the the differences between Governor Sanford and everyone else. The work to a trite template of conflict, good guys and bad guys, and personality over substance. They don’t like Sanford. He is from out of town, a stranger compared to the permanent legislative bosses.
Lee,
The State endorsed Sanford for governor.
The State may have to endorse Sanford again, with the duds the Democrats have running.