First, we have this release from Nikki Haley:
Friends,With one week until Election Day, I am proud to welcome my friend Attorney General Henry McMaster to our campaign! General McMaster was a true gentleman on the campaign trail and I am thrilled to have him join our team.
You can watch General McMaster’s endorsement from this morning here.
Over the past few days, we have seen South Carolinians from all political backgrounds join our movement. The people are tired of arrogant, unaccountable governance and we are ready to take our government back! General McMaster’s endorsement is merely a reflection of the support we are seeing from across this state – and I am honored by the trust he has placed in me.
To help us build on these great successes, please consider contributing to the campaign today. I can promise you that we are spending campaign contributions wisely.Thank you for all your hard work on my behalf and I look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail soon!
My very best,
Nikki
Interestingly, that came over the transom (view transom here) AFTER I got this from S.C. Democratic HQ:
SC Dems: McMaster Endorsement Confirms Haley as Establishment Candidate
COLUMBIA- South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler released the following statement today in response to State Attorney General Henry McMaster’s endorsement of GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley.“It’s no surprise to South Carolinians that Henry McMaster would endorse Nikki Haley today. Mrs. Haley proudly represents the Republican Party establishment in South Carolina. As a devoted student of Mark Sanford’s School of Political Ideology, she would continue to promote the same failed policies and agenda of the Sanford/McMaster administration. South Carolina voters are tired of the GOP establishment and ready to take our state in a different direction under the leadership of Vincent Sheheen,” said Fowler.Paid for by the South Carolina Democratic Party – 1.800.841.1817 or www.scdp.org –and not authorized by any federal candidate or candidate’s committee.
Establishment candidate? Our Nikki? Them’s fightin‘ words!
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Exactly. This is what he needs to do each and every day between now and the election. Sheheen should never mention Nikki Haley’s name without appending the name “Mark Sanford” to it. Same with TV ads, Haley’s image should only appear simultaneously with Sanford’s. If he wants to win, he has to do this every single time.
Or maybe he could “accidentally,” repeatedly, refer to “My opponent, Mark Sanfor… I mean, Ms. Haley.”
Hey if it were me, I’d be liable to do it completely unintentionally…
Sanford would beat Sheheen today in an election. That’s the reality of South Carolina politics.
Sheheen will have to come up with something other than “I’m not Mark Sanford” in order to get out the vote he will need to overcome the built-in Republican advantage.
I’m afraid Doug has a point. Sanford is not as unpopular with the sheep in South Carolina as one would suppose. It may be the best strategy to link Haley with Sanford, but that will only get him to about 40% of the vote.
McMaster needs to back a winner to get a state job to earn his pension. Nikki is the front runner. Also, McMaster has staked out religious right ground, with his War on Gay Marriage, among other things, so he’s a natural for Nikki, who is more appealing to that sector, rather than Illegal Alien-hater, Gresham Barrett, who seems more old-fashioned 50s-style Republican.