Come on, South Carolina politics can be dirty, but did Elizabeth Colbert Busch really think her arrest for contempt of court in her long-ago divorce proceeding would not come out?
First rule of politics, above all in South Carolina, own your own dirt, don’t make someone else dig it up.
Based on this interview, via Gateway Pundit, Busch seems on the edge (did she really do it for the children?)
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Today is the election. We’ll update with results tonight. There is no good result, just bad and worse.
Update: Sandford Wins Easily.
Breaking – Sanford pulls it out #SC01
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) May 8, 2013
Congressman Mark Sanford. Again. That well worn path called the Appalachian Trail.
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) May 8, 2013
Good thing for Mark Sanford that Democrats won the culture war. #SC01
— Ed Carson (@EdCarson1) May 8, 2013
Not enormous implications for this, but any remaining red district Democrats have to run from Pelosi from now until November 2014.
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 8, 2013
Delusional. MT @gop: Congrats to Cong-elect @marksanford!His win is a clear victory for Conservative principles. #SC01
— Josh Relkin (@JLRelkin) May 8, 2013
DCCC response to Dem loss in #SC01 says Sanford now the face of GOP outreach to women
— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) May 8, 2013
SORE LOSER TWEETS –>RT @markos SC1 proves Republicans don’t actually give a shit about “family valies”. That’s just an excuse to hate gays
— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) May 8, 2013