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What South Carolina Was Thinking

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Newt’s win was in keeping with the Palmetto State’s hostility toward elites. Mark McKinnon on Romney’s challenge from here on in.

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Hold the coronation.

South Carolina is tough political territory. it is hardball country. I remember when we arrived in South Carolina the day after George W.

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