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It's not really our business here who the GOPhers choose as their next state chairman. For my money, I'd like to see them lure John Graham Altman out of retirement because that crazy SOB would surely drive lots of people into the arms of the Democrats. I don't know a whole lot about Rick Beltram except that other Republicans think he's nuts, and when crazy people think you're off your rocker, there's probably "some there there." Karen Floyd, of course, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Howard Rich. Her selection as chair would signal once and for all that the core mission of the 21st Century SC Republican Party is to pay white people to go to private schools, and it's not necessarily a bad thing for my side to make that fact perfectly clear. But the guy who scares me most, as a Democrat, is Kevin Hall - because Hall is the candidate most likely to keep Democrats in the permanent minority. I've known Hall for nearly 25 years, and he is as true-blue Republican as they come. Besides his ideological purity, Hall is one of the smartest guys I've ever known. He knows what makes voters tick, and he knows how to raise money. In a year when Democrats can make real gains with a lot of hard work and a little luck, we'd be damned unlucky if Republicans pick Hall.
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