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Title: Nancy Mace announces primary challenge against Lindsey Graham
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URL Source: http://www.unitedliberty.org/articl ... allenge-against-lindsey-graham
Published: Aug 5, 2013
Author: Jason Pye
Post Date: 2013-08-06 18:38:00 by We The People
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Nancy Mace, a businesswoman and the first woman graduate of The Citadel, announced on Saturday that she will challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in the Republican Senate primary in South Carolina. “I grew up during the Reagan years. I believe our fortieth president understood what being an American was all about. He was proud, resolute, and he was an eternal optimist. Our friends knew he would be steadfast and our enemies respected him.,” said Mace in a press statement. President Reagan helped regain our national pride, but he also left us with a powerful warning. He said, ’Freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction.’ He said ‘we must fight for it, protect it, and defend it.’” “I think those words ring true now more than ever,” she added. She explained that Washington is out of touch with the rest of America and that the federal government has become far too intrusive. While Washington is trying to solve all of our problems, Mace says that “we are still not better off for it.” “[I]n the last decade or so, our government has taken a significant turn for the worse. Americans are waking up to the fact that our freedoms are being threatened,” said Mace. “There are powerful forces in Washington that consider individual liberty passé and the Constitution dead letter.” “I believe our state desperately needs new leadership,” she added, “someone who truly understands the challenges before us and what’s at stake and is willing to fight for the principles that make America great.” Mace is branding herself as a fiscal conservative. On her issues page, she speaks against a government that picks winners and loser and supports “fixing” the tax code. She slammed excessive spending and warns of the “coming wave of entitlement costs that will bankrupt our nation.” On the economy, Mace explains that the role of the federal government isn’t to create jobs, but rather to foster an atmosphere via a free market in which businesses and employees can succeed. She is also holds traditional conservative views on a number of issues, casting herself as a pro-Second Amendment and pro-life. And while she supports the concept of immigration reform, Mace opposes the current proposal in Congress. Mace, a wife and mother of two, joins Richard Cash as the second Republican primary challenger to Graham. Mace’s candidacy still faces an uphill battle. Graham is a well funded candidate, having $6.25 million on hand for his re-election campaign. He has, however, slipped some among South Carolina Republicans. An April poll from Winthrop University found that Graham’s approval rating had dropped by 14 points, from 71.6% to 57.5%. Graham has done much to alienate conservatives in the Palmetto State. He came out strongly against Paul’s filibuster of CIA nominee John Brennan and refused to join a filibuster of new gun control measures in the Senate. He also support immigration reform in the Senate, which may not settle well among conservative in South Carolina.
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#1. To: We The People (#0)
Iwould welcome anyone to get rid of Graham. My mind always pictures him as madly pedaling his tricycle after his idol McCain! If Arizonians would only get rid of that piece of humanity!
Conservatives should take care not to overcrowd the primary and split the vote against Graham.
A third conservative challenger is entering the race to unseat South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. State Sen. Lee Bright, a libertarian-leaning Republican in the mold of former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, launched a campaign website Tuesday morning declaring his intention to run for Senate. “As a South Carolina state senator, Lee Bright has earned the reputation for being the most conservative leader in the legislature,” the site reads. “His impeccable voting record reveals a strong belief in Second Amendment freedoms, pro-life values, the advancement of civil liberties and fiscal responsibility.” “It’s time to take this proven track record to the U.S. Senate so South Carolina can lead the charge against the Washington establishment,” the site declares. Bright, who represents Spartanburg, will become the third challenger from Graham’s right to jump into the race. Nancy Mace, a businesswoman and the first female graduate of The Citadel — the state military college — and Richard Cash, a pro-life activist and former congressional candidate, have already begun their campaigns. The official announcement from Bright, which has been expected for months, will come next week. “We’re working on something for next week,” he said Monday, according to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Bright endorsed Paul in the 2012 presidential election and was one of three state politicians to tour the state with him in the days leading up to the South Carolina primary. He is also part of an unofficial caucus of libertarian-leaning state lawmakers that have sought to roll back government, clashing with Democrats as well as Republican Gov. Nikki Haley at times. Graham insisted Sunday that he will not tack to the right ahead of the June 2014 election. “I am going to keep being a social and fiscal conservative that focuses on our national security, takes care of our interests at home, like the Port of Charleston, working with my state officials, and be a conservative like Ronald Reagan who will sit down with a Tip O’Neill to solve America’s problems,” Graham said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
#2. To: We The People (#0)
#3. To: Thunderbird, We The People, rowdee (#2)
Lee Bright to become third challenger to Lindsey Graham
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote Third Party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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