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Erasing a 9-point deficit, disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford (R) has narrowly pulled ahead of Democratic rival Elizabeth Colbert Busch in South Carolina’s widely-watched special congressional election, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey released Sunday night.
Conducted on May 4 and 5, the poll of 1,239 likely voters in Tuesday’s special election for the state’s open 1st congressional district seat, shows the scandal-tarred Sanford leading Colbert Busch by a margin of 47 percent to 46 percent — well within the poll’s 2.8 percent margin of error.
Public Policy Polling described the race as “too close to call.”
“The special election in South Carolina couldn’t be much closer,” said Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling. “At this point it’s just a question of whether voters are more put off by Mark Sanford or the Democrats in Washington.”
The Green Party’s Eugene Platt, a longtime member of the James Island Public Service District Commission, is poised to poll the difference in the race. Hoping to break into the low double-digits in Tuesday’s hard-fought contest, the 74-year-old Platt was favored by four percent in the poll.
Ahh, the buzz. You know, it completely riddles the mind how one citizen can argue in great and loud opposition to Mr. Sanford’s ethics, and in the same argument, hail Mr. Clinton’s progress of success during his service in office, never mind his sexual scandals and numerous false testimonies regarding them, or hail Ms. Pelosi, regardless of her poor judgment and obscenely unethical abuse and disregard of informative, crucial representative voting. Either personal ethics plays a role in a citizen’s voting choice, or it doesn’t. Clearly, such convenience-minded voters of the forked-tongue variety base their own choices on party alone. And, of what ethical variation would that be?
The good of our nation, in all aspects, to include deficit reduction, job creation, military strength & protection, constitutional adherence and pride-of-country should be paramount considerations when casting our votes. Personal discretions should also be taken into account based on history, lawfulness, honesty and redemption. One discrepancy, nor one success does not define a human. Many, however, do, on both counts.