Gettin’ ready for the rumble
The Hotline gives a good lead up to the Spartanburg County straw poll taking place tonight. Check it out:
By most measures, tonight’s Spartanburg County GOP WH ’08 straw poll is not a big deal, despite being the first of its kind in South Carolina. Party leadership expects between 1200 and 1500 to show up tonight (what one local activist called “the core of the base”), but that only boils down to a handful of people at each of Spartanburg County’s 92 participating precincts. Nonetheless six campaigns have sent out mailers, some have bought advertisements, and others have sent campaign staff to the area in preparation for tonight’s event.
So what would make news at tonight’s straw poll?
Check out the full article here.
