Tonight: A Three-Way Liveblog of the South Carolina Primary
Tonight, Matt Hurley and Mark Garbett of Weapons of Mass Discussion, along with yours truly, will be liveblogging the results out of South Carolina.
Based on the history, the Palmetto State’s primary is probably the most important one held to date on the GOP side. That’s because “From its inception in 1980 through the election of 2000, the winner of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary has gone on to win the nomination.” We won’t know for several weeks, and maybe months, whether that streak will remain intact (Rudy Giuliani surely hopes not), but there can be no doubt that tonight’s results will have a huge impact in determining the ultimate GOP nominee.
On the Dem side, the open question, which will be resolved next weekend, not tonight, in SC, is whether this will be Hillary Clinton’s first non-caucus loss, and if so, by how much. The polls indicate that a double-digit thrashing at the hands of BOOHOO (Barack O-bomba Overseas Hussein “Obambi†Obama) is quite possible. Of course, that’s what the polls predicted in New Hampshire, and we know how that turned out. A side issue: How badly John Edwards will be embarrassed in his home state. News out of Nevada today is that things are getting VERY testy between the candidates and their campaigns.
Tonight, we will be doing Certs breath mints one better, as we will have three, three, three liveblogs in one:
- At Matt’s and Mark’s place.
- Here at BizzyBlog.
- Over the Internet airwaves at Matt’s and Mark’s TIB (Truth In Blogging) Radio (click on link at the top right at Weapons of Mass Discussion).
The polls close at 7 PM, liveblogging will begin at about 6:30. TIB will go live at 7 PM.
