McCain, Huckabee Push Palmetto State Win

By: Barbara Herring | WSAV-TV
Published: January 19, 2008

Neither snow nor sleet nor freezing rain will keep South Carolina Republicans away from the polls; at least that’s what John McCain and Mike Huckabee are hoping. They are in a statistical dead heat if the polls can be believed.

Parts of Upstate South Carolina are a freezing sloppy mess. In Myrtle Beach, those that made it to the polls found the process a sloppy mess as well. Reports state the electronic voting machines in Horry County failed so they switched to paper ballots, of which they ran out. Some claim they were sent away never having cast a vote.

A win in South Carolina would mean solid footing in the nomination climb for either McCain or Huckabee, giving one of them two important wins heading into Florida January 29^th and the 24 states of Super Tuesday February 5^th.

Many of the media wags are saying the state will be the death knell for Fred Thompson’s campaign. You wouldn’t know from his schedule, he spent the day campaigning at a gun show and will party tonight at USC’s Russell House.

While Mitt Romney is in Columbia tonight, his mind is on Las Vegas. Romney came out ahead in the Nevada Caucus vote today. Romney got 52% of votes but the big story out of the west may well be who came second, Ron Paul scored more votes than John McCain did among caucus goers for a second place finish in Nevada.

If you’ve been watching WSAV over the past two weeks you’ve seen just how much Ron Paul spent on advertising in South Carolina so tonight’s final could be interesting for the dark horse candidate.

McCain, Huckabee Push Palmetto State Win

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