Leroy Chapman, government and politics editor at The State, the largest newspaper in South Carolina, checks in each week in November to discuss issues in the presidential primary race.
I grew up in Georgia, and was raised a hard-core Democrat. My tri-state friends were shocked to discover this - as I was shocked to find that they were Republicans. Over time, I've come to understand that they and I are moderates. In the South, the Republican party is more extreme and the Democtratic party is more centrist. Up North, the reverse is true. I wonder if that is effecting how the Democtratic candidates are playing in SC. Clinton seems more moderate to me than Obama - but that's just an early impression.
Nov. 15 2007 10:55 AM
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Casey
from Brooklyn
I am a Louisiana ex-pat living, working, and going to school in New York. This article from the WSJ was passed on to me last week and I feel that it genuinely reflects a new attitude of a seemingly tired louisiana.
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I grew up in Georgia, and was raised a hard-core Democrat. My tri-state friends were shocked to discover this - as I was shocked to find that they were Republicans. Over time, I've come to understand that they and I are moderates. In the South, the Republican party is more extreme and the Democtratic party is more centrist. Up North, the reverse is true. I wonder if that is effecting how the Democtratic candidates are playing in SC. Clinton seems more moderate to me than Obama - but that's just an early impression.
I am a Louisiana ex-pat living, working, and going to school in New York. This article from the WSJ was passed on to me last week and I feel that it genuinely reflects a new attitude of a seemingly tired louisiana.
Ps- we now have Hindu Catholic Republican.
http://online.wsj.com/wsjgate?subURI=%2Farticle%2FSB119337026410472686-email.html&nonsubURI=%2Farticle_email%2FSB119337026410472686-lMyQjAxMDE3OTAzOTMwNzkwWj.html
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