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January 20, 2012

History Favors Romney in South Carolina

Todd Purdum, Vanity Fair


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The South Carolina primary has a reputation as the Bermuda Triangle of presidential politics: A vortex where strange things can happen, and often do. But even in South Carolina, the laws of navigation apply, and here is one that is often overlooked: The establishment candidate usually wins.

“I think a lot of punditry on this thing doesn’t make any sense,” said Bill Carrick, a veteran Democratic consultant who grew up in Aiken as a contemporary of Lee Atwater’s and now plies his trade in Los Angeles. Carrick hasn’t lost his drawl, or his familiarity with the state.

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