Palmetto Political Passions
By GAIL COLLINS
NYT
The political sex scandal spotlight is on South Carolina, which has hogged that stage so much lately you’d think it would be willing to give somebody else a turn.
Maybe there’s something in the water. Or perhaps it’s difficult to maintain marital unions in the state that invented nullification.
Nikki Haley, a 38-year-old candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, has had an action-packed month. Sarah Palin endorsed her candidacy on the steps of the State House. She rocketed ahead in the polls. Then a blogger and former political consultant, Will Folks, claimed he’d had some sort of sexual relationship with her.
“If you were elected governor, do you think questions raised about your personal life would affect your ability to recruit jobs to South Carolina?” Haley was asked in a debate on Tuesday.
(More here.)
NYT
The political sex scandal spotlight is on South Carolina, which has hogged that stage so much lately you’d think it would be willing to give somebody else a turn.
Maybe there’s something in the water. Or perhaps it’s difficult to maintain marital unions in the state that invented nullification.
Nikki Haley, a 38-year-old candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, has had an action-packed month. Sarah Palin endorsed her candidacy on the steps of the State House. She rocketed ahead in the polls. Then a blogger and former political consultant, Will Folks, claimed he’d had some sort of sexual relationship with her.
“If you were elected governor, do you think questions raised about your personal life would affect your ability to recruit jobs to South Carolina?” Haley was asked in a debate on Tuesday.
(More here.)
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