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Ron Paul yawns at South Carolina, looks beyond
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Jan 18, 2012 10:39am |
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| Author | Juana Summers |
| News Date | Wednesday, January 18, 2012 02:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ROCK HILL, S.C. – In the run-up to Saturday’s South Carolina primary, the remaining candidates are vigorously working the Upstate, the Lowcountry, the Midlands and the Pee Dee.
Rick Santorum started Tuesday in Charleston and ended in Anderson. Mitt Romney has three rallies scheduled for Wednesday in Spartanburg, Rock Hill and Irmo. Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have also been busy with a series of town halls and meet-and-greets.
But amid the frenzied campaigning here, one candidate has been notably disengaged: Ron Paul.
While his rivals hit the hustings in South Carolina immediately following the New Hampshire primary — in Perry’s case, he was already here — Paul has taken a decidedly hands-off approach. After his second-place finish, he returned to his Lake Jackson, Texas, home, and didn’t show up in South Carolina until a Sunday evening appearance in Myrtle Beach.
Since then, he’s held just a handful of campaign events: a press conference to pick up the endorsements of three state legislators, and two town halls. He’s not exactly mailing it in, but he isn’t doing much to woo state voters either.
His listless approach to South Carolina isn’t going to change dramatically before Saturday’s primary: The Texas congressman is leaving the campaign trail Wednesday to return to Washington for a largely symbolic vote on the debt ceiling increase. Paul’s campaign says he’ll be back in the state Thursday morning, but that doesn’t leave much time for retail since there’s a debate scheduled that evening.
Paul’s campaign concedes that, up until this point, South Carolina hasn’t been a major focus. |
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