By Javan Browder
It’s becoming more and more clear that Senator Lindsey Graham is on shaky ground with the GOP electorate in SC. Multiple county GOP groups have recently passed censure measures against him, and by overwhelmingly large margins, with other counties soon to vote on similar censure measures.
A recent poll conducted
by Landmark Communications and Rosetta Stone Communications showed that
Graham only reaches 42% of the vote against his field of primary
challengers, and still falls short of 50% against any of them in a head
to head matchup.
Adding to voter frustration over Graham, is his recent vote in favor
of cloture on the Senate version of the Harry Reid amended CR bill which
allowed full funding for Obamacare, something the House had stripped
out in its version before sending it to the Senate. The cloture vote
required at least 60 votes, so it could not pass without at least 6
republican votes, and once cloture was invoked it meant that the bill
would be voted on as is with the Obamacare funding and only need 51
votes to pass. Many conservatives believe the process was a setup
between the powers that be in both parties. That was the main purpose of
Senator Ted Cruz’s 21 hour filibuster,
to try and bring attention to the fix. Though Graham did vote against
the actual bill, by voting for cloture, many conservatives feel that he
cast a de-facto vote in favor of Obamacare funding.
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