Aug 26 2008
Possible 2010 Democrat Gubernatorial Candidates
State Democratic Party Chairman Carol Fowler listed off the five possible candidates who she thinks may compete for the Democratic nomination for the 2010 gubernatorial race in South Carolina.
That list includes:
• Joe Erwin, 51, a Greenville advertising executive
• Former state Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum, 57
• State Rep. James Smith of Columbia, 40
• Sen. Joel Lourie of Columbia, 45, a close friend to Smith
• State Sen. Vincent Sheheen, 37, of Kershaw
The only one of the five I am really familiar with is Inez Tenenbaumand she is a big no in my book. Tenenbaum ran in 2004 for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by then Senator Fritz Hollings (D). Tenenbaum lost the election to our current Senator Jim DeMint (R). Tenenbaum ran a dirty campaign and misleading ads attacking DeMint claiming that he was supporting a plan to implement a 23% Federal sales tax across the country. Well, that is partly true. She was referring to the Fair Tax legislation, which would implement a 23% sales tax on all new goods and services. What the ad conveniently left out was that it would replace the current Federal Income Tax, so we would no longer pay taxes on our income, but rather our consumption.
