Aug 06 2009
Rex Exploring Governor Run
State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex will move closer today to a gubernatorial run when he files paperwork with the StateEthics Commission that will allow him to raise money for the 2010 race.
Rex, the state’s only Democrat to hold statewide office, told The State newspaper on Wednesday he will rely on an exploratory committee to help him reach a decision on whether to run by early September.
Recent speculation had Rex, 67, sitting out the governor’s race.
Oh great. The man who has done nothing to improve public education in South Carolina and has instead preserved the failed status quo somehow thinks he will be the savior of all of our state’s problems? Pardon me for being more than just a bit skeptical.
