Analysts: Tenenbaum set up for future races

[Freddie Stubbs]

Despite loss, credibility increased

By Henry Eichel

Knight Ridder


COLUMBIA - Inez Tenenbaum says getting 44 percent of the vote for U.S. Senate last week has made her "a viable candidate for other races."

In all probability, that means Tenenbaum, the Democratic state superintendent of education, is thinking of running for S.C. governor two years from now against incumbent Republican Mark Sanford, political observers say.

"She now has strong name recognition and an identity as an articulate spokesman to run against Sanford," said David Woodard, a Clemson University political science professor and Republican activist. "She's set herself up real well to run for governor."

But for Tenenbaum - or any other Democrat - to win, she would need the same kind of help from Sanford that then-Gov. David Beasley gave to Jim Hodges in 1998, said former state Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian.

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[MidwestTransplant]

1. Jim DeMint may be the dumbest person inthe Senate.

[WildClarySage]

2. He's certainly one of the most rabid.

gays and unmarried mothers... what an ass.

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. Yet he still was elected

:shrug:

[kayell]

5. Maybe. I voted on an ES&S no paper record machine. I have no idea how

my vote or those of my neighbors was counted.

[Dzimbowicz]

4. SC is my home and I love it

however, because of some of my neighbors, it can be very embarrassing. Yes, DeMint is sooooo dumb!