Nine days from now, the respected voters of South Carolina will head to the polls for their primary, and John McCain appears to have the lead if we can believe the polls any more. I'm kidding. I still have faith in them, despite the New Hampshire fiasco.
But his lead reminds me of another South Carolina primary that cost him the election when he ran agains President Bush. That was my first presidential campaign where I spent a bit of time on the front lines with the candidates.
The Saturday before election day, GW called in the big guns for some help. This came from his little brother in Florida, who flew up with a bunch of supporters from Florida to go door-to-door an pass out Florida oranges and spread the good news. As I wandered with them from house-to-house, I absent-mindedly picked up an orange and noticed the label. Sunkist. Grown in California. Nothing like a bit of honest-to-goodness West Coast liberal oranges to spread the George Bush love.
I thought it funny at least.
And if you're wondering, GW comes by his charming personality naturally. Those Bush boys know how to work a crowd, and more than that they know how to work an individual.
Oh, and as for the primary in South Carolina this year, I have a feeling that McCain just might redeem himself. I don't want to sound like someone jumping on the bandwagon because Romney and even Huckabee both have good chances here, but South Carolina usually likes the establishment candidates. And in this case, I think McCain fits the bill.
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