Found out that we have a Democrat running for the US House of Representatives from the 3rd District of South Carolina today, and I am so excited about this!
Lee Ballenger is a high school teacher and a Navy veteran who served during the first Gulf War. His website is: www.voteballenger.com. He is running against the incumbent repuglican, Gresham Barrett (who no doubt has a cousin named Barrett Gresham) - who was not even challenged last time!
I know that many Kossacks have written off the South, but let's not underestimate the level of disgust at the repuglican orgy of greed, incompetence, and general nastiness - even down here, people are beginning to realize how adversely they are being affected by the big-business-lovin', conservative-platitudes-spoutin', sticky-fingered kleptocrats of the GOP.
Haven't felt this good since 1999 - :)