{"id":19449,"date":"2010-05-30T08:10:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T08:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian-republican-briefs-nikki-haley-comes-through-rand-paul-new-poll-numbers-solid\/"},"modified":"2010-05-30T08:10:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T08:10:22","slug":"libertarian-republican-briefs-nikki-haley-comes-through-rand-paul-new-poll-numbers-solid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/libertarian-republican-briefs-nikki-haley-comes-through-rand-paul-new-poll-numbers-solid.php","title":{"rendered":"Libertarian Republican briefs – Nikki Haley comes through, Rand Paul new poll numbers solid"},"content":{"rendered":"

LR FOLLOW-UP<\/strong><\/p>

From Eric Dondero:<\/p>

Updates on two very important news stories we've been following feverishly here at Libertarian Republican:<\/p>

Firstly, looks like it's all crashing down around SC political trouble-maker Will Folks. RedState has the goods. Seems he was on someone's payroll after all. This last-minute attack on libertarian-leaning Republican and frontrunner for SC Gov. Nikki Haley has failed. <\/p>

From Erick Erickson, RedState<\/a>:<\/p>

The consultant who last year was telling people about Will Folks’ story worked or works for Andre Bauer. Bauer himself admitted this week he has known about the rumor for a year... another blogger notes this: “Bauer seems to have cut some kind of deal with blogger Bill Folks.”<\/p>

Three days before the Palin endorsement, Folks is singing the Bauer campaign’s praises.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Sadly, Lt. Gov. Bauer is a libertarian-leaning Republican, and one whose candidacy had been looked upon positively by Libertarian Republican. <\/p>

As if there's not enough irony in this whole sordid tale, it now appears that there's a strong likelyhood that both libertarian-leaning Republicans Nikki Haley and Andre Bauer will face each other in the run-off. From Josh Painter at Texans for Palin<\/a>:<\/p>

South Carolina voters don't appear to be buying claims made by blogger and political operative Will Folks that he had an affair with state Rep. Nikki Haley. A new InsiderAdvantage\/Statehouse Report poll shows Haley, who has the endorsement of Sarah Palin, with a 10.6 percent lead over Andre Bauer, in the GOP primary race for governor. Just before Folks' made his allegations earlier this week, a poll showed that Haley had jumped into the lead by nearly 10 points, so, despite the negative press coverage, her lead has actually grown.<\/p>

Results of the poll show Haley ahead with 31.3 percent, followed by Bauer in second place at 20.7 percent. Gresham Barrett had 14.1 percent, and Henry McMaster 13.8 percent.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Secondly, some poll numbers have been released since the Rand Paul civil rights law flap hit last week. Seems Paul is holding steady in the Kentucky Senate race with a 3% lead over Democrat Ken Conway. <\/p>

The poll was conducted by far leftwing Daily Kos. So, a 3% lead, can be viewed as decent considering all that has gone on this past week. <\/p>

Amazingly, others on the far left<\/a> are trying to conjure up another \"Rand Paul scandal.\" Seems he made some comments on a foreign television interview a while back, and said he believes children born to illegal immigrants should not be given automatic citizenship status; that they should earn it. Presumably that could mean a stint in the military, or passing a citizenship\/history test, or maybe paying a small fine. <\/p>

But the bombastic headline at CNN<\/a> reads: TRENDING: Paul says No citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants.<\/p>

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