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Joe Erwin for Governor?

ORANGEBURG, SC -- Outgoing SC Chair Joe Erwin was peppered with praise at the Dems' dinner. One of the most interesting accolades: On a tribute video, played at the dinner, Chris Dodd noted that Erwin would make a “great Governor” [NORA McALVANAH].

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For those of us that are South Carolina Democrats, this is not at all surprising. Many of us (myself included) have been watching Joe Erwin since he emerged onto the political scene in 2003 and believe he offers our party's best shot of ever getting back into the governorship. So keep your eye on him--we think he's one of the freshest, most charasmatic leaders Democrats have in the entire South.

Before you give him the Keys to the Mansion on Park Street lets remember he could not run the Dem Party Effectively and they lost all but one state wide seat on his watch…………

Joe is an ad man and puts on a great show - re debates. The reality is that the state party under his leadership and has been a disaster with losses of historic proportion, almost no support for candidates, no real vision or message and little money raised as he had to repeadedly write personal checks just to keep the lights on.

Nonononononononono! Opinionated blowhards don't have the temperament for governing.