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Spoa
02-17-2013, 08:06 PM
According to the South Carolina Liberty Caucus (bolded is Mark Sanford)


Nash, Sanford, Grooms, and Kuhn Get Top Marks on FreedomWorks Voter Guide
On February 16, 2013, in In the News, by Daniel Encarnacion | Jump to Comments | Leave a Response
On Saturday’s Freedomworks 1st Congressional District special election primary voter guide, Ray Nash got top marks in a scorecard prepared jointly by Freedomworks and several grassroots tea party and liberty groups, including the Republican Liberty Caucus.

The scorecard was based on answers to 20 questions with vetting panels of five members scoring each candidate on a 1-5 basis, with 1 being poor and “5 being the highest score in agreement with Tea Party values of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets.”

1. Ray Nash 4.6
2. Mark Sanford 4.4
3. Larry Grooms 4.3
3. John Kuhn 4.3
5. Jeff King 4.1
5. Andy Patrick 4.1
7. Elizabeth Moffly 3.9
7. Teddy Turner 3.9
9. Keith Blandford 3.8
9. Chip Limehouse 3.8
9. Peter McCoy 3.8
12. Curtis Bostic 3.7
12. Johnathan Hoffman 3.7
12. Tim Larkin 3.7
15. Shawn Pinkston 3.6
16. Ric Bryant 3.4

Candidates vetted by the Tea Parties of Beaufort, Bluffton, and Hilton Head; the 9/12 Project Groups of Mount Pleasant, Moncks Corner, Goose Creek, Summerville, and the Lowcountry 9/12 / Citizens in Action; SC Fair Tax, the Republican Liberty Caucus, and the Citadel Republican Society.

Questions asked:

1. Is it possible today for Congress to live within a budget?
High score: Peter McCoy, Ray Nash (4.3)
Low score: Larry Grooms (2.8)

2. Do you support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution?
High score: Ray Nash, Mark Sanford (4.8)
Low score: Curtis Bostic (3.2)

3. What suggestions could you make that would enable Congress to balance the budget in 5 years?
High score: Ray Nash (4.5)
Low score: Ric Bryant (2.5)

4. Do you favor block-granting federal Medicaid funds to the states?
High score: John Kuhn, Ray Nash (4.3)
Low score: Tim Larkin (2.2)

5. Are you willing to defund ObamaCare?
High score: John Kuhn, Ray Nash (4.8)
Low score: Tim Larkin (2.2)

6. Should US foreign aid be conditional on human rights standards?
High score: John Kuhn, Mark Sanford (4.5)
Low score: Ric Bryant, Tim Larkin (2.3)

7. Should the federal government ever compete with private enterprise?
High score: Mark Sanford, Teddy Turner (4.7)
Low score: Shawn Pinkston (2.3)

8. Do you support the Fair Tax?
High score: Jeff King, Ray Nash, Mark Sanford (4.8)
Low score: Ric Bryant (3.0)

9. Do you support “sunset provisions” in laws as a means of preventing over-regulation?
High score: Jeff King, Mark Sanford (4.5)
Low score: Ric Bryant (3.2)

10. Is the Constitution a living document which should be easily modified as our society evolves?
High score: John Kuhn (5.0)
Low score: Jonathan Hoffman (3.7)

11. Would you support term limits for Congress?
High score: Mark Sanford (4.7)
Low score: Jonathan Hoffman (3.0)

12. Do you support Congress exempting itself and staffers from regulatory laws it passes?
High score: John Kuhn, Ray Nash (4.7)
Low score: Keith Blandford, Shawn Pinkston (3.8)

13. Would you support amending the Constitution in order to limit Presidential abuses of executive orders?
High score: Larry Grooms (4.7)
Low score: Peter McCoy, Chip Limehouse (3.0)

14. Do you believe the United Nations should have authority to make laws and regulations that govern Americans?
High score: John Kuhn, Tim Larkin, Peter McCoy, Mark Sanford (4.8)
Low score: Ric Bryant (3.3)

15. What is your understanding of Agenda 21 from the United Nations?
High score: Ray Nash (4.7)
Low score: John Kuhn (2.7)

16. Do you support “sustainable development” as outlined by the United Nations?
High score: Ray Nash (4.8)
Low score: Ric Bryant (3.2)

17. Does the federal government have the Constitutional right to pass laws related to education, heath care, etc.?
High score: John Kuhn, Ray Nash (4.8)
Low score: Curtis Bostic, Chip Limehouse (3.7)

18. Do you agree with school choice, including school vouchers for all students?
High score: Ray Nash, Mark Sanford (4.8)
Low score: Teddy Turner (3.3)

19. Do you think illegal aliens currently living inside the US should be given amnesty?
High score: Ray Nash (4.7)
Low score: Ric Bryant (2.8)

20. Do you think current/existing immigration laws should be enforced?
High score: Ray Nash (4.8)
Low score: Ric Bryant, Jeff King (3.7)

And then the South Carolina Republican Liberty Caucus did a poll afterward:


Question 1: If the Congressional election were held today, which candidate would you vote for?

1. John Kuhn 35%
2. Mark Sanford 19%
3. Ray Nash 14%
4. Keith Blandford 11%
5. Elizabeth Moffly 8%
6. Larry Grooms 5%
6. Teddy Turner 5%
8. Peter McCoy 3%

Question 2: Who is your second choice?

1. Keith Blandford 20%
1. Ray Nash 20%
3. Larry Grooms 17%
4. Mark Sanford 13%
5. Elizabeth Moffly 13%
6. Andy Patrick 7%
7. John Kuhn 3%
7. Chip Limehouse 3%
7. Teddy Turner 3%

Question 3: Who would you least like to see as the Republican nominee?

1. Chip Limehouse 81%
2. Mark Sanford 6%
3. Larry Grooms 3%
3. John Kuhn 3%
3. Elizabeth Moffly 3%
3. Teddy Turner 3%

http://rlcsc.org/2013/02/17/kuhn-wins-rlc-straw-poll-at-freedomworks-congressional-forum/
http://rlcsc.org/2013/02/16/nash-sanford-grooms-and-kuhn-get-top-marks-on-freedomworks-voter-guide/

And the good news is that Kuhn and Nash who have both been noted by some liberty activists also scored well!
I can definitely feel that either Sanford, Kuhn, or Nash are going to win this seat! I hope and pray.

Smart3
02-18-2013, 02:07 AM
The people who were polled are smart. Too bad they're not representative of the primary itself.

Spoa
02-18-2013, 07:22 PM
Congressman Mick Mulvaney endorsed Larry Grooms: http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/01/25/2355654/grooms-jumps-into-congressional.html

I personally think that any of the following four would be good representatives for this district: Nash, Sanford, Grooms, or Kuhn.
http://rlcsc.org/2013/02/16/nash-sanford-grooms-and-kuhn-get-top-marks-on-freedomworks-voter-guide/