Don’t laugh. NY Times columnist Nate Silver writes that a Southerner has an edge in winning the GOP presidential nomination. Since 1980, a Southerner has finished first or second in every Iowa Republican presidential caucus. More than 40 percent of John McCain’s voters in 2008 were from the South. Thirty-six percent of Republican National Convention delegates will come from the region.
With Huckabee, Barber and Jeb Bush not running, Rick Scott could make a credible run….plus he has the money to do it.
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