appointed by governor nicki hailey. before you say democrats will never, ever win fwh that state, consider this. president obama lost south carolina in 2008 and in 2012 but not by a blowout. he got 45% and 44% in those years. and wade, who faces a primary he s expected to win, would have a key issue off the table in a matchup with scott. as the state columnist warren bolton wrote in august, it would be intriguing to see two black candidates with opposing issues on a laundry list of issues. at the end of the state, voters would be asked not to vote on race but on ideas and philosophies. who else should we be watching next year? charlie crist, the sitting governor of florida is rick scott, who barely got elected in 2010 and remains one of the more unpopular governors in the country. so crist, the one-time republican governor turned independent turned obama
0 polls. if you are a republican, how do you run against the minimum wage without seeming like you are against people obtaining the american dream or plain surviving. if you are a democrat who needs a can t lose popular idea to run on, what are you waiting for? heather mcgee vice president of policy and marcus and richard kim. thank you to all of you for being here. this is an issue that i m obsessed with because it seems to be one of those issues that is kind of obvious right? americans all want to make more money. and it does really well in elections. i ll though it out to you first. are republicans doing an effective job on this? i think they are. i think there are a couple of things that president obama can do right now to help that. he could pass an executive order that would require federal contractors to meet the goal wage hike. and i think then he needs to go out and campaign with all the people in all these states that have run these messages and support them in seattle ther