Charlie James and callers discuss Darlene Graham's lead in the SC Senate poll.

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Charlie James: All right, welcome back to the program on your Friday afternoon. Let's go to Gerald in Cowpens. Gerald, welcome. Gerald (Caller): Happy Friday, my friend. Charlie James: Yes, sir. You, too. Gerald (Caller): Now, here's the reason you should vote for Darlene Graham. You're a sympathetic—you're a sympathetic person, and I know she's pulling at your heartstrings, losing her brother. And it would only—it would only be fitting to carry on the Graham name into the U.S. Senate. Charlie James: That's it. That's—that's why... you're right, Gerald, that's why people are voting. Two reasons: the grieving sister, and she's a woman. Don't forget, she would be the first female elected South Carolina Senator. Think about that. Now, I have no idea... I haven't seen any of the breakouts from this Trafalgar Group poll that was put out. Let's see if I can... see if they put it up there yet. Probably not. South Carolina... no, no, they still got... It's not up yet, so they don't have the breakouts yet, but to give you the update: Darlene Graham is at 27%, Ralph Norman and Russell Fry both have a little over 17%—they're tied at 17.4%—Mark Sanford 15.1%, Mark Lynch is at 8%, 12% I believe are not sure. So, that's... that's a pretty darn good... that's a 10-point lead right now that she's got for doing... nothing. Doing nothing. So let's take a look at some other polls here. This is from 50+1. That—that group, they put out a poll June 5th through the 7th. Really? Really? How did that happen? Oh, never mind, that was—that's another Graham. Sorry, that was Lindsey Graham. But that's—that's what we got so far. Anyway, so there's been several polls. So, we got a debate coming up on Monday. Who's going to be there? We don't know. I haven't seen any confirmation yet. But again, nobody's told me why I should vote for her. Why should I? "Charlie, Queen Darlene not only has the name recognition, but also has the sympathy vote. First, flimsy Graham dynasty was elected, and his war chest was fattened up by a majority of Democrats every time he ran, and those Democrats can vote again for Queen Darlene in the primary." Well, no. If you voted—if you're a Democrat and you voted in the primary, in the Democrat primary, you cannot vote. Now, if you're a Democrat and you voted in the Republican primary, then yes, you can vote again. You can vote again. So, anyway, that's where we are right now. Also, we got the news today—remember Danny Lee Ford was on the ballot, and then the South Carolina GOP, they came along and they said, "No, you are not certified for this election." Well, he said, "I'm not putting up with that," so he took it to court, and the court has issued a restraining order against not only the South Carolina GOP, but also the South Carolina Election Commission. So let's just—let's just take a quick look over there and see if he is... how he is listed on this. Now, this is only a restraining order. There's going to be a... there's going to be a hearing coming up on Monday morning, and we'll talk with Danny Lee Ford when that happens, but... Trying to see if he is still on the ballot in some way, if he's... or if they still have him as not certified. Let's just take a quick look and see. Danny Ford, "not certified for primary." That's still what they have on the SC Votes website. So, we'll talk with Danny Lee Ford, like I said, coming up on Monday. But here's the thing, though. So, Drew McKissick called a reconvening of the convention—called all the executive committeemen and women back to Columbia a couple of weeks ago—and they got together and they passed this rule that you had to... you had to have voted in two out of the three last statewide primaries. Okay? And if you didn't do that, you would have to get a special waiver from either the South Carolina GOP Executive Committee, or if it were like a county seat, get permission from your county to be on the ballot. All right. Well, they booted Danny Ford off. Well, he's ...

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