GOP activists attending county party conventions last weekend here and in next-door Greenville County – the heart of the conservative Upstate –made scant mention of Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour and Tim Pawlenty. Instead, the talk is of Michele Bachmann, Donald Trump and even Allen West, a rookie Florida congressman who’s shown no interest in running for president.
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The state that’s been the establishment’s bulwark, it seems, is being buffeted by the same grassroots forces of change that are remaking the GOP elsewhere…
Graham said he wanted more candidates to get in the field.
“Bigger is better,” he said, noting that Christie, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels could have an impact if they ran.
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