The Lindsey Graham Show (Sad Polly)

It is almost enough to feel sorry for Lindsey Graham:

PPP’s newest South Carolina poll finds a clear message for Lindsey Graham from Republican voters in the state: drop out. 78% of GOP primary voters think Graham should end his Presidential bid, compared to only 15% who think he should continue on with it.

(Jensen)

Ouch.

The South Carolina Republican won’t even make the main stage for the CNN debate in his home state.

Which is, in turn, it’s own bizarre debacle.

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Image note: Detail of frame from The Rachel Maddow Show, msnbc, 9 September 2015, depicting results of a Public Policy Polling survey of South Carolina Republican voters, showing they would prefer their U.S. Senator, Lindsey Graham, drop out of the 2016 GOP presidential race.

Jensen, Tom. “SC Republcans to Graham: Drop Out”. Public Policy Polling. 9 September 2015.

Maddow, Rachel. “Let’s play gutterball! A dive to the bottom of 2016’s primary polling”. The Rachel Maddow Show. msnbc. 9 September 2015.

—————. “Rick Perry drops out, leaving only 16 Republican presidential candidates”. The Rachel Maddow Show. msnbc. 11 September 2015.

The Rick Perry Show (Canceled)

Ladies and gentlemen, the Indicted Clown is the first campaign casualty of the 2016 GOP presidential preseason:

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry announced Friday he is ending his presidential campaign.

Perry announced the end of his campaign at the Eagle Forum — an event founded by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly — in St. Louis, Missouri.

“We have a tremendous field – the best in a generation – so I step aside knowing our party is in good hands, and as long as we listen to the grassroots, the cause of conservatism will be too,” Perry said, according to his prepared remarks.

(Lavender)

This is one of those things about which we haven’t much to say insofar as we don’t really care except to make the note that it happened.

Oh, right. And to wonder who’s next.

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Image note: Composite from source photo by Jim Young/Reuters, 2015.

Lavender, Paige. “Rick Perry Ends His 2016 Presidential Campaign”. The Huffington Post. 11 September 2015.