Haley Barbour, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum to address local GOP
Published: Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 4:14 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 4:14 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 4:14 p.m.
It’s starting to feel like there’s a presidential race on the horizon.
Three likely 2012 presidential contenders — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and ex-Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum — will address hundreds of local Republican activists Saturday at the Spartanburg County GOP Convention. County conventions feature a litany of speakers, the sometimes contentious election of party officers, and votes on delegates and resolutions to send to the state convention in May.
And in the buildup to a presidential contest, one that has been admittedly slow to start, conventions give candidates and their supporters a chance to meet and mingle with neighborhood-level activists.
“That’s why it’s so important for them to come to these early conventions, especially….Read more
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