So Romney got support from the 1%. His wealth alinated others in SC. How much of this is OWS too?

[applegrove]

Because I think it has woken up more than just democrats. Afterall 56% of Americans said they liked Occupy Wall Street. And those people must relate more to the 99% these days. So Romney, who probably has had a campaign plan set for a while, has a tin ear on being rich. He seems to think getting rich by destroying companies is a good thing and actually used the word 'capitalism' in his speeches.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. I absolutely agree with your thesis.

As I have said before, OWS forced the main topic of political discussion off the deficit and onto the disparities of wealth and the crimes of the super-rich. As long as all the chatter was about the deficit, the Republicans had the home field advantage. The disparity/inequality issues are natural Democratic territory--and I hope we (mainly Obama) can remember how to fight on our own field. This shift, more than any other factor, I believe, is going to result in a general stomping of the Republicans in November.

[applegrove]

2. Yup. I think they are in for a stomping now too. The GOP base more than most has had

this capitalism meme shoved down their throats. OWS woke them up to how it felt to think things & reality through for their own dam selves for once in a long time. And I think they liked it.

[cilla4progress]

3. Agree with you both..

OWS has brought income inequality to the forefront of the conversation, and we will only hear more of it as the campaign progresses.

THANK YOU OWS! If you do nothing else, this is a monumental achievement.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. I would add that OWS also gave us the compelling shorthand language of the 99% versus the 1%.

This was the most brilliant encapsulation of the issues since Marx.

[cilla4progress]

8. Right on...

And all that doubt earlier on that OWS would have any lasting impact.

Fools........

[JoePhilly]

5. I think Gingrich won because the SC GOP hate Obama more than they love family values.

Those folks are just as angry, bitter and vindictive as Gingrich is. He's calling Obama a socialist, commie, terrorist lover, and the dopes in SC love that nonsense.

[onenote]

6. My take: the biggest factor was how Gingrich handled himself in the debates

What motivates the GOP (at least those in South Carolina) is a desire to defeat Obama. That's it. Nothing else really matters to them. And when they saw Gingrich aggressively push back against Juan Williams and John King -- to be assertive and, indeed, pissed off, they consciously or unconsciously contrasted that with Mitt, whose "even tempered" demeanor is exactly what they don't want. They want someone who seems as angry and feisty as they are to go up against Obama, not someone who will smile and act polite.

[KharmaTrain]

7. More Teabagger Than OWS...

Mittens all but shot himself in the head last week with the way he's handled his money problem. Teabaggers have long thought the system is unfair...similar to OWS supporters but for different reasons and see different answers. Yes, they're part of the 99% and see this scumbag as a privilidge rich kid...but it goes further. Mittens comes off as a smarmy asshole. Georgie booooosh was part of the 1% but the "base" loved him cause he didn't show it off. Time and time again Mittens has shown a tin ear to how the "little people" live and I think that's part of the reason he lost.

Another one is the "carpetbagger" factor. Gnewt is a "good 'ole boy"...knew the right dogwhistles to blow and appealed to the most vile sides that have long germinated inside the rushpublican party...the same bile that Teabaggers share but those who support OWS do not. Their solution to economic inequality is to deregulate it all...that's sure not what I hear OWS supporters wanting.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. How to eliminate the crime of theft--

Legalize stealing.

[KharmaTrain]

10. Sounds Like A Great Mittens Rmoney Campaign Slogan...

or "I got mine, screw you"...

[Jennicut]

11. Gingrich is a millionaire too.

So, really it is the pot calling the kettle black. Romney obviously has a lot more millions then Gingrich does but it is all a bunch of hooey. Gingrich is the 1% just as much as Romney is. Obama is quite wealthy as well. I think Biden is one of the few politicians out there who is not an actual millionaire.
Honestly, its because SC has a lot of older voters. Did you see how little people under 45 voted? It has a lot of evangelicals. It is a very conservative state and the repubs there think Romney is "too moderate".