COLUMBIA, S.C. — A rock star sisterhood of sorts is forming around a back-of-the-pack GOP candidate in the race to replace disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
State Rep. Nikki Haley is getting an in-person endorsement from Sarah Palin on Friday and support from Sanford's hugely popular ex-wife, Jenny. The former first lady who moved out of the governor's mansion with the help of her girlfriends last summer now is doing all she can to help Haley move in.
"What better way than to start the day with Jenny Sanford and end it with Sarah Palin," Haley said at an event in Charleston with Sanford on Friday morning. "It's an amazing thing to be with two strong women who have been amazingly impactful in our state and in our nation."
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As Palin spoke, environmental activists rallied beside a Confederate soldier monument, holding up signs including one that read "Spill Baby Spill," a reference to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and Palin's call for increased domestic oil production.
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