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Article: Republican presidential race in South Carolina reflects contest at large
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- November 4, 2007
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The Republican presidential fight in this Southern bastion of rough-and-tumble politics reflects the race at large _ a jumble that could go any which way.
History raises the stakes and, if a guide, South Carolina could predict the outcome; since 1980, no Republican has won the U.S. presidential nomination without a triumph in this state.
"I'm still deciding. I want to know which one fits what I think the best, so I'm very open," Trish O'Neill, 57, said Saturday while waiting at a hot-dog restaurant to hear from yet another candidate. Next to her, Debbie Plowman, 64, seconded that and, with a hint of exasperation about her indecision, added: "It's getting to be ...