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Washington (CNN) – Just when you thought the race for the South Carolina U.S. Senate seat could not get more unusual, there's a new twist. Famed South Carolina chef and cookbook author Nathalie Dupree has entered the race as a write-in candidate. She tells CNN she was motivated to launch the long-shot campaign after reading an article last week about GOP incumbent Sen. Jim DeMint's refusal to sign off on a congressional earmark of $400,000 to study dredging for the port of Charleston. The study was designed to help allow the port to accommodate larger boats – thereby helping the state's economy. "I just got angry," Dupree says. "Jim DeMint would not sign off on it." CNN Senior Producer Kevin Bohn has the rest of the story at POLITICAL TICKER |
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La Rhette, please.
Natalie, you can teach a thing or two!
SL
Good Girl Natalie.
We met at the first ATlanta IACP meetings!
No Butters here, we work hard to get the CCP
Better sharpen those chef knives. People know how to write in S.C.?
"People know how to write in S.C.?"
No Rhett, we're actually all completely illiterate here in S.C. In fact I had to hire a doctor from Vermont to type this up for me. Anyways, thanks for the concern.