Witherspoon may challenge Graham

2007-07-23

Source: The Greenville News

Reflecting the split in Republican ranks, South Carolina's long-time GOP national committeeman is considering challenging U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's renomination in 2008.

Walter "Buddy" Witherspoon, a Lexington orthodontist, said this weekend he's "considering" a run to wrest the nomination from Graham.

Witherspoon, a third-term member of the Republican National Committee, doesn't couch it in those terms.

"I'm running for the future of America, if I run," he told The Greenville News.

"I'm not sure we're going down the right road completely. When I look at my daughter and my grandkids, I say, 'Gee, it might not affect me, but it's going to affect them one day.' "

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