But the thousands of workers in his district with ties to Shaw Air Force Base and nearby Fort Jackson might not see sequestration as much of a victory when they get furloughed or fired.
In the Middle East, Tehran had strong ties with Syria and Qatar, but it did not have any base from where they could actually threaten the United States and that is when Caracas became of interest.
As the pollsters point out, the party not only needs to free itself from some of the more extreme ties of the Christian Right but must simultaneously broaden its social and ethnic base.