SC Senate Candidates Speak About National Economic Situation

Today’s economy, and the war in Iraq, are making voters really think about who we send to Washington. Besides the President, South Carolina voters will have a Senate election. WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, took the issues of Vote ‘08 to the candidates to hear what they had to say.

Robert Kittle
Published: October 1, 2008

Columbia, SC—The nation’s economic future, and yours, are two of the biggest issues important to you in the upcoming elections. We took your concerns to U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham...and Democratic opponent, Bob Conley.

South Carolina’s unemployment rate is at a 15-year high.

Senator Lindsey Graham, (R) South Carolina: “What I would like to see happen is that those who lose their job to globalization, they will have a voucher to go back to a tech school, and learn a skill, another job that will stay here.â€