by Jason George
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Lt. Governor André Bauer, a popular politician from an voter-valuable Republican stronghold, has endorsed the candidacy of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee’s recent endorsements have mostly come courtesy of C-list celebrity backers – the former governor is set to appear this afternoon with Chuck Norris and the wrestler Ric Flair, for example. However, Bauer’s nod is surely a boost for the campaign, which has signed on few endorsements from sitting elected officials in the Palmetto State.
Before becoming lieutenant governor in 2003, Bauer was a state senator, representing Lexington, a growing, Republican-heavy community just outside Columbia, the capital. Lexington is the seat of Lexington County, where nearly 72 percent of voters went for George Bush in 2004, making it the second most-Republican-voting county in the state that year. In 2000, George Bush beat McCain in the primary there by almost 3 to 2.
Bauer is the youngest lieutenant governors in the country; and according to his MySpace page, he is single, a Pisces and has 859 friends.
(Huckabee is a Virgo, meaning he and Bauer should get along great, at least according to Astrology.com: “What’s the best aspect of the Virgo-Pisces relationship? It’s their complementary and harmonious attitude toward one another.”)