No this isn't a diary, and it's sloppy. But on a night like tonight, cut me a break.
From 2008 South Carolina Voter's Guide, Page 9...
Rob Miller
Democratic Party
Biographical sketch: Rob Miller grew up in South Carolina and joined the US Marine Corps after his freshman year in college. His service included two tours of duty in Iraq. He completed his degree at the University South Carolina and became an officer in the Marines. He was a training office at Parris Island. His wife Shane is a small business owner in Beaufort and they have one son.
Website: http://www.robmillerforcongress.com
Contact information: 219 Scott’s St., Beaufort, SC 29902, 843-522-6841
Here are a few fast links on Joe Wilson's 2010 Opponent, Rob Miller.
First, here's his Act Blue page
http://www.actblue.com/...
His website:
http://robmillerforcongress.com/...
His Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/...
He is an Iraq War veteran (Marine Corps Captain). He announced his campaign in May....
http://www.indigojournal.com/...
He's introduced himself on HuffPo:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
His Open Congress Bio is thin:
http://www.opencongress.org/...
Rob's YouTube Ad/Bio:
http://www.youtube.com/...
OpenSecrets campaign contribution breakdown -- Naturally, Wilson is getting some money from the DC area while Rob's been largely SC-funded...
http://www.opensecrets.org/...
Roll call has always thought Wilson vulnerable...
Meanwhile, in the central and southern 2nd district, Iraq War veteran Rob Miller came out of nowhere to take 46 percent of the vote against four-term Rep. Joe Wilson (R), who had never before faced a serious challenge.
While noting that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did throw money into the 1st district race late in the cycle, Parmley said that in the 2nd "they did not play at all and we ended up doing much better in the 2nd than I think anybody in Washington thought we would do."
And in light of Ketner’s and Miller’s performances at the ballot box, "both of those districts are very much in play" in 2010, he said.
http://www.rollcall.com/...
This performance came after the DCCC had (apparently) written him off...
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/...
More updates as I keep searching....