Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets supporters at Cherokee Trike and More in Greer, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Michael Justus)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets supporters at Cherokee Trike and More in Greer, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Michael Justus)
FILE - In this July 24, 1988 file photo, Lee Atwater, then-campaign manager for Vice President George Bush is seen prior to the taping of CBS-TV's "Face The Nation" in Washington. While attack politics happen in every state, South Carolina's reputation for electoral mudslinging and bare-knuckled brawling is well-earned. Why there? Largely because of the high stakes. South Carolina has always picked the GOP's eventual nominee since the primary's inception in 1980. And money, nerves and time are usually running out for almost everyone but the front-runner after Iowa and New Hampshire, often leading challengers to go for the jugular. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo, then-Republican Presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. waves on the eve of the South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. While attack politics happen in every state, South Carolina's reputation for electoral mudslinging and bare-knuckled brawling is well-earned. Why there? Largely because of the high stakes. South Carolina has always picked the GOP's eventual nominee since the primary's inception in 1980. And money, nerves and time are usually running out for almost everyone but the front-runner after Iowa and New Hampshire, often leading challengers to go for the jugular. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? South Carolina has a reputation for nasty politics ? and there's a good reason for that.
The state has a rich history of electoral mudslinging and bare-knuckled brawling, particularly in its Republican presidential primary.
With little more than a week to go before this year's Jan. 21 GOP primary, it's safe to expect that under-the-radar attacks will occur in the final run-up to the voting.
Four years ago, Mitt Romney's Mormon faith came under attack in bogus Christmas cards distributed under his name. And in 2000, there was a whisper campaign suggesting that Republican John McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh was actually an illegitimate black child.
Romney likes to say "politics ain't bean bags" ? and he's ready for whatever comes his way.
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