GOP suddenly loses its whisperer in chief, Lindsey Graham

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : " Graham's stature as a Senate power broker, his solid constituent services and his advocacy for government spending in his small state (such as the Port of Charleston and the state's military bases) inoculated him from the blowback generated by his maverick moments, explained Gibbs Knotts, political science professor and provost at Coastal Carolina University.
47% : Graham was a political pragmatist and master strategist who could bend and morph to remain in power and advance his chief interests -- which for him centered on foreign policy and national security, particularly the defense of Israel and Ukraine.
29% : Godfrey recalled how Graham was a member of several Senate "gangs," the bipartisan coalitions that emerged to break the impasse over judicial nominations during President George W. Bush's second term (Gang of 14), to tee up a promising immigration reform (Gang of Eight) and to pass gun control legislation (Gang of 20).

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