South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson Sunday used the state party’s waning national spotlight to congratulate the Republican field of candidates and to take a swipe at Democrat Barack Obama:

“Last night, South Carolina voters supported experienced candidates for president with real records of accomplishment, and their candidacies couldn’t paint starker contrasts to the candidacy of a first-term Illinois senator who is painfully inexperienced on the most important issues of our time – including winning the war on terror and keeping our economy strong.”

Oh Katon, you so bad.