new use for "firewall"

[Victor Steinbok]

 From Elon Green, this morning:

http://goo.gl/C9nbN
> This is a long way of saying that, though political predictions are a
> tough racket, I’ll happily offer one of my own: When Mitt Romney wins
> Florida, and subsequently the nomination, South Carolina, long known
> as “The Firewall”, will cease to be an electorally pivotal station of
> the cross in the GOP’s nominating process.

VS-)

On 1/12/2012 1:48 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>> So it goes from physical to electronic (digital communications) to
>> metaphorical.
>>
>> http://goo.gl/eL45K
>>> *His Super PAC is erecting a firewall in South Carolina. [...]
> Ah, the old South Carolina firewall. See Safire, citing me, on John
> Glenn's firewall in SC in 1984:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/magazine/24wwlnSafire-t.html
>
> --bgz

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