1. Time for some reelection campaignin'!
2. "Doggedly" pursuing victory
Boots had a prominent role in McMaster's campaign, as the former attorney general played up his "watchdog" role in TV ads (without really explaining how the largely-ceremonial post of lieutenant governor could be a "watchdog").
On Tuesday, McMaster joked Boots had been the campaign's "secret weapon."
"We put him in the ad and he performed better than anybody else," he said.
McMaster will face Democratic State Rep. Bakari Sellers of Bamberg County in the general election this fall.
3. And it will probably happen during dinner
4. Safe to say he's a true "conservative Democrat"
5. Courtroom drama
Due to Supreme Court procedures and history, we don't know when a ruling will come.