Tiberius Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/us/politics/cochran-asking-blacks-to-rescue-him-in-republican-primary.html?_r=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 http://www.nytimes.c...imary.html?_r=1 How many tries did it take for you to spell Mississippi correctly? Be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 Early lead for Chad Cochran...but only 20% in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-cochrans-strategy-to-draw-black-democrats-to-polls-appears-to-have-worked/2014/06/25/74d72932-fc8a-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html?hpid=z1 It takes the Tea Party to get blacks to vote Republican. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Great op-ed by the awesome Susan Collins! http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/opinion/gail-collins-mississippi-goes-for-the-money.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0 Instead of racing to the right, Cochran ran on his talents as a collector of federal money. When Mississippians turned on their TVs, there was former Senator Trent Lott, warning voters that without Cochran, Mississippi might lose the Stennis Space Center. Or football hero Brett Favre, reminding people that Cochran got them a ton of help for rebuilding after Katrina. Or an announcer thanking Thad for “our aerospace industry, shipbuilding, military bases, research and development, agricultural breakthroughs.” Continue reading the main storyContinue reading the main story and said: “Look, Mississippi gets three bucks back from the federal government for every dollar we send in. Don’t kill the golden goose.” But the message was pretty clear, and in some ways a little revolutionary. Like voters in many poor, conservative states, Mississippians have spent decades happily deluding themselves that they’re victims of Washington rather than its top beneficiaries. You could argue that Thad Cochran staged an intervention for his state’s residents, in which he pierced, at least temporarily, their veil of denial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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