You seem to ignore the fact that an Elected US Senator, or Governor, or member of Congress, regardless of party, represents all of the people in his/her district or state. Name one politician who will not welcome votes from the other party. There is a name for them. Crossovers. One of the first rules of a successful campaign is “Ask for the vote.”
Apparently you have paid zero attention to this situation. The Cochran campaign lost among republicans and instead ran a racist campaign against conservatives to get inner city democrats to vote. Setting back our goals and beliefs is not attracting new voters. It’s the polar opposite.
And the VERY FIRST rule of a successful campaign is "don't piss all over your base."
If Cochran loses, he deserves every bit of it.
“You seem to ignore the fact that an Elected US Senator... represents all of the people in his/her district or state.”
Re-read what I wrote, billhilly. If this had been a general election I would’ve accepted the results. But this was a PRIMARY, where members of a particular party, in this instance Republicans, choose the individual to represent them whom members of that party (again,read “Republican”) deem to be most closely in line with their political ideology. Do you believe the 25-35k Democrat who voted en masse for Cochran did so because they favor Republican representation over Democrat? Do you believe that they voted for the more difficult candidate for Travis Childers to defeat? Also ask yourself why Thad didn’t make this appeal for voters outside the party and why the robo-calls didn’t start until after he was defeated in the first vote?
My reasons for opposing Thad Cochran are still there, and this recent primary campaign only strengthens my resolve. An incumbent who refuses to debate a member of his own party before his constituents, his cutting deals to get Dems to vote for him, his ads appealing for Dem voters by telling them all the free benefits they received from him would be in jeopardy with a McDaniel win, calls going mainly to black-majority communities warning of Klan-like results if he lost, and all the while spouting conservative-sounding rhetoric to appease his Republican base. At this moment I can’t point to a finer example of classic RINO behavior, and all it took to keep to keep him in the race was the help of several thousand Democrat voters.
No, billhilly, this isn’t a case of sour grapes or not understanding the law re: elections. Just ask yourself this, right now who do you think Cochran is more beholden to, the Republican voters who tried to install a new man free of 40+ years of backroom deals and “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” arrangements under his fingernails, or the Democrat voters who kept his political career alive? Drinking the Kool-Aid and voting for Cochran is not the answer. Demonstrating to Cochran’s handlers and to the RNC that the people of Mississippi will not tolerate this behavior on their part, even if it means sacrificing a Senate seat, is IMO our only chance of making sure this despicable performance is never repeated in this state.