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(TYVM kevao!!) In 76-year-old Sen. Thad Cochran‘s case, the anecdote in Atlantic‘s Molly Ball’s story Tuesday, on the day of his primary, looks bad. Make that incredibly bad.With a runoff in three weeks against his much younger opponent, Chris McDaniel, 41, Cochran (R-Miss.) can’t afford any more coverage like this. The story questions his physical and mental ability to serve in Congress after, ironically, 41 years in office.Politicians half his age have had memories as bad as the silky white-haired Mississippi lawmaker. Some pols are good at that stuff– they make it a point to recognize reporters in the...

Throughout the campaign for US Senate in Mississippi, Senator Chris McDaniel has been attacked and accused of all kinds of things, much of which would have undone a lesser man. But it has not undone Senator McDaniel. He has survived and now we are seeing this new word, McDanielmentum, coming full circle. It started with a Brietbart article talking about McDaniel picking up an endorsement from Haley Barbour’s brother, Jeppie. Jeppie of course is also the father of Henry and Austin Barbour. This started the movement that has spread over the past few days. McDaniel supporters started posting the word...