"As for Senator Cochran’s 2014 ambitions and prospects, through the third quarter of 2013, his campaign had $803,907 cash on hand after raising just $53,147 during the previous three months."
Does that sound like he's running?
Posted on 10/25/2013 6:04:14 AM PDT by cotton1706
More than half of the six-term U.S. Senators over the last century did not run for a seventh term, were defeated at the ballot box, or died in office
Seemingly out of blue to beltway observers, there has been a surge in momentum for the candidacy of Republican Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel in his bid to become the next U.S. Senator from Mississippi.
Potentially standing in his way, of course, is Thad Cochran who has served in Congress for 40 years and is on the tail end of his sixth term in the U.S. Senate where he began serving in December 1978.
Cochran has not officially announced his 2014 plans as of yet, but in the meantime prominent conservative-leaning organizations like the Club for Growth are backing McDaniel.
If this sounds familiar - a six-term and fairly popular institution of the Senate potentially losing his seat from within his own party - it should.
In the 2012 cycle, another seemingly invincible six-term Republican U.S. Senator, Dick Lugar of Indiana, was also primaried by a younger, more conservative challenger - and was subsequently knocked out of the race.
Unlike Indiana, where Democrat Joe Donnelly eked out a win against Lugar's replacement, Richard Mourdock, there is little danger of Democrats capturing Mississippi's long-held Class II seat should Cochran not run or lose in the GOP primary to McDaniel.
In view of his advanced age (Cochran will be 76 on Election Day) and Lugar's recent political demise, Mississippi's elder statesman would hardly be alone among six-termers if he was out of office in 14+ months.
Already this cycle, two other members of the Senate's six-termers club decided to hang it up and retire rather than seek a seventh in 2014.
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I will do all that I can within the system to help defeat cochran because he is one of the worst Senators in America today.
After feasting at the public trough and selling out his constituents for so long, what’s his net worth?
BUMP.
Same here.
As for Senator Cochran’s 2014 ambitions and prospects, through the third quarter of 2013, his campaign had $803,907 cash on hand after raising just $53,147 during the previous three months.
"As for Senator Cochran’s 2014 ambitions and prospects, through the third quarter of 2013, his campaign had $803,907 cash on hand after raising just $53,147 during the previous three months."
Well, it certainly sounds like OTHER people have decided he isn’t running! LOL
How about public humiliation for anyone who donates to the old traitor?
LOLOLOL.
Exactly so!
Who does Thad Cochran think he is? John C. Stennis?
That is just too much money for a commie from Mississippi to be raising.
Sounds like some retirement vacation money for a fellow from DC.
Yep. Too much.
“How about public humiliation for anyone who donates to the old traitor?”
Does that include Henry Barbour? Henry acts like he IS the Republican party in Mississippi. I believe Henry and Tate Reeves are very pro illegal amnesty and against anyone who is against amnesty for illegals. That would explain the disdain Henry has for Chris and the fondeness he shows for Thad, that and the pork.
That’s “Haley” Barbour. Number One RINO in Mississippi.
“That’s “Haley” Barbour. Number One RINO in Mississippi.”
Henry is Haley’s nephew and is on the State Republican Party’s Executive Comittee and has attacked State Senator McDaniel for having the audacity to run against Senator Cochran. I believe Henry is the number 2 rino, right behind Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves who thinks we’re to stupid to know how he got the anti-illegal immigration bill killed.
Thanks for the information. I thought you meant Haley. Not good that another Barbour is up and coming.
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