Posted on 05/28/2014 7:41:18 PM PDT by cotton1706
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s brother Jeppie Barbour, the father of powerful political operatives Henry and Austin Barbour, endorsed state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the GOP Senate primary over longtime incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS).
“I am for McDaniel because Congress spends too much money and Thad Cochran is right in the middle of spending and borrowing money,” Jeppie Barbour told Breitbart News in a phone interview on Wednesday.
“I resent my grandchildren having to pay for these politicians to party. I am ready for a change,” he added.
Jeppie's son Henry Barbour is running the pro-Cochran Super PAC “Mississippi Conservatives,” while his other son Austin Barbour is a senior adviser to Cochran’s campaign. Though Jeppie has a lower profile than his brother and sons, he still bears the family name—and has been a GOP political insider in Mississippi for years.
A McDaniel endorsement from the heart of Barbour's political empire is one of several signs the GOP Establishment here is awakening to the fact that McDaniel just might pull off his primary challenge of Cochran.
Late Tuesday in Southaven, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) told a GOP audience he’ll back whoever wins the GOP nomination—noting that McDaniel might beat Cochran, who Wicker endorsed.
On Wednesday morning, Mississippi GOP chairman Joe Nosef—an acolyte of Haley Barbour’s who has officially stayed neutral but has drawn ire of Tea Partiers who suspect him of backing Cochran—said he’ll endorse and support whoever wins the nomination too, even if it’s McDaniel.
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I smell a rat.
Cochran and his parmour n eed to be,retired.
Very interesting article in many ways, besides the Brother of Boss Hogg’s
Is voting for McDaniel. I don’t know what to make of the GOP
softening their tone.
I am unsure if it is an indication that McDaniel has survived the fake
scandal and these hacks are trying to make nice because last minute
polls show McDaniel has maintained his lead or their polls show Cochran
is now leading.
Given the reconciliatory tone put out by Wicker, it would seem that they’re preparing their supporters for the possibility of a mcdaniel win.
In the case of the Barbours it would seem that they’re trying to ingratiate part of the family with McDaniel in case he wins the primary. Can’t have the Barbour clan’s snout out of the trough. This is probably just good cop bad cop on their part.
Sounds like someone saw what is happening in TX and now is starting to question Rove’s nonsense.
https://mcdaniel2014.com/sarah-palin-endorses-chris-mcdaniel/
Sarah Palin has endorsed Chris in a new radio ad
It’s the Texas TEA effect.
Here ya go ping
Unprecedented development. McDaniel can win this thing! Lets make sure he does.
God Bless Sarah Palin!
Stop it! You can’t just add “mentum” onto any random person’s name and think it’s a word! It’s not!
Folks who do that are all mentum, er, mental cases.
You talking 'bout me?
/johnny
/johnny
You got JRandomFreepermentum!!!!! Go, JRandomFreeper!!!!
“Rove’s RINO’s” got their teeth kicked in last night in Texas.
Here’s to hoping Cochran and Boss Hogg get the same treatment
in Mississippi next week.
/johnny
The elder Barbour offered a parable to explain local views about “violators of the border”. Imagine cooking burgers in a backyard when an intruder “crawled under the fence” to eat one, he ventured. “Would you offer him a second one, and later maybe invite him to stay the night? I don’t think so. You’d set the dogs on him, or call the cops.”
My, my, my........I guess the Mississippi GOP establishment is looking at the numbers from internal polling showing that the ROVE/COCHRAN smear campaign is not getting the traction they expected.
If that’s the case, look for more migration to McDaniel.
This is good news.
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