[tanknetter]

I don’t think that’s what he’s saying, or what Star was saying.

Cochranes strategy was disgusting and dispicable. It was also clearly telegraphed and McDaniels chose to ignore it until after the election.

My guess is that no one really thought that Cochrane would be able to draw 35,000 additional votes. It’s not brilliance, it’s actually right out of Sun Tsu: be where your enemy isn’t.

[Lakeshark]

It's actually what they're saying by default, it's their premise. Her first line never says what should be anyone's point, that after being sucker punched by a political machine that has become evil, don't ask conservatives to play nice and support him.

I've liked Parker in the past, her point is fine, if not somewhat tepid, and she's ignoring the elephant in the living room.

[deport]

My guess is that no one really thought that Cochrane would
be able to draw 35,000 additional votes.

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There are lots of votes out there to draw from. I was looking at the general election
of both McDaniel and Cochran and the votes they received. There is a large increase in the
number of votes in the general as opposed to the primary. Thus there was a much larger pool
to hunt in if they had chosen to be inventive.

There were about 1.2 million votes cast in the general elections of McDaniel and Cochran.
McDaniel got just a little over 700,000 and Cochran got a little over 760,000. Where these
voters came from and how they could be induced today is questions worth pondering by the
campaigns. I suspect these type numbers would also be found in most all other states.