I am sure there was consultation between the states on the strategy for this too. i doubt there’s any happenstance to the filings and who all is filing where etc. Haley is threatening your AG if he doesn’t file by noon Thurs he’s going to file himself? is MS AG a dem?
There WAS consultation - Cucinelli did an interview for Fox News in which he gave a peek into the overall strategy. Filing in the 4th Circuit was part of the plan.
Yes, MS’s AG, Jim Hood, is the only state-wide elected democrat. We’re all hoping he declines to file. Much prefer Haley to file so that it will be habndled properly.
You’re right. Haley has given democrat AG until high noon, on Thursday to give him his answer.
Hood is up for reelection in 2011, and this time around the GOP will run a stronger candidate against him. He rode to victory largely on convicting Emmitt Till’s old KKK killer on a civil right’s issue, against a weak challenger IIRC.