Posted on 02/04/2014 5:48:17 PM PST by cotton1706
Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Chochran is in trouble, and the GOP establishment is pulling out all the stops to save him.
A pro-Cochran super PAC associated with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is already on the airwaves to define upstart conservative state Senator and challenger Chris McDaniel five months before the primary.
And even Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who on Sunday endorsed Cochran, criticized the group on Monday.
“I’m disappointed in that – it’s just not something that’s necessary,” Bryant said on Monday, according to the Clarion-Ledger. “I would urge them to stop the Republican-on-Republican attack. I believe it was Ronald Reagan who talked about the 11th commandment – thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.”
The New York Times reported that now-lobbyist Barbour, who is said to have purchased Newt Gingrich's megaphone before the GOP's historic "Contract with America" election in 1994, will help raise money for the pro-Cochran "Mississippi Conservatives" super PAC. The super PAC on Friday started to run an ad, which will run statewide for three weeks, that attempts to define McDaniel as someone who is not as conservative on Common Core, deficit spending, and tort reform as he may claim. Those three areas coincidentally may be Cochran's biggest weaknesses as he tries to ward off a challenge from McDaniel, who has gotten the support prominent conservative organizations, in what will be a low-turnout primary.
Henry Barbour, Haley's nephew who is advising the super PAC, conceded to the Times that Cochran is vulnerable in this political climate and that his nomination would not be a "cakewalk." Cochran is a six-term senator whom Time magazine described as a "seasoned appropriator" who is a "spitting image of the Republican establishment" running in a deeply anti-establishment and anti-Washington climate.
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Will add.
Will add Boozman
Will add Isakson.
The thought that consoles me when I read stuff like this is: It’s the die-hards who vote in the Primary Elections and no one is more die-hard than fired-up, pissed off Conservatives. So, Karl Rove and Haley “Twangy” Barbour can waste their LIMITED resources all they want, like they did in 2012, but, money cannot defeat anger, passion and drive in a Primary Election. Their money will NOT be able to save Thad Cochran’s wrinkled, old, butt.
Is a low-turnout primary guaranteed in these half-dozen southern states where the GOP-e is anathema to constitutionalists?
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You want a low-turnout in a Primary Theodore. You don’t want uninformed voters just voting for the name they’ve seen on the ballot for 30 years. Let the informed voters (Conservative activists) vote and the uninformed stay home.
Forgive my ignorance, but, isn’t George P. Bush Jeb’s son?
Yes. George P Bush is Jebbie’s son.
Ref. Post #17: Domenici, Stevens, Cochran...... sounds like FReeper staytrue has a history of rubbing elbows with Liberal Republicans. I hope that staytrue is not a Mississippi voter. I know now why the screen name “staytrue”. We’re supposed to “stay true” to the good ol’ boy GOP Establishement with no questions asked. Well, it ain’t happening and Cochran’s old, wrinkled butt is going down in defeat.
Already TX is pre-committed to Cornball and George P. Bush.
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BULLS**T. Apparently you do NOT live in Texas.
Yes, I am voting against Cornball and George P. on March 4, but I think both could get 65 to 70 percent.
Lamar! is no disappointment. There was never any “there” there with Lamar!
And I'm saying, we conservatives ought to be anticipating it and readying ourselves to take action on a different path than the left-leading one the GOPe will try to FORCE us to take.
Bless you Texans!!!
It was smart of Alexander to adopt the mantra Lamar! People in TN can remember that easily and act accordingly.
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