I saw the GOPe win in Mississippi as a “scorched earth” win. It was a term used by IBM salesmen back when I worked with those guys. It was a sales term. When a salesman pulled out all the stops and did whatever was necessary to make a particular sale, burning bridges in the process, they called it a “scorched earth” sale.
It helps in the short term but screws your future.
NPR interviewed a voter that had vothed for Cochran and she was clearly one of “Holder’s people”. She said she voted democrat her entire life and this was the first time she ever voted Republican. She said that the thought he would work harder for what is best for Mississippi.
This thing was probably a win for conservatives - in the long run.
Whistling Dixie