I wouldn’t put it passed Haley Barbour to send loyal GOP establishment voters to vote for the RAT to sabotage a McDaniel write in campaign, If they knew for sure Cochran wasnt gonna win.
Excellent point for a strategy discussion. I would expect that many of the GOP-e are simply so unprincipled as to follow such directions.
If the TEA Party votes for the RINO after such a disgusting display of dishonor, are they not betraying their own principles.
So the RINOs are playing a numbers game.
If their candidate gets a TEA Party challenger in the primary, they use their Democrat "friends" to defeat them.
If the TEA party candidate wins the primary, they'll use their Democrat "friends" to defeat them in the general election.
If the TEA Party stays home on election day (or votes for the Democrat), the Democrat could very well win in MS.
If the TEA Party starts a write-in campaign for McDaniels or other suitable candidate, they might lose, but they might also win in a three-way split.
Otherwise, they lose with either the Democrat or with the RINO.