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What you have is a perfect “crime of opportunity” for the
Democrats. In a state so deeply red, the only way for the Dems to win MS is to have a deeply flawed/compromised opponent. Thad now fits the profile.

Just think about the situation at hand. Three weeks before the runoff election, Cochran and his GOPe cronies came to the MS Dems on bended knee with hat-in-hand. The GOPe was so desperate they were willing to make a deal with the Devil in order to keep their precious senatorial
power. No doubt the GOP establishment thought by November
everything would be smoothed over; the base quelled into picking the “lesser of two evils”, the Tea Party crushed, and Democrats paid off for services rendered (knowing that victory in MS was a longshot, Dems took the low hanging fruits of kicking a Tea party candidate as well as the spoils of cash payouts).

But the Dems now have Thad in a vice…should they choose to use it. Simply saying “you owe us Thad” is just the starting bid on what the MS Dems want in return for their temporary allegiance. And what if Thad balks at their demands? Thad will get a taste of the “Breitbart
treatment”. The same type of treatment ACORN received in 2010.

Drip….drip….drip….and the GOP base gets angrier and angrier.

Blackmail is the least of Thad/GOPe’s concerns. Realizing that Thad’s “shelf life” is rather limited (he might not serve his full term of re-elected), and that MS is such a deep red state, MS Democrats realize this could be their best opportunity for a long time win this seat. If Thad is victorious in November, and does not serve out his term, the MS GOPe will pick his successor who will no doubt have instant access to deep pockets and a deep red voting base. If the MS Dems go for victory this November, it will surely be a long, hot, nasty summer.

Ever so slowly, the facts will drip out and enrage the base even further.

Drip….drip….drip.