[CPT Clay]

I'll bet Frist just wants to make sure their is a Runoff. Probably could have done this better with a goe out the vote grasroots effort.

[Coop]

Well, yes and no. The GOP realizes it has almost zero chance to win the Nov. election, so it does need to force a run-off to improve its chances to "slim." But if Cooksey is the #2 vote getter, then IMHO the run-off will be a complete waste of time. Terrell has got to make the run-off election in order to give the GOP a fighting chance and generate some national excitement.

[Coop]

I just realized I messed up and somehow chopped off the introductory paragraph, with more details:

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, in a highly unusual move, has decided to commit nearly a half-million dollars to buy television advertising for Suzanne Haik Terrell, one of three Republican Senate primary candidates in Louisiana.