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Chris McDaniel’s Quest (to Unseat Cochran MS)
NRO - National Review Online ^ | JANUARY 20, 2014 4:00 AM | By Jonathan Strong

Posted on 01/20/2014 8:12:15 AM PST by onyx



Mississippi state senator Chris McDaniel may be running for the Republican nomination for one of his state’s U.S. Senate seats, but he’ll be the first to tell you that he puts his conservative principles ahead of his allegiance to party.

McDaniel’s proudest moment back home came when he tried to override a veto from Republican governor Haley Barbour — one of the GOP establishment’s eminent figures — to rein in the state’s aggressive use of eminent domain for redevelopment purposes.

“Private property is one of the cornerstones of our Constitution. And if the government can take it arbitrarily for almost any purpose, then we are not truly a free people,” McDaniel tells me over breakfast in Washington, D.C.

Now he’s taking on Republican senator Thad Cochran, an old-school appropriator who has been serving in Congress for 41 years.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 2014midterms; chrismcdaniel; haleybarbour; mississippi; ms2014; thadcochran; ussenate
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To: onyx
Barbour, meanwhile, is not a fan. “I think he will get his head handed to him, and that will be what he deserves,” the former governor, now a lobbyist, said of Chris McDaniel before he announced his primary bid.

What's ironic is that Haley came into the public eye by doing exactly what Chris McDaniel is doing, challenging a long time sitting Senator in a primary. ;o)

41 posted on 01/20/2014 3:37:06 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
Imagine that! Good ole hypocrite Haley!
42 posted on 01/20/2014 3:42:38 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: SuziQ

OKay, will do.
Thanks so much, SuziQ!!!


43 posted on 01/20/2014 3:43:29 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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What hurts the most is the lack of knowledge of the people of MS, who for years voted for Eastland and Stennis without any reservation at all. And Cochran has been around nearly as long as Stennis, probably longer than Eastland. People in MS know nothing of Cochran’s real record.


44 posted on 01/20/2014 6:13:43 PM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans can't wait until March 4 to nominate Cornball and George P.!)
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To: SuziQ

No, Barbour ran against Stennis in 1982 in the general election and fared poorly. MS people like incumbency.


45 posted on 01/20/2014 6:14:51 PM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans can't wait until March 4 to nominate Cornball and George P.!)
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To: onyx

Haley look like a mad ol’ catfish, doesn’t he? Pitiful


46 posted on 01/20/2014 8:00:08 PM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans can't wait until March 4 to nominate Cornball and George P.!)
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To: onyx

Great photo!


47 posted on 01/20/2014 8:04:52 PM PST by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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To: Theodore R.

LOLOL.
Yeah.


48 posted on 01/20/2014 8:06:49 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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Smiling!
Thanks so much, dearest you.


49 posted on 01/20/2014 8:07:44 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: onyx

Sounds just like what we’d expect ‘ol “Backstabbin” Barbour to say.


50 posted on 01/20/2014 8:12:10 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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Sounds just like what we’d expect ‘ol “Backstabbin” Barbour to say.

I was sure wrong about that guy!

I used to be a huge Haley Barbour supporter!

I have to admit, he was a great governor during his first term.

51 posted on 01/20/2014 8:32:13 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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Agree, he definitely had his great moments...before he went to the dark side. ($$)
52 posted on 01/21/2014 6:51:16 AM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: onyx

Haley Barbour is a fat, twangy, s.o.b.


53 posted on 01/21/2014 12:53:36 PM PST by Din Maker
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To: Din Maker

For later read.


54 posted on 01/21/2014 12:54:05 PM PST by Din Maker
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Without giving my age away...oh, let’s just put it this way.

I was in junior high school when Thad Cochran was elected to the Senate.

No one, regardless of whether they have a D or R after their name, should be holding office for that long.


55 posted on 01/21/2014 2:06:13 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: onyx

You are welcome!


56 posted on 01/21/2014 6:11:23 PM PST by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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To: onyx

bookmark


57 posted on 01/21/2014 7:14:29 PM PST by dadfly
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Chris McDaniel had just been born a few months when Thaddeus Cochran went to the U.S. House.


58 posted on 01/22/2014 8:02:15 PM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans can't wait until March 4 to nominate Cornball and George P.!)
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