uninformned - uninformed.
Your insults are tiresome, Theodore R.
Give them a rest or stay the hell off of Mississippi threads.
I've only lived in this state for going on 9 years now, but at least Mississippi voters elect Republicans, unlike those "oh so damn smart" voters up North and out on the West Coast, where conservatives are out numbered.
I don't think that's the answer. Consider this:
Cochran has brought millions -- probably billions -- of dollars in congressional "pork" to his home state. He ranks right up there with the late Ted Stevens on that score. I doubt that he's ever voted against one of those infamous "pork laden" appropriations bills.
Therefore, Cochran gets very poor marks from national organizations like the Club for Growth and various tea party groups that focus almost entirely economic and fiscal issues.
On the other hand, his pro-life and pro-gun voting records are very solid, if not always 100% perfect. So he ranks well with national groups that deal mostly or entirely with the social-conservative issues.
IMO, what it comes down to is that, like it or not, Cochran's "pork" menu has made him popular with the local officials and businessmen who love federal infrastructure grants, while his "social conservative" menu has kept him in the good graces of the state's voting majority, the white evangelicals.
So now, the open question is whether a relatively unknown politico like Chris McDaniel can somehow come up with a winning formula for 2014. I doubt it, but at least the race will be interesting to watch.
Still, whether or not he stands a chance, I'd say McDaniel is smart to make the effort, because the publicity he gets in 2014 could make him a viable candidate for a statewide office in the 2015 state elections, or for a Congressional seat in 2016.
(And in the meantime, Chris's law practice should boom thanks to all the free publicity he's getting from the Club for Growth, Heritage Action et al. Running for public office has long been an accepted and successful means of advertising by Mississippi lawyers.)
Damned straight onyx. Gallup says we are the fourth most conservative state in the nation and sit right next door to Alabama, THE MOST conservative state in the nation!
Interestingly, Mississippi and Alabama have some of the highest percentages of blacks in the nation. That stat drives liberals crazy. It defies their 'logic'...LMAO!
As a fellow Texan (born and raised in Pasadena, been in Mississippi 12 years), I would think you would know better Theodore R. BTW, unfortunately, Texas did not even make Gallup's Top 10 list. Now what was that again that you were saying about Mississippi?
MS people rarely turn out an incumbent for any reason, do they?