Posted on 06/03/2014 11:35:51 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson
The libs are all giddy about htis because they think the TEA party candidates winning nominations will make it easier for their commie brethren to win the general. They believe their own BS that the TEA party is dead. Get lots of popcorn!
OK, but if Cochran goes down, does that put MS in play for the dems?
It must, because they are actually doing analysis for a change!
I’ve been following this race because I have kin in Mississippi and a passing interest in the tea party. I believe Cochran wins easily tonight. Below is information I gathered from a Mississippi-based political blog called Y’all Politics.
Cochran Endorsements:
Newspapers:
Gulfport-Biloxi Sun Herald
Carthaginian
Neshoba Democrat
Madison County Journal
Commercial Dispatch
Greenwood Commonwealth
Kemper County Messenger
National Leaders and Organizations:
National Right to Life
National Rifle Association
NFIB
US Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi Organizations:
BullyBloc
EaglePAC
Mississippi Realtors
Mississippi Manufacturers Association
Home Builders Association of Mississippi
Hattiesburg Young Business Leaders
Mississippi Elected Officials:
Governor Phil Bryant
Lt. Governor Tate Reeves
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann
State Auditor Stacey Pickering
Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney
Treasurer Lynn Fitch
Senator Roger Wicker
Congressman Alan Nunnelee
Congressman Gregg Harper
Congressman Steven Palazzo
Sen Joey Fillingane
Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes
Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway
Pass Christian Mayor Chipper McDermott
Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson + the other four mayors in Desoto County
Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee
Pearl Mayor Brad Rogers
+ almost every elected official in Rankin County (Republican stronghold)
Others
Trent Lott
Haley Barbour
Andy Taggart
Chris McDaniel Endorsements:
Newspapers:
None
National Leaders and Organizations
Rick Santorum
Tony Perkins
Gary Bauer
Laura Ingraham
Mark Levin
Glenn Beck
Sarah Palin
Phyllis Schlafly
American Conservative Union
Club for Growth
Citizens United
Freedom Works
Gun Owners of America
Madison Project
National Association for Gun Rights
Senate Conservatives Fund
Tea Party Express
Tea Party Patriots’ citizens fund
Young Americans for Liberty
Mississippi Organizations
Central Mississippi Tea Party
Gulf Coast Tea Party
Hattiesburg Tea Party
Leflore/Carroll Tea Party
Meridian Tea Party
Pearl River Patriots
South Mississippi Tea Party
The Mississippi Tea Party
Tupelo Tea Party
Vicksburg Tea Party
Mississippi Elected Officials
Senator Philip Gandy - DF43 (R- Waynesboro)
Senator Angela Hill – SD40 (R- Picayune)
Senator Billy Hudson – SD45
Michael Kelly Police Chief of Seminary
Mayor Hal Marx Mayor of Petal
Senator Chris Massey- SD 1 (R- Nesbit)
Senator David Parker – SD19 (R- Olive Branch)
Senator Tony Smith – SD47 (R-Picayune)
Senator Melanie Sojourner – SD37 (R-Natchez)
Senator Michael Watson – SD51 (R-Pascagoula)
Others
Lee Yancey Former State Senator
John Switzer, Liberty Professor
Jeppie Barbour
it’s true childers probably performs better against mcdaniel than cochran, but Miss. is so deep red i think mcdaniel wins at least 55% in the general unless he pulls a mourdock/akin
No not to that weasel Travis CHILDERS
It all sounds good to send the old horse packing, but is the new guy susceptible to Richard Mourdock Disease?
Everyone in my family that I’m aware of voted for George Wallace in 1968, as a protest to how LBJ was running things. I was 8 at the time.
I remember the same thing being said about Joe Donnelly in IN back in 2012. "No way Mourdock is going to lose," we heard.
What scares me is that nursing home crap. All they have to do is somehow loosely associate him like they did with Christie in NJ. Not that hard to do and if Cochran hadn't been senile, he'd have done it. Perception is all that matters with today's voters.
Someone needs to clue him in on how to handle the subject of rape. IOW, STFU about it beyond "it's an evil crime that should be punished to the fullest extent of the law."
can’t take anything for granted, but cochran’s done nothing in washington for 40 yrs other than vote for more pork. good riddance to this cretin
Yep.. that too. Don't think for a minute the darkside will pour massive amounts of $$$ in negative ads to put him on the defensive.
no doubt. no “legitimate rape” and “can’t get pregnant from rape” gibberish. stick to linking childers to obamacare and the stimulus
I hear you, but Job One should be kicking Harry Reid's ass out of the Majority Leader's post.
Mississippi Conservatives: Vote Chris McDaniel TODAY
The 'unknown' challenger in Mississippi is preferable ...
According to individuals who have reviewed the transaction, when Webber purchased the house, she had a co-signor on the home who was a donor to Cochran and who listed her own occupation as homemaker. So a congressional staffer making $72,000.00 and a homemaker who donated to Cochran went in together and bought a million-dollar home.
That homemaker’s husband, William Shows, was the head of the Pearl River Valley electric cooperative. Electric cooperatives have been the number one source of campaign contributions to Thad Cochran over the years. Sources tell me the homemaker’s husband also sat on the board of the bank that helped finance the transaction.
That would be Trustmark Bank, which is currently having FEC trouble over a campaign loan to benefit Cochran.
Likewise, Trustmark’s CEO, Richard Hickson, contributed to Cochran’s campaign in 2000, 2001, and 2007. In 2008, Trustmark got $215 million in TARP funding from the federal government.
Now, here’s the real kicker. Ms. Webber and Mrs. Shows bought the house for $1 million with, it appears, $200,000.00 down and a $800,000.00 mortgage in 2001. At the time Ms. Webber’s congressional salary was less than $100,000.00 a year and Mrs. Shows, who only had a 1% interest in the home according to individuals who have seen the paperwork, listed her occupation as a homemaker. A year after the purchase, Mrs. Shows gave Ms. Webber her interest in the home making Ms. Webber the sole owner.
will=won’t
Tonight will tell the tale. You'll be held to account for your prediction, of course.
/johnny
I'm still not sure Mississippi has ever voted for a Republican in a statewide office. It's a blue state masquerading as a red state.
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