Posted on 06/04/2014 7:49:40 PM PDT by cotton1706
National Republicans find themselves in a political jam over the looming Senate runoff in Mississippi, with some establishment operatives now wishing that tea party challenger Chris McDaniel had just won outright or that six-term incumbent Thad Cochran hadn’t run at all.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is in the most uncomfortable spot, as the top institutional defender of incumbents. It is pledging its full support to Cochran while also having to grapple with the reality that McDaniel, who might well win the nomination, is a political figure it can’t control, and giving Democrats reason to dream about a seat in Mississippi for the first time since Dixiecrats fell out of vogue.
“It’s worse that it went into a runoff. It would have been better had McDaniel just gotten those last hundred votes. It’s like [watching] this slow death that’s unpleasant,” said one veteran GOP operative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so he might speak candidly about the race.
The operative also acknowledged the other key disadvantage Cochran faces in trying to levy enough support — particularly financially — over the next three weeks to overcome the vote deficit he had in the primary and win the runoff. Tea party conservative groups tend to spend a lot of money, indiscriminately and without larger strategy, to support candidates who clear their ideological purity tests. Establishment groups tend to think about an entire electoral map and their chances of winning each race on a sliding scale before opening up their wallets. Already in the Mississippi Republican U.S. Senate primary, outside groups have shelled out more than $8 million, with approximately $5.5 million of that favoring McDaniel.
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'Quantity has a quality all its own.'
/johnny
Lights out for Thad?He deserves whatever misfortune that comes his way.
The lights have already gone out for Cochran. He is not mentally there.
Boss Hogg and the GOPe’s are just using him as a prop.
Popcorn and a cold beer please!!!!
indiscriminately? Isn’t it focused on defeating RINOs in conservative states?
As red as Mississippi is, I don't see it going to a Rat.
Look who’s talking! Just today, Cochran had a *serious* senior moment, unable to recall the name of the reporter who was interviewing him:
http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/04/sen-cochran-has-trouble-recalling-reporter-after-just-30-minutes/
And all the money that the NRSC, Rove, Chamber of Commerce, et al, invested in him? Seems pretty indiscriminate, and very bad strategy, to me.
Cochran the best candidate? The most fit and qualified man for the job? The GOP is a laughingstock.
LOL, they have to come up with some kind of reason why the tea party guy won. It must be all that indiscriminate spending LOL
/johnny
Cochran has served many terms already. He should walk away with head held high instead of being defeated and humiliated.
I want to know why they are wasting money on this? I’m sorry but Cochran wanted to retire and going any further is just throwing good money after bad. I love run offs but this one a time waster and is likely to just produce more sour grapes than anything. The national party needs to stay out of this entirely.
/johnny
I read a story in a ms paper stating that Rankin County had a vote count problem. If I understand the article a few absentee ballots were found and OK’d and a few affidavit ballots. Just enough probably.
From the article: There is also fear that McDaniel’s potential negatives — whether it’s more information being divulged on the nursing home break-in or a socially conservative remark that goes viral — could be a drag on the party nationally.
The potential negatives? We’d hate to have a conservative remark go viral. The new 10 words you cannot say include horrors like The Bill of Rights; “Let’s cut regulation and lower taxes” and don’t ever mention The Constitution
TRANSLATION: The TEA party is dead, you stupid teabaggers!
“There is also fear that McDaniel’s potential negatives — whether it’s more information being divulged on the nursing home break-in or a socially conservative remark that goes viral — could be a drag on the party nationally.”
All the Obama stuff going on and this idiot writes this.
/johnny
That's what happens when a party loses it's principles and runs candidates that don't even match the party platform.
They are prostitutes.
/johnny
So how many senators and congressmen are teaparty and how many are GOPe ?
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