It is clear Cochran has mental issues and is only a prop for Haley Barbour
and the GOPe’s. As such, he is unfit to serve. It also explains why his
campaign has been hiding him from debates and media.
“It also explains why his
campaign has been hiding him from debates and media.”
Yup! McDaniel announced before they could choose a “successor” so they had to strong-arm an old man into running again. And now their despicable influence will be gone.
As Trent Lott has said “we don’t need any more Jim DeMint disciples in the Senate.”
Johnson, Ayotte, Rubio and Paul have all been co-opted but Cruz and Lee are standing strong and will attract more followers.
I think that it’s important to understand why the Republican leadership in Washington and Mississippi and big donors like Michael Bloomberg were willing to support him when they had to know that he had become mentally unfit to serve.
They did it because Cochran had demonstrated over the years a willingness to do what lobbyists and deep pocket shakers and movers wanted him to do as long as he got the pork projects to take back home to Mississippi that kept him in his Senate seat. If the Republicans take the Senate, he is in line to be the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. What better position for a man who will willingly do what his handlers demand. When he became obviously incapable of serving, he would be told to resign and Haley Barbour would take his place.
Most of this was not known until McDaniel forced a runoff, it’s hard to see how he can win now.