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.
Yep. It’s clear Cochran is just a prop in his own campaign.