Posted on 06/03/2014 11:35:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
“The Carey voters won’t bother to show up for the runoff. Neither will most of the Democrats who turned out for Cochran. Those who have done their civic duty will return to their daily lives and will only be vaguely aware that a runoff will occur. The passionate and committed will vote on June 24. That favors McDaniel.”
Hopefully, the Carey voters will vote for McDaniel. Carey should endorse McDaniel.
No.
http://yallpolitics.com/index.php
US Senate with 99.7% reporting (5 precincts left):
* Chris McDaniel - 49.5% with 153,586
* Thad Cochran - 48.9% with 151,669
* Thomas Carey - 1.5% with 4,803
- 1,899 separate McDaniel and Cochran. A runoff is increasingly likely.
- Travis Childers is the Democratic nomine (no surprise there).
But I'm going to retire to western North Carolina in just a few years. Anybody know what their primary system is? ~SIGH~ It really doesn't matter. I just want to settle down for awhile and enjoy life with a happy wife, without either one of us having to worry about trying to properly "educate" children raised to be socialists and trying to make that "work" in a capitalist reality. I have fought the good fight for so long that I'm just tired. My wife too. Christian conservatives in an unholy system.
Latest I have as of 2:14 PM EDT is
McDaniel
49.5% 153,985
T. Cochran (i)
48.9% 152,248
T. Carey
1.5% 4,813
Some will, but most won’t be at the polls in three weeks, it’s over for them.
The pesky four precincts in Hinds County are still out according to The CL. Doesn't McDaniel have poll watchers down there?
Ah, yes, the Gannetoids - The (Jackson, MS) Clabber-Ledger.
My question exactly. He has to know what's going on.
Woohoo! look out for some crazy shanagins from now until June 24th.
How funny is this..I was reading that the RATs think McDaniel will be the easiest to beat in November so are instructing their useful idiots that voted in primary to vote McDaniel! bahahahaaa
So, Cochran used them to try to get him over 50% & now they’re going to turn & vote McDaniel! Karma’s a bitch!!
Chris McDaniel Runoff 49.5% 155,040 Thad Cochran Runoff 49.0% 153,654 Thomas Carey 1.5% 4,789
Didn’t I read that Barbour’s son is for McDaniel? I used to like good old Haley Barbour. Yikes.
Yes, those are the final numbers (excepting any absentee or challenged ballots). McDaniel’s lead is down to 1,386 votes so even with Obama’s minions crossing over to vote for Cochran in Hinds County he couldn’t pull ahead. In the runoff I hope the old fool receives the same treatment Dewhurst got in Texas.
Thanks FRiends! IMHO, Cochran is a bit too elder of a statesman now, but I sincerely hope (watching from afar) that McDaniel has no feet of clay, like too many of our candidates did the last time we had a chance to take the Senate back. Either way, Cochran still has a pretty solid record, and a lot of seniority in the U.S. Senate...you have to say THAT for him, anyway!
AAARGH!! You are SO right! I've seen this happen over and over again in Ohio, and too many other states...the "last minute un-counted precincts" finally come in, and, guess what? It's JUST enough to elect the not conservative candidate...
Whether it's the inability of the electorate to manage the polling places, or malice and machination on the part of the Democratic party, I will leave my fellow FReepers to judge...
But I would just add...if you can't manage voting or honestly running a polling place, then you probably shouldn't be doing either...
I read somewheres that Thomas Carey was a very successful, and very popular, realtor. I guess that everyone whose house he sold, or whom he got a mortgage for, voted for him..
Cochran ducked during the campaign. There has been speculation about his mental agility...the biggest TV stations and newspapers in the state should all get together... pick a date, and announce they are having a debate, it'll be broadcast live, huge media coverage and they expect that both candidates will be there. Cochran won't be able to duck it...claim a scheduling conflict or whatever..it will finish him. I think that if they announced it tomorrow, Cochran might even concede, rather than have to appear..
I’m in Louisiana, but back during my working days, I spent a lot of time in Mississippi, calling on customers and such. Good people all.
“No worries, this is a big victory for the Tea Party.”
I wouldn’t call it a “big” victory, but it is definitely a victory. It will be interesting to see how the runoff goes.
First thing is how will the voters for the third candidate go in a runoff - will they even show? I suspect that there will also be many GOP voters that originally stayed at home that may show up for the runoff. Then the question becomes....how will they vote? I “suspect” that the “establishment” folks may turn out more in the runoff. The Tea Party probably already had its full force voting.
Don’t mean to be overly pessimistic. This will be interesting.
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And probably will have the larger percentage that are willing to make the 2nd vote.
Runoffs are notoriously a low voter turnout event. Motivation would be with the TP, IMO.
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