I have a friend connected to Cochran who said he would have rather retired, but the good old boys establishment really pressured him, basically promising to do all the leg work for him. They would have put their own new candidate up had they known how Cochran felt earlier, but as it is, they didn’t have time. Hence the reason Cochran put forth zero effort. He’s old and tired. Just shows how desperate gop is to keep power
Precisely what I think as well. He made it known that he really wanted to retire. He’s 76 for pete’s sake.
I find it kind of telling that his campaign sent out Gregg Harper to talk to the troops last night. Was Cochran already in bed by then?