My understanding is that with Cochran on the ballot McDaniel cannot be elected. All that conservatives could do would be deny their votes to Cochran, possibly leading to a DemocRat win.
Would be wonderful to learn of a way that McDaniel could be elected.
Read all 55 comments on this thread, Hostage learns us:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3174603/posts
With nothing to lose, a McDaniel vote by vote challenge and write-in campaign is a great idea!