As I understood it, if Cochran stood down, McDaniel would be made the nominee. Am I wrong? He hasn’t even filed charges yet
I want to SAY you’re right, but I’ve been straightened up so many times today about stuff we THOUGHT was right, I’m now unqualified to comment.
Your understanding is correct. Mississippi would put McDaniel on the ballot, if Cochran makes himself unavailable for the election. I think the timing on ballot printing is 45 or 60 days before the election.
If Cochran is declared the winner and then declines to run in November for "health" or other non-political reasons, then the Mississippi state GOP names a new nominee to fill the vacancy. That person does not have to be McDaniel.
Timing is everything right now.
-PJ
No one likes a prolonged fight but I think McDaniel should set the example and track the corruption all the way back to DC and the GOPe.
A lot of wars in history were prolonged by a failure to hunt down the enemy when it was in retreat. Often the victors on a battlefield will run off the aggressors and call it a day. That is wrong. Because the enemy escapes and lives to fight another day. Patton knew this well.
Yes, McDaniel becomes the nominee when Cochran steps down. But he should *at a minimum* demand certain concessions from the state GOP and the GOPe in DC:
1. Immediate resignations of MS state GOP leaders including Connie Cochran and Haley Barbour.
2. No more outside funds period directed by or involving a sitting member of Congress supporting an incumbent against a challenger in a primary in any state.
3. McConnell steps down as minority leader and is barred from becoming majority leader.
4. Choice of committee assignments for Senator McDaniel.
Such demands can sue for peace in return for not pursuing criminal charges against members of the GOPe that were involved in the Cochran corruption against McDaniel.