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What the man needs is for Alan Keyes to come and speak at a few fundraisers around the state.

Maybe one at Southaven and one in Jackson with the proceeds to go to the campaign. Surely there's nothing that would motivate the average GOP doner in Mississippi more than a chance to knock of Thompson, and Keyes' rhetoric plays VERY well in MS.

The 2nd congressional district of Mississippi is 63.2% black, but it would be a mistake to write it off this fall. Black consrvative Clinton LeSueur did a great job in 2002 getting the GOP vote and then some against Democrat incumbent Bennie Thompson, getting 43% of the vote in a district in which Bush got 41% in 2000. But the formula for LeSueur to win the election is obvious: Keep his lock on the (heavily Republican) white vote while increasing his percentage of the black vote.

While blacks comprise 63.2% of the district's population, they probably comprise no more than 55% of the electorate. That means that if LeSueur continues to get 80% of the white vote (which is typical in that part of Mississippi), he would need approximately 26% of the black vote to pull off the upset. LeSueur got only 12% of the black vote in 2002, not much more than what Bush got in the district in 2000, so he needs to convince an additional 14% of black voters to think about the issues involved and not vote reflexively for the candidate with a D next to his name. Most black Mississipians, like most white Mississippians, support traditional marriage, value their freedom to religious expression, do not look kindly upon abortion, and would like a hand up, not a handout. Bennie Thompson does not represent the beliefs of his constituents, and if just an additional 14% of black voters in the district vote based on their principles, they will elect Clinton LeSueuer as the first black Republican to represent a black-majority Southern district in Congress in over 100 years (and the first to represent such district nationally since 1935).

I look forward to contributing to Clinton LeSueuer's campaign and supporting him in any way possible. I never thought I would write these words, but GO, CLINTON, GO! : )

BUMP.

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