tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post4197854606678081988..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Winning Formula?George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-64027579895367053782014-07-05T23:22:01.547-04:002014-07-05T23:22:01.547-04:00Former Skivvy Niner, you are assuming that the Rep...Former Skivvy Niner, you are assuming that the Republicans that supported McDaniel are going to meekly show up and vote for Cochran. I think not. SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-39032409299199802422014-06-30T18:39:18.928-04:002014-06-30T18:39:18.928-04:00I live in Northern Mississippi and I voted for Tha...I live in Northern Mississippi and I voted for Thad. My reasons for doing so were three fold.<br /><br />I will always vote for a Veteran over someone who has never served in the military. Cochran was in the Navy. I could find no information that McDaniel ever served.<br /><br />Cochran's voting record has shown he supported Veterans and Military Retirees.<br /><br />If McDaniel would have won, there is a very good chance that the Democrat candidate would win in the fall. Many of the Republicans who support Thad would either not vote or would vote for Travis Childers, the Blue Dog Democrat.Former Skivvy Ninerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926146521676521799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-66015914069927594492014-06-28T14:30:52.199-04:002014-06-28T14:30:52.199-04:00It does appear McDaniel 'might' have a val...It does appear McDaniel 'might' have a valid challenge if he can prove those cross-over dems also voted in the Jun Dem primary... That's a no-no even in MS...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-83746713301836159412014-06-27T15:45:11.527-04:002014-06-27T15:45:11.527-04:00I live in IL and tho we are a blue state and MS i...I live in IL and tho we are a blue state and MS is red, I see the same dynamic at play. The GOP establishment would like to be the majority, but given the choice between risking the wrath of the media and "respectable opinion" by standing up for their base, and settling for a genteel second place, they always opt to abandon their base and play the Dems game. Of course they can't play that as well or effectively as real Dems, so they settle for second place in a two-horse race.<br /><br />They are really quite happy with that as long as they get a cut, say 1/3, of the goodies that the Dems in control are pasisng around.<br /><br />That's the short version of what happened to the IL GOP between the mid-1990s and today. IL had GOP governors from 1976 to 2002, now they feel like if they come close it's a moral victory and therefore a great success.<br /><br />At the national level, people thought Tom DeLay was an ideologue, but in 1995, in the wake of the Gingrich landslide, he was the guy who took the national party in the direction of "the K-Street Strategy" rather than the "Contract With America."<br /><br />The results are all around you. The US Chamnber of Commerce will drive the GOP into minority status for a generation in order to get a few more immigrants for their memeber firms to exploit. The GOP leaders are quite happy with that bargain, the only problem as they see it is how to fool their own base.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617687006180956861noreply@blogger.com