Mississippi Senate Race

[SECplayer]

I don't usually venture down to the political forum because, frankly, I'm not a very politically minded person (perhaps even to a flaw).

With that said, in the southeast, I've been hearing nonstop about the Mississippi Senate race and was a little surprised when I came here and wasn't able to find a thread discussing it. Maybe I overlooked it.

Long story short, in the Republican primary, Tea Party candidate McDaniel got the most votes but it wasn't over 50%. He edged out incumbent Cochran. Some no-name 3rd party running got literally like 5,000 votes but it was enough to keep either candidate from getting the majority.

So MS had a runoff and Cochran won by roughly 7,600 votes. That was about a month ago but McDaniel has been adamant that the runoff was unfair and he's stated he will be challenging the runoff within the next week. Allegations of race baiting ads and invalid votes seem to be his justification.

Just curious if y'all had any opinions on this.

 

[rolltide]

hell, after you saw what went on in this race you should stop put politics away forever

really ugly race and while cochran won and will go to washington nobody should be pleased with his likely illegal antics. he played akphi, vittard, and the rest of the white middle-class fellas on this forum and figured he would just call mcdaniel a racist for 6 months because the more times you say something the more difficult it is to refute. he had no real political positions himself so resorted to saying that cochran would cut off food stamps, stop funding black colleges, and not allow blacks to vote.

it's about the lowest level you can go to win an election which is saying something in this country.

i'm sure cochran will enjoy his time in DC, short-lived as it may be, but i wouldn't expect his fellow senators to give him much respect

btw, you won't find a thread down here about it because it wasn't "DEM vs REP" .... that's all anyone down here cares about

 

[rolltide]

It’s clear that Cochran’s vote increases were correlated to the percentage of African-Americans who live in each county. The 10 counties where the incumbent senator improved most were those where blacks make up 69 percent or more of the population. Here’s what those two variables look like when we plot them against each other:

Take Hinds County, where African-Americans make up 69 percent of the population, as an example. Cochran increased his vote total there by about 7,000 votes from the first round of the primary and his share of the vote by a little over 6 percentage points to 72 percent on Tuesday.
McDaniel’s results, on the other hand, show a different pattern. If 30 percent of Cochran’s vote increase can be explained by the racial makeup of the county, less than 1 percent of McDaniel’s vote increase can (at least according to the coefficients of determination). We see no relationship when plotting McDaniel’s vote increase and the percentage of African-Americans in each county:

congrats to cochran on taking a famously democratic tactic of race-baiting and bringing it to the other party. job well done, fella

 

[GasMan]

Worst race I have ever seen in my lifetime. McDaniles is a piece of shit, way worst than Cochran. I don't necessarily agree with the way Cochran ran, but he is the best candidate. I hate Rinos in office but he has a LOT of influence on government contracts and where they get doled out.

 

[akphidelt]

The only thing good about the south is football... otherwise they are degenerates that continually destroy this country with their ignorant ideologies that haven't changed in the past 150 years.

 

[GasMan]

Yeah, too bad you weren't near good enough to play for a decent college football team. Must be tough knowing the only way you even were able to be place holder was to go to some private liberal arts college paid for by your father.

Maybe then you would've lived in the south and found balance in your twisted demented world.

Happy Wednesday!

 

[The Guesser]

There were in fact a couple of threads about this race and that sore loser whiner McDaniel.
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=992814&highlight=cochran
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=993054&highlight=cochran

 

[Albatross]

The only thing good about the south is football... otherwise they are degenerates that continually destroy this country with their ignorant ideologies that haven't changed in the past 150 years.

You forgot beaches and hot women......but whatever......It appears you know nothing about the south & for damn sure have never visited.

 

[Acebb]

The only thing good about the south is football... otherwise they are degenerates that continually destroy this country with their ignorant ideologies that haven't changed in the past 150 years.

You have never been to the South.

Making your comments beyond stupid.

Just more of your "real world experience" to share.

Idiot.

 

[SECplayer]

There were in fact a couple of threads about this race and that sore loser whiner McDaniel.
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=992814&highlight=cochran
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=993054&highlight=cochran

Thanks. I didn't see those. The "search" function seems to be hit and miss.

Anyway, I agree with the "sore loser" remark for the most part. I don't see any way his challenge could even get off the ground. It's widely rumored this threat of a challenge and likely even the filing of the challenge is all for show because he's still attempting to fundraise and pay down a $100k campaign deficit that he basically owes to himself.

 

[SECplayer]

Worst race I have ever seen in my lifetime. McDaniles is a piece of shit, way worst than Cochran. I don't necessarily agree with the way Cochran ran, but he is the best candidate. I hate Rinos in office but he has a LOT of influence on government contracts and where they get doled out.

Yeah, MS would be foolish to vote him out. I believe he is/will be head of the appropriations committee.

Assuming Cochran beats Childers in November, the odds of him serving his entire four years are slim to none. Most say he will serve two years and step down and then the Governor can appoint his replacement.

The bad news is that likely means McDaniel really would win in 4 years when not facing an incumbent with a name as strong as Cochran.

 

[rolltide]

The only thing good about the south is football... otherwise they are degenerates that continually destroy this country with their ignorant ideologies that haven't changed in the past 150 years.

yeah, no degenerate hicks in, ahemm, alaska

you are vile, pathetic little boy

 

[rolltide]

Worst race I have ever seen in my lifetime. McDaniles is a piece of shit, way worst than Cochran. I don't necessarily agree with the way Cochran ran, but he is the best candidate. I hate Rinos in office but he has a LOT of influence on government contracts and where they get doled out.

if you have to resort to Al Sharpton tactics to win a race you aren't the best candidate. period.

hell, every senator has a lot of influence on contracts for their region and if his peers in DC have half a brain they'll ostracize this slimy fuck until he gets voted out again

 

[SECplayer]

The only thing good about the south is football... otherwise they are degenerates that continually destroy this country with their ignorant ideologies that haven't changed in the past 150 years.

Thanks for your invaluable insight on the MS Senate. How desperate are you for a fight? Just embarrassing.

 

[SECplayer]

The "10 day window" McDaniel and his team have talked about in terms of filing a challenge has came and went. He seems to be just stalling and stalling.

 

[GasMan]

McDaniels is a psycho path. He reminds me a lot of Obama...charismatic speaker, nice looking, fake, fake, fake.

He is a rich attorney who has made 100s of millions of dollars with frivolous lawsuits, then turns around and claims to be for the people.

I am siding with Cochran 100%. I am not saying he is the best candidate there has ever been, I am just saying he was the best candidate for this time and place.

 

[BleedingPurple]

I will say one thing about the South... How many fast food places do ya all need? Holy shit.

 

[Albatross]

I will say one thing about the South... How many fast food places do ya all need? Holy shit.

Which ones are you referring to? Chick-fli-A I guess......don't know if they have them up north. Not a bad chicken sandwich tho.

 

[Ttratter]

If anyone knew anything about this race they would be understand better Cochran is a cocksucker. The dems wanted him in because he is in favor of amnesty. So the dems went out and told the black community that Mcdaniel was gonna take away there food stamps this is no joke. See how crocked this shit is. even Brett Favre ran an ad for Cockran, because the Ex-Governor supports cockran. And if you know the story about favre's brother then connect the dots.

 

[rolltide]

I am siding with Cochran 100%. I am not saying he is the best candidate there has ever been, I am just saying he was the best candidate for this time and place.

that's pretty fn sad

next time a dem (or one of the forum tools) comes out race baiting make sure you remember how you fully support a RINO doing the same thing

(oh right, consistency plays almost no part in any of you red/blue guys around here)