Conservatives Fume After Mississippi Defeat
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Source: TIME
By nearly all accounts, they should have had their victory. Conventional wisdom had left Sen. Thad Cochran for dead after a close June 3 primary sent him into Tuesdays runoff against former conservative radio host Chris McDaniel. The challenger was supposed to have an easy lift after winning more votes than Cochran in Round 1. House Majority Leader Eric Cantors surprise defeat by conservative upstart Dave Brat days later only reinforced that perception.
But Cochran, unbowed, expanded the electorate, bringing in Democratic voters and defeating McDaniel to almost certainly secure a seventh term in office. The results left establishment Republicans celebrating, having also beaten back Tea Party challengers in Oklahoma and upstate New York. As McDaniel refused to concede in a fiery speech decrying that the conservative movement took a backseat to liberal Democrats in the state of Mississippi, conservatives and Tea Party activists were left wondering where they went wrongand seething at their defeat. The results show the success of a sweeping tide of establishment push-back following high profile upsets in Republican primaries in 2010 and 2012.
Read more: http://time.com/2921054/thad-cochran-chris-mcdaniel-mississippi-senate-primary/
Poor babies..
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)
Andy823
(11,555 posts)They are plain and simple, tea party far right radical crazies who would destroy this country in order to set up their insane agenda to make this country into a loony bid with them running the show! Republicans are bad enough, but these crazies even out due the idiot republicans that are in office these days.
Now if only these morons will get mad enough to run as a third party challenger come November!
Enrique
(27,461 posts)don't ever forgive the RINOs, the radical lefties like Thad Cochran. You only have one choice, go third party!
KeepItReal
(7,770 posts)Google the phrase "Obama Tea Party", and then look at the images.
*Those images* and the sentiment behind them got African-Americans to pull the lever (or touch the screen) for Thad Cochran instead of staying at work or going about their lives and not voting in an open primary.
All Cochran had to do was ask.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,270 posts)and march around wearing a funny hat with tea bags dangling from the brim.
This is SERIES!??!
lib87
(535 posts)Entertaining to watch.
McDaniel sounds like an old plantation owner. Bye!
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)not breaking news. Please repost in GD, Politics or Good Reads