for whomever they want.

Yes, bigtree, hopefully they're aware now more than ever, and how powerful their vote is!

. . . but you're free to pretend otherwise. The last Democrat to represent Mississippi in the Senate was John Stennis who retired in 1988. Then, there's Childers . . . I mean, c'mon.

Blaming black voters for losing a race which hasn't even happened just because they had enough backbone to stand up and reject McDaniels is a slap in the face to the black community in Mississippi. McDaniel was an open and flagrant racist. Black voters in Mississippi responded to his candidacy (and his race-baiting) by showing up at the polls and voting him out.

Now it falls to the Democratic party to find a way to tap into that voter enthusiasm - and I believe that vote is there for Democratic candidates nationwide.

My father is one of those lifelong Democrats who helped push Cochran over the edge. The reason he did it is that, given the likelihood of a Republican victory in November, he had a choice between a sane career Republican and a lunatic greenhorn who wants to dismantle the government. The lesser of the evils may still be evil, but it's also still lesser.

Meanwhile the McDaniel nutballs have reacted so badly to this that they may seriously stage a rebellion or write-in campaign, which could split the Republican vote badly enough to give Childers another chance. This has already been pointed out to them but being infants with no impulse control they've made it clear that THEY DON'T CARE. Which is another good reason to make sure nobody like McDaniel ever gets anywhere near elected office by any means possible.

the general is he going to turn is back on Dems on Mississippi? Could there be a chance for Rep Travis Childers?

thank you, bigree

But seems like it could be a tough one. Didn't Romney win Mississippi pretty easily?

Hope this Dem enthusiasm continues.

Thanks for the thread, bigtree.

I was unaware of their influence. Was there an open primary there as well?

and are tired of the arrogance of the self-proclaimed "party of no," and will get more Democratic voters to the polls.
I hope these mid-terms are a surprise to everyone—especially fivethirtyeight.

Read that tea nuts baggers spouting how it was foul play, illegal, voter fraud, a fellow so called "conservative" crossed the line and courted them "liberal" Dems (N***ers) who certainly have no right over true "conservative registered white voters.

I'm a down and dirty cut to the bone democrat and would vote for a yellow dog rather than a puke any day.

. . . but I can understand what motivated these folks to vote the way they did.

This doesn't mean that they've solved their problem for November; might have even hurt their chances, but this is the type of mobilization that Democrats should have been organizing already. One bright spot for Democrats is that they managed to increase black voter registration in the state during this period and also made progress on absentee votes, as well.

The black community comprises about 37% in Mississippi. That's a formidable voting bloc if motivated, as we've just witnessed. Imagine that motivated voter base rising up, this fall, around the nation.

he was a friend and a good guy otherwise I wouldn't have voted for him.
I'm hoping a lot of Democratic voters get motivated this election. I think this is one of, if not the most, important election in my 66 years. We have a lot riding on this one.
We have a lot of fox noise stupid ass people out there and that worries me to no end

and runs as a 3rd party?

. . . that would advantage the Democratic choice, if Mississippi Democrats come home.

One thing . . . the Dem choice right now is anti-gay marriage, anti-Obamacare, anti-gun regulation. It's not a banner race there, by any standards.

Given all the negativity that's been spewed, from the national party leadership kicking the state off it's "to-do" list, to self-satisfied Blue State Dems assuring everyone that Texas is nothing more than a Third World sump hole, it won't be easy. But then, we Texans never expected it to be. Go Wendy!