Faked endorsements in MS Senate race

In a last ditch effort last week, the Thad Cochran campaign appealed to Democrats to vote in the GOP primary in order to block the Tea Party candidate, Chris McDaniel. Ironically, Republicans have voted in Democratic primaries for years because so many local officials are still registered Democrats. Cochran ads have been running during the past week that are intended to appeal to the black community.

Tonight, twitter accounts from Democratic voters in south Mississippi reported that they had received robocalls from Johnny Dupree, the Democratic mayor of Hattiesburg, urging them to vote for Republican Thad Cochran. Mayor Dupree quickly denied the endorsement[/link]. By tomorrow morning, the story will be all over the major newspapers. Just in time for voting.

There is no way to know who produced the calls. The Barbour brothers who are running the Cochran campaign might have done this but it seems crude. Austin Barbour was a top advisor in the Romney campaign. There is too much danger that a faked endorsement could blow back on the candidate in the general election. This kind of stunt has Chris McDaniel's fingerprints all over it.