BREAKING: Barbour plans to appoint Rep. Wicker to open Senate seat

[MarkWarner08]

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[MarkWarner08]

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If this proves to be spurious, I will eat some heavy crow. Looks like the ever-calculating Barbour chose politics over the welfare of the people of Mississippi. This move will harm the state's chances of accumulating seniority in the Senate.

[MarkWarner08]

Looks like the ever-calculating Barbour chose politics over the welfare of the people of Mississippi.

Who exactly out of Mississippi would have satisfied you?  And any particular reason your posts look like DailyKos rejects all of a sudden?

Look no further than Thad Cochran, who was elected to the Senate at the age of 39.  His nearly 30 year Senate tenure has led a plum spot on the Appropriations Committee, which doles out millions of federal dollars to Mississippi.  Cochran at 68 now is one of the most powerful members of the Senate and he'll continue delivering for Mississippi until at least 2014.

Barbour looked at the short term and assumed that Wicker's large campaign warchest would make him a more formidable candidate than the younger Tate Reeves.  Reeves could've followed the path of Cochran and Lott.

Instead Barbour plans to appoint a low-key, largely unambitious already 50+ year old Congressman to the Senate. Roger Wicker will be 85 when he has the same amount of seniority  as Thad Cochran has today. This isn't a partisan criticism --  it's about what well help Mississippi in the decades to come.

Daily Kos hack? C'mon, can't you find a stronger ad hominen attack than that? I'm sure most die-hard Democratic partisans are supporting Mike Bloomberg for President...

[MarkWarner08]

Looks like the ever-calculating Barbour chose politics over the welfare of the people of Mississippi.

Who exactly out of Mississippi would have satisfied you?  And any particular reason your posts look like DailyKos rejects all of a sudden?

Look no further than Thad Cochran, who was elected to the Senate at the age of 39.  His nearly 30 year Senate tenure has led a plum spot on the Appropriations Committee, which doles out millions of federal dollars to Mississippi.  Cochran at 68 now is one of the most powerful members of the Senate and he'll continue delivering for Mississippi until at least 2014.

Barbour looked at the short term and assumed that Wicker's large campaign warchest would make him a more formidable candidate than the younger Tate Reeves.  Reeves could've followed the path of Cochran and Lott.

Instead Barbour plans to appoint a low-key, largely unambitious already 50+ year old Congressman to the Senate. Roger Wicker will be 85 when he has the same amount of seniority  as Thad Cochran has today. This isn't a partisan criticism --  it's about what well help Mississippi in the decades to come.

Daily Kos hack? C'mon, can't you find a stronger ad hominen attack than that? I'm sure most die-hard Democratic partisans are supporting Mike Bloomberg for President...

While it's great that you're totally—and solely—consumed by potential seniority come the year 2038, I think that maybe, just maybe, you're desperately reaching here to find some kind of criticism and fault re: Wicker when none seriously exists.

(And where was the age-ist outrage over Barrasso?  He's 55.)

I didn't criticizes Governor Freudenthal's decision to pick Barrasso because besides Cynthia Lummis (who had a deep personal rift with Freudenthal), Barrasso was the younger of the two serious finalists.  Electing young people to Congress is crucial for smaller states to maintain their clout in Washington. Joe Biden and Ted Stevens are just a few of the small-state Senators who were elected at a young age.

At the end of 2015, Mississippi will likely have a Senate delegation with a combined eight years of experience. Quite a piddling total when compared to other small states.

Finally, as an Oregonian, I can attest to the hit our state took when we lost Bob Packwood and Mark Hatfield in just one year. Eleven years have past and we still haven't regained most of our seniority.

[MarkWarner08]

I'd kind of like to see Mike Moore so Dems can really angry with him, this guy is Ben Nelson on conservative steroids

Please warrant that assertion.  Moore's never cast a vote concerning on abortion, gay rights, health care or education spending, foreign policy, and tax rates. Why? Because he's never served in any kind of a legislative body. Considering this, how can you possible ascertain his views on political issues?