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.)
