Cochran Decision Nears in Mississippi - He will run again in 2008

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I of course am rooting for a retirement and a Mike Moore run for the seat, but with the current leadership of MS Democratic Party I'm not especially confident of a Moore victory.  Here's hoping that Moore can win in spite of them!

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Fuck.


We'll have to put all our resources in winning the open MS-3 seat, I suppose.

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cochran even does reasonably well in the black counties.

that's because of his opponents, not because of anything special about him...
In 1990 and 2002, he didn't have a D opponent, and in 1996, it was a frequent candidate who ran for the D nomination for everything every election.

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To be fair to Cochran, its not just that he doesn't have Democratic opponents, its that he has been a good and solid Senator for Mississippi.  Unlike Trent Lott, he doesn't appear to have any kind of murky past on racial issues and seems to have done all he can to represent his state wisely and well and help all his constituients.  When you've been in office since 1978, I think some people just start voting for you out of loyal habit - that was the case with Strom Thurmond. 

yeah, Cochran's a good guy.  I won't be voting for him, but I can deal with having him as my senator.  I can't say the same about Lott.