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Thad Cochran resigning
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:51 pm
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Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:52 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Mississippi GOP Gov. Phil Bryant will select Cochran's replacement. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged Bryant to appoint himself, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:54 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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Mississippi GOP Gov. Phil Bryant will select Cochran's replacement. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged Bryant to appoint himself, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
Tater Reeves about to put a backyard burger inside the governor's mansion.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
BAH GAWD THAT'S CHRIS MCDANIELS MUSIC
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:57 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
It just keeps getting better.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:59 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged Bryant to appoint himself, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
That doesn't seem ethical
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:01 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
frick Cochran and McConnell.
He shouldn’t have run for his last term but did anyway. And when he nearly lost to McDaniel in the primary, he ran dirty and paid for black turnout to push him over the top.
As far as the governor goes, I believe the last instance of something similar to this was Frank Murkowski getting elected as Governor of Alaska and appointing his count of a daughter to replace him as Senator. And then he lost to Palin in the next election.
Appointing yourself to a position or appointing a relative to a position tends to piss people off and results in a loss down the road.
He shouldn’t have run for his last term but did anyway. And when he nearly lost to McDaniel in the primary, he ran dirty and paid for black turnout to push him over the top.
As far as the governor goes, I believe the last instance of something similar to this was Frank Murkowski getting elected as Governor of Alaska and appointing his count of a daughter to replace him as Senator. And then he lost to Palin in the next election.
Appointing yourself to a position or appointing a relative to a position tends to piss people off and results in a loss down the road.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:03 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
What a sham that last 'Weekend at Bernie's' election of his was.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:10 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Bad for Mississippi. Next in line for appropriations chair is from Alabama. Bama is about to start getting all kinds of stuff.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:11 pm to DingLeeBerry
Phil should just serve as Senator and Governor at the same time.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:12 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Come on Chris McDaniel. 
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:15 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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It’s rumored that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant will appoint state House Speaker Philip Gunn to the seat, and schedule a special election to replace Cochran for November — the same day as the general midterm elections.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:17 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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This post was edited on 5/27/23 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:20 pm to teke184
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He shouldn’t have run for his last term but did anyway.
He did what Haley Reeves Barbour told him to do.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:24 pm to Paluka
There were supposedly polls showing that McDaniel would win nomination but that if Hood (AG) ran as well, he would beat McDaniel. That scared them big time so they begged him to run.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:26 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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by BACONisMEATcandy
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Mississippi GOP Gov. Phil Bryant will select Cochran's replacement. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged Bryant to appoint himself, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
McConnell sticking nose where it doesn’t belong again
Such a pos
Swamp drain and McConnell hates Cochran leaving and just wants another swamper
Posted on 3/5/18 at 6:57 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:09 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
How long ago did Senator Cochran die?
Posted on 3/5/18 at 7:35 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Thad Cochran and John McCain being in poor health in old age and still refuse to leave the senate are good examples of why we need term limits.
This is one of the oldest senates in american history and Mitch McConnell had a heavy hand in that persuading Thad and McCain to stick around, not that McCain needed much persuading anyway.
This is one of the oldest senates in american history and Mitch McConnell had a heavy hand in that persuading Thad and McCain to stick around, not that McCain needed much persuading anyway.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:08 pm to Sentrius
There was talk on Talk Radio that since 3 Republicans want the appointment and then run too, that they might appt. a temporary Senator that would NOT run in November,but to just hold office a few months until an election is held. That would also move McDaniel into that race, not against Wicker. I expect this to happen. I'll call two people I know Tuesday to check it out.
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