movement. chris, it s bigger than just mississippi. it s this anti-incumbent mentality across theñi nation. i agree. what did you think when you heard eric cantor was knocked off by ten points? a bigçó upset. he was slam banged out of office. what did you think when that õhì(lc% i was shocked at first. i was not expecting it like everybody everyone else. it shows the people are fed up. that s part of the problem. on both sides of the aisle. these politicians go to washington with and they forget why they went to washington and who they represent. they become disconnected and become more caught up with the power and control and staying on the d.c. cocktail circuit than actually representing the people that sentñi them there. so the fact that eric cantor lost that ñrseat, i think that d a big part of it. i mean, there are other issue that is come into play there. i was shocked as everyones else. let me ask you, sam.
these d.c. politicians go to d.c., get hooked up in the cocktail circuit and the power structure around d.c. and lose touch with their district and their voters that s what we saw. immigration was one issue. eric cantor has lost touch with his district. that s what we are seeing across the country and in mississippi with senator thad cochran, who is set to lose after 42 years serving in the united states senate to little-known state senator, chris mcdaniel. these politicians have lost touch. that s what the grassroots voters have risen up, frustrated with what s going on in washington, d.c., frustrated with the out-of-control spending. these politicians that aren t standing up for them. they are these politicians that believe in the problem is tomorrow. fix the problem tomorrow. people are tired of that. they want the problems fixed today.
anything to do with photographing his opponent s sick wife. our campaign had absolutely no connection to that whatsoe r whatsoever. reporter: you personally, when did you find out about the break in? we re going to focus on his record right now. god bless the tea party. reporter: mcdaniel would like to be the senate s next ted cruz, stick to principle, compromise be damned. i m not going to washington, d.c., to be a member of a cocktail circuit or make backroom deals. i m going up there to fight and defend the constitution. reporter: talk to mississippi democrats and republicans who say, come on, thad cochran has been there a long time and helps people in mississippi. name one fight senator cochran has led against barack obama, one time he raised his voice in defense of conservative. reporter: for the tea party movement after a string of primary losses this year, mcdaniel has been their best hope of toppling an
called part of her job and and supposed to be about the struggle of ideas within the gop. a young tea party backed up start challenging a fellow republican for being out of touch and too entrenched in washington. now, chris mcdaniel is fending off questions about whether his campaign had anything to do with photographing his opponent s sick wife. our campaign had absolutely no connection with that whatsoever. you personally, when did you find out about the break-in? we re going to focus on his record right now. god bless the tea party. i am not going to washington d.c. to be a member of a cocktail circuit or to make back
this republican primary was supposed to be about the struggle of ideas within the gop. chris mcdaniel. reporter: a young tea party-backed upstart challenging a fellow republican for being out of touch and too entrenched in washington after 36 years in the senate. now chris mcdaniel is fending off questions about whether his campaign had anything to do with photographing his opponent s sick wife. our campaign had absolutely no connection to that whatsoever. reporter: you personally, when did you find out about the break-in? we re going focus on his record right now. god bless the tea party. reporter: mcdaniel would like to be the senate s next ted cruz, stick to principle, compromise be damned. i am not going to washington, d.c. to be a member of the cocktail circuit or to make back room deals. i m going up there to fight and defend the constitution. reporter: talk to mississippi republicans and democrats who say come on,ed that cochran has been there a long time, but