earlier this year, the writer said of carson s frequent visits to inner city schools as resident of johns hopkins, quote, any time anyone wanted to bring out any inspirational figure for young black boys, they turned to ben carson. but more than 20 years later, carson s re-emergence as a tea party hero has exposed some of the nuances in black tea party because some of those same people grew up with a figure of a success story and a message of personal responsibility. and the same message that has brought people to their feet in the polls for president obama may not have quite the same resonance when it comes wrapped in carson s rhetoric. joining me now, e.j.dion, will jerando, a former white house aide, and robert trainam, former
are they coming from the state where each man has an advantage on the model? depending on where the outstanding ballots are. that will be the tale for the evening. that s what we ll be watching. steve schmidt, thank you. casey and e.j., on location in mississippi. thank you as well. good to be with you. thank you, ari. great to be with you. have fun, enjoy the live band. voters in one state tonight are deciding if they want to secede and become the 51st state. where? why is this happening? that s up next. e brain. little things, anyone can do. it steals your memories. your independence. insures support. a breakthrough. and sooner than you d like. .sooner than you think. .you die from alzheimer s disease. .we cure alzheimer s disease. every little click, call, or donation adds up to something big. alzheimer s association. the brains behind saving yours. sfx: car unlock beep.
palin, marco rubio and mitt romney. stakes may be higher in mississippi. polls close at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we have numbers. right now with 58.7% of resin kts reporting, thad cochran has a slight lead over chris mcdaniels. senator cochran has 58%. we are going to go, i think, let s go directly out. casey hunt, e.j.dion, steve schmidt with us tonight. let s go right to you, casey, on the numbers. what do we hear? at this point it is anybody s guess. this is a very, very, close race. all along. senator cochran has had a little bit of an edge. no one in the campaign is sure that will hold. they re up in some places. not as far up as they would look to be in some other places. at this point we are watching for the remote possibility that
fading in the face of that. and cochran s campaign sort of keeping on forward. it, we have ended up at a pin the where no one really knows what the outcome is going to be. e.j., what is your view? i know you were out and about today. looking at what the mcdaniel campaign has been up to. what is your view of this race right now? i think the mcdaniel folks. up in hattiesburg tonight. let s give rub rubs in the state credit. but the mcdaniel people, really believe that they have sent a message, one way or the other. because, they have really if cochran ekes this out, they believe this does not mean an end to the tea party. there is this run-off possibility team. the first person to suggest this rather gleefully, ricky coal, the democratic chairman who
mcdaniel. he was surging here. in the weeks before that ad went up on the air. the cochran campaign has really seized on it. and, and focused on it. i will say there is a little dissent among cochran supporters for how effective the campaign was and handling the nursing home scandal. in the press, the campaign went out there and litigated it. some times back and forth. questioning statements. mcdaniel kachl pacampaign had m. made them look like they were getting down in the mud. there were some who say that was a bad idea. that actually activated mcdaniel supporters to feel defensive and be more excited to go out to the polls and stand up for him. e.j., your thoughts? i think also the story had a weird double edge to it. did get a discussion going of cochran s relationship with an