partisan association. that s usually what a democrat gets under normal conditions. there was another republican state senator, chris mcdaniel. how much can espy improve on that 41% that he got on november 6th? if all the democrats come out to vote and all things being equal, cindy hyde smith wins and they know the majority is not at taj. they don t think it s a big deal. they think espy has a chance. getting democrats out to vote for mike espy is not enough. he has to get republicans to vote for him or get republicans to stay home. cindy hyde smith is facing new criticism now, sarah made reference and promoted a measure that praised the effort to defend his homeland and pushed a revisionist view of the civil war and instead of calling it the war between the states.