is it is sort of the last gasp of the tea party in the primaries. i m sure the governor is rooting for a mcdaniel/donelly ticket to win. those are the two tea party people because they will make life easier for democrats if they do. mississippi is really the place sort of the last grand stand, if you will, of the tea party in terms of upsetting an incumbent. mitch mcconnell survived in kentucky. it is not clear that cochran will. i think it will be very close down there. i think howard makes a great point which is in some ways the tea party has cannibalized the gop and establishment candidates like tom till s are tea partiers cloaking themselves as establishment republicans. to howard s point about mississippi, do you think travitravis stands a chance. it is an icicle s chance in
learning spanish are these. you ll have to learn just enough to ask where the bathroom is. last month four tea party activists attempted to illegally photograph senator cochran s wife in a nursing home. if cochran is upset by his tea party challenger it could give democrats a chance at a mississippi senate seat for the first time since 1982. in california minuteman volunteer tim donelly faces off against neel kashakari. donelly compared to the iraq war telling the crowd there is a growing insurgency here in los angeles and we need to begin to root out the insurgency in cities like l.a., chicago and new york just like in baghdad. of his opponent donelly claims
tone from mcdaniels but also the tone from across the board. four of his supporters were arrested after they allegedly took a photo of cochran s wife in a nursing home. these have nothing to do with how conservative you are. these are just bizarre incidents that haven t played to his advantage. and i think cochran to my colleague in mississippi said the campaign has gotten nasty. i don t have to mention him. he is getting himself all of the publicity that he needs. so it has been nasty but cochran has kind of played up the gentile southern gentleman who has been in washington for a long time. across the country in california voters are also going to the polls. in a lot of ways lower stakes there. republicans do have an interesting race going on there to be governor jerry brown s opponent in the fall, the two top contenders are tim donelly