A lot of the Republican-on-Republican political infighting going on day to day is below the national political radar, but some of it surfaced today when the primary challenger to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) got tripped up by that whole white nationalist thing. The pro-Cochran establishment political types have had a field day with it.
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There is a level of vilification that is not appropriate in politics. Having someone make fun of your name does not reach that high threshold.
We can have some fun with billionaire Charles Koch’s Perkinsesque cri de coeur about attacks on him, his political giving and his “vision for a free society” as he puts it. But it is in line with, part of, the Perkinsonian vision of contemporary American political economy in which the extremely powerful nonetheless feel embattled and threatened. I see it as part of the larger story I wrote about here as the “brittle grip.”
Tea party Senate candidate state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-MS) seems to get caught with white nationalists a lot.
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Seth D. Michaels argues that millions more could be helped by Obamacare were it not for governors like Rick Perry.