You just won’t believe what newly-revealed emails show about the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that cost Democrats the majority in the Virginia Senate.
The lawyer charged as a co-conspirator in that weird nursing home incident in the Mississippi Senate GOP primary has reportedly committed suicide.
Today over at Cafe, we have a piece from Georgia State associate professor Daniel Paul Franklin on whether the Mississippi primary mess could give more leverage to African-American voters: “now it is apparent that [Republicans] have a new path to victory – one that runs through the African American community.”
This is part of a series we’re starting from our friends at the Scholars Strategy Network on the future of the Republican Party. Look for more in the series next week.
Trolling? A bit but not entirely. I asked earlier whether anyone remembered whether Chris McDaniel had committed or declined to commit to voting for Thad Cochran if Cochran won the primary. I think he also declined to commit to Cochran before the first primary or the primary proper, as opposed to the run-off. But he did it again just before the run off. Now, why does this matter? Well, it actually matters quite a lot if you accept the theory on which McDaniel and company are now saying the votes of potentially thousand of African-American voters should be disqualified, he should be declared nominee and also be awarded a valiant unicorn steed on which to gallop to victory.
I seem to remember McDaniel, just before the primary, refusing to say he’d support Cochran in the general if Cochran won on primary night. Anyone else remember that? And if you do and you have a link or a citation, can you email me and send it my way?
The McDaniel campaign keeps kicking! First, campaign staffers returned to the Hinds County Courthouse to search for voting “irregularities”—i.e. Democrats who backed Cochran in the runoff. Loyal readers might remember as the site of the courthouse caper, which resulted in one campaign staffer and two other McDaniel supporters getting locked in the courthouse at 2 a.m. alongside ballots on June 3.
Then, the McDaniel campaign called on the state GOP chair to order elections clerks to open their books so that the staff can comb over them for voting “irregularities.” But does the GOP chair have such authority? Nope!
In the contest for most blatant soccer trolling today we have a draw between Ann Coulter and this guy.
Todd Akin, pushing his new book, scolds Hillary Clinton about the legitimacy of rape claims.
Yes, in case you’re wondering, the House GOP’s new lawsuit against Obama’s tyranny does appear to be a trial run for inevitable impeachment.
On the other hand, we’re almost six years into a Democratic presidency, so isn’t it about time?
“The more the tea party complains about how black voters vote for Republicans, I think they look racist and stupid.” John Freehery, GOP consultant, former Hill staffer.