The Democratic Party has managed to expand the electoral map in nearly every direction this cycle, making Republicans play defense in once-strongholds like Alaska, South Carolina, and Texas. Perhaps no other state becoming contentious is as shocking as ruby red Mississippi, where former US Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy is making a realistic bid to […]
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The Re-Tea-Blican Party: Is This the Return of the Prodigal Party?
By Merrill Weber The Mississippi River divides Mississippi from New Orleans just like the Tea Party divides the Republican Party. After incumbent Thad Cochran dealt Chris McDaniel a losing hand in June’s runoff election, Tea Party candidate McDaniel turned to the Mississippi GOP for redemption. Unsurprisingly, the GOP dismissed McDaniel’s circumstantial accusations, leaving the Mississippi […]