Thad Cochran’s Democratic Campaign
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 25th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Thad Cochran’s Democratic Campaign
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON — “There is something a bit strange, there is something a bit unusual about a Republican primary that’s decided by liberal Democrats.”The words of Chris McDaniel, the tea party candidate vanquished in Mississippi’s runoff on Tuesday by Sen. Thad Cochran and the state’s GOP establishment, were not the most gracious. But they contained an important truth about why Cochran prevailed after finishing second in the first round of voting on June 3.In winning, Cochran overturned many of the cliches of political analysis: that runoffs draw lower turnouts than the main event; that…
A Surprise Race That Shouldn’t Have Been
Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Just a few years ago, this probably wouldn’t have been worth mentioning: Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi, a six-term incumbent with a strong conservative record who had ceaselessly brought home the bacon for his state, defeated a Republican primary challenge from a rookie state legislator and former radio host.
Today’s GDP Number Isn’t as Bad as It Sounds
Danny Vinik, New Republic
The economy contracted at an annualized rate of negative 2.9 percent in the first quarter of this year. In other words, the economy in the first three months of the year actually shrank. The contraction is worse than expected: forecasters were predicting it would be just negative 1.8 percent. And to give you a sense of scale, GDP fell by 8.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, at the depths of the recession. In other words, this is an ugly number.