You are from a state (Mississippi) that is exceptionally safe for the GOP, no matter who is running. And clearly, yesterday’s epic failure by Chuck Hagel to sell himself to skeptical Senators – or, indeed, Hagel’s epic failure to avoid embarrassing his new Democratic masters – has already made you decide to reassess your support of him for Secretary of Defense. So no doubt this post is unnecessary.
No doubt.
Moe Lane
PS: The grassroots Republican base is developing a taste for primary challenges in the Senate. It’s also getting fairly proficient in carrying those off. So nobody assume that Cochran is bulletproof – particularly since every GOP partisan in the country will, by the end of the week, have seen Ted Cruz’s evisceration of Chuck Hagel.
Heh. Mississippi isn’t Indiana or Arkansas.
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Mew
Oops.. meant Missouri, not Arkansas.
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Mew
One senior Democratic aide said that while some Democratic lawmakers have genuine doubts, many are willing to place their faith in the president’s positions …
Riiiiight … You can trust Barack Obama’s promises. And Lucy will always hold that football for Charlie Brown to kinc.
That should be “kick,” of course. Gosh, I wish the comments section had an edit function.