Seems the tea party folks are a wee bit pissed off after Thad Cochran's surprising victory in yesterday's Mississippi Senate primary over Chris McDaniel, the great white hope, so to speak, of this year's tea party crop of candidates.
Especially since it now seems the reason he won (Mississippi is one of many states to have open primaries) is because black Democratic voters, fearing the tea party strangulation of their voting rights, turned out in large enough numbers to give Cochran the victory.
And for all intents and purposes, in a state as red as Mississippi, sending him back to the U.S. Senate for another six years.
All of which makes perfect sense--if you live in a state where your party of choice has no chance of winning the general election, a vote in the primaries for the candidate of the other party who is least hostile to your own views would be in your best interest.
Frankly, I'll be surprised if we don't see a lot more of it as the divide between right and left continues to grow.
Peace,
emaycee
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