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April 28, 2015

MITCHELL says “last (white) Democrat in Dixie” AG Hood idea driven

Charlie Mitchell: ‘Last (White) Democrat in Dixie’ Still Chugging Along Politics should be idea-driven, not identity-driven, both said. Ideas, at least in the abstract, are race-neutral. There’s no better illustration of being idea-driven than Jim Hood. Two years go, Governing magazine dubbed him the “last Democrat in Dixie,” a reference to all other statewide offices,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 28, 2015

Austin Barbour: Big dollar donors more comfortable with super PACs now

Never before have so many people with so much money run for president Fifteen White House contenders are being boosted by big-money groups run by their close allies. Most have not yet declared their candidacies but are instead hopscotching the country headlining high-dollar super-PAC fundraisers. By blessing the groups, the aspirants have given a green…