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POLITICO - Lott bucking GOP by backing Fincher foe in Tenn. Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott is bucking the preferences of national Republicans in the race for Tennessee’s open 8th Congressional District seat, raising money for Shelby County Commissioner George Flinn’s campaign even as House GOP officials have signaled support for rival candidate Stephen Fincher. Amy Mason, Flinn’s deputy finance director, said the former Mississippi senator will host an event for Flinn’s campaign on the afternoon of June 18 at a supporters’ home in Memphis. Donations are being requested in the amounts of $2,400; $2,000; and $500. Flinn, Fincher and physician Ron Kirkland are competing in an Aug. 5 Republican primary to run for the seat of retiring Democratic Rep. John Tanner. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions of Texas has helped raise funds for Fincher’s campaign, and Fincher has won the backing of a host of House Republicans including Minority Whip Eric Cantor, NRCC recruitment czar Kevin McCarthy and Georgia Reps. Lynn Westmoreland and Tom Price. Read more by Politico 6/2/10

WAPO - McGlowan should have spent less time on Fox and more time campaigning It was an even darker night for someone who, unlike Peterson, already had something of a national following. In February, Fox News pundit Angela McGlowan, a black woman who often comments on how the Democratic Party undermines black Americans, announced her candidacy for Mississippi's 1st District at the National Tea Party Convention. She immediately became much-cited evidence of how the tea party was challenging the GOP and how black Republicans were finding their footing. ... But there was little evidence of real grass-roots support for McGlowan. She raised only $87,093, which included $12,372 from her own pocket, and last night she scored only 15 percent of the vote in her primary. That's not the kind of result that increases a pundit's credibility -- that's a result that sends us looking at her campaign schedule and realizing how much time she spent on Fox News versus how much time she spent on the trail. And this endorsement could have come sooner. Washington Post 6/2/10