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July 19, 2007

Lott, Cochran have more than $1M in war chests

The Clarion-Ledger, 7/19/7 While it’s not certain they will need it, each of Mississippi’s Republican senators has raised more than $1 million toward re-election, their latest reports to the Federal Election Commission show. Sen. Thad Cochran, who has represented Mississippi in the Senate since 1979, has not said whether he’ll run for re-election next year.
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 19, 2007

Partisanship can be poison when it overrules people’s choices

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/19/7 It’s fine for politicians to be strictly partisan. That’s what politicians do. People, however, are best served if they retain skepticism and avoid becoming cheerleaders for one team or the other. That’s getting harder and harder, given that the press, especially the national folks, have turned a conversation on any topic…