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October 21, 2008

Election ’08: Financing of campaigns is askew

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 10/21/8 In the presidential campaign, Democrat Barack Obama is outspending Republican John McCain better than 2-to1 and, in Mississippi, the ads in the special U.S. Senate race between Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove have reached the level of the absurd. What do they have in common? Both are examples of campaign spending…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 21, 2008

Virginia’s Webb campaigns for Musgrove in Miss.

The Sun Herald, 10/20/8 Virginia Sen. Jim Webb says “Reagan Democrats” should support candidates like Ronnie Musgrove in Mississippi. Musgrove is trying to do what Webb did – unseat a Republican in a close U.S. Senate race. Webb served as Navy secretary under President Reagan but won a Senate seat in 2006 as a Democrat.…