Monday Election Notebook
MS-01: In what may or may not be an issue in the GOP primary, Hotline says that some Republican sources question what effect Angela McGlowan’s ties to Steve Wynn’s gambling empire will have on her chances as the race heats up. The First District is not exactly as friendly toward gambling as the rest of the state may be.
MS-01: Henry Ross recently re-posted this story from last March on his campaign website. It is an editorial he wrote for the Daily Journal called “Big Spending is Bad Medicine” where he criticizes the Obama administration for their spending habits.
MS-01: Guilt by association? Apparently, Angela McGlowan was followed at the National Tea Party Convention by Joseph Farah, the editor of WorldNetDaily, who went on to question Barack Obama’s birth certificate. The Washington Independent (although I am not sure how independent they are) thinks that fact is an issue in their story, “A Congressional Bid and a Birther Monologue.”
MS-01: Democrats are hoping to take full advantage of a three-person GOP primary. After McGlowan’s entrance into the race today, they sent out a press release saying this: “Given Alan Nunnelee’s record, it’s no surprise that conservative activists in Mississippi are stepping forward to challenge him. Whether you’re a Republican, an Independent or a Democrat, you don’t want to support someone who broke their word to the people of Mississippi. Nunnelee signed his word that he wouldn’t raise taxes and then worked to raise tobacco tax and hospital taxes. With a record like that, it’s no wonder more candidates aren’t getting into the race to make sure Nunnelee is accountable for his record.”
MS-01: Travis Childers’ campaign website isn’t quite ready for the 2010 race yet. When you click through, you get a homepage that reads, “Travis Childers will continue standing up for North Mississippi families as their Congressman. Travis knows hard work.” You can link to a contribution and volunteer sign-up page only. The issues/ news have yet to be updated.
MS-01: We have updated the story from earlier today regarding McGlowan’s official entrance into the race to include the campaign press release.
NRCC: Looking at the Mid-South region for a minute, the Commercial Appeal is calling the area “ground zero” for GOP pickups in the fall. The GOP is targeting five seats currently held by Democrats, including AR-01 which is being vacated by Marion Berry, AR-02 which is being vacated by Vic Snyder, TN-08 which is being vacated by John Tanner, and TN-06 which is being vacated by Bart Gordon. MS-01 rounds out the fifth seat in play in the region (although Travis Childers is the only Democrat on that list not retiring).
2012 President: We paid great attention to Haley Barbour’s trips to the early presidential primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire over the summer, and now Barbour is scheduled to go to South Carolina- host of the first primary in the South. Barbour continues to insist there is nothing to it.
Let the mudslinging and muckraking begin. You know Childers must be concerned. With the baggage that both Nunnelee and McGlowan carry Ross could be a good choice for Dist. 1. I read the editorial on his website and he seems to have a good grasp on whats going on in Washington. If you plan to vote in the primary in Dist. 1 be sure and review all of the candidates on there merit and record not just there percieved winabality.
In the past I had cast a blind ballot by just voting for the GOP. There was very little information about particular candidates and what they really stood for. Now thanks to the internet that has changed so lets look at the facts and vote according to our individual convections.