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Ross and Bryant On The Issues
2007-07-14 09:02:44
Charlie Ross and Phil Bryant went over a number of important issues with the Daily Journal in this write-up. Issues they talked about included taxes, committee appointments, education, ethics, and crime.
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WWW.MAJORITYINMS.COM!
2007-07-13 22:12:58
http://www.majorityinms.com. There is no need to enter in the ?wordpress? anymore. But if you do you will still be directed to the same page.
On a similar note, I will be staying with WordPress. Among other things it was extremely easy to register a domain through WP- even for someone who is rather illiterate when it comes to that type of computer knowledge. Enjoy- and take a minute to update your bookmarks.
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Scruggs Gives $33,000 to Hood
2007-07-13 21:59:36
The state?s most notorious trial lawyer, Dickie Scruggs, gave a whopping $33,000 to Hood this past fundraising period- more than a quarter of what the attorney general reported raising during that time period.
P.S. Scruggs is listed on the third line of the second page.
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A Site Worth Checking Out
2007-07-13 06:24:51
Mississippi Prayer Warriors and deals with a variety of issues. The site says the organization exists to pray for Mississippi and her leaders to bring the state and the leaders closer to God.
They also have interviews with a number of candidates from both party?s talking about their faith. There?s a lot of good information to be seen. Take a second to check it out.
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Gene Taylor- Leading Dem Dissenter in the House
2007-07-12 19:23:55
The New York Times ran a story earlier this week on Congressional Democrats who have broken with their party?s leadership on mainly partisan issues during the first half of this year. Topping the list of Democrats who registered the lowest party unity scores was Gene Taylor, of the Fourth Congressional District. Here are some excerpts from the Times article:
?There are members who break with their Democratic leaders and colleagues more often than most- with longtime Mississippi Rep. Gene Taylor the leading party dissident, breaking with the Democratic position on nearly a third of House votes that fell mainly along partisan lines.?
?The following is a roundup of the Democratic members with the lowest party unity scores, with summaries of their political situations back home?1. Gene Taylor, Mississippi?s 4th District (69.2 percent). Long one of the most conservative House Democrats, Taylor has dominated his heavily conservative district in southern Mississippi ? a territory that the Rep ...
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Northeast MS Voters
2007-07-10 15:37:16
Bobby Harrison had a good piece in yesterdays Daily Journal and I encourage my readers to check it out.
The story focused on voters in the Northeast part of the state and their importance on statewide races- both in the primaries and especially in the general elections. The Northeast is the last truly competitive region of the state. That is because it is home to the last large chunk of white voters who are willing to give statewide Dems a look.
I also wanted to add an interesting tidbit that I remember reading in the Mississippi Politics book by Andy Taggart and Jere Nash, relating to Northeast MS. When the issue of changing the state flag was put on the ballot, with the support of Gov. Musgrove, no region in the state voted more overwhelmingly for the current flag then the Northeast. What did that translate to? Musgrove went from winning 14 of the 16 Northeast counties in 1999, to just six in 2003. It is hard to tell whether that issue only hurt Musgrove, or if it still has legs th ...
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