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Party victory still possible in this primary and what happens to the big race in november because of out? joining us now is sam hall, political columnist for the clarion ledger newspaper in jackson, mississippi. mr. hall, thank you very much for joining us. its good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> so one of the things thats been interesting to watch with this saga is the way it has sort of unfolded slowly. little details leaking out, drips and drabs, something new every day. should we r...

Fire conservative website published this purported expose about senator thad cochran. quote, thad cochrans executive assistant accompanied him to 42 countries on 33 taxpayer-funded trips. well, the next day, the biggest newspaper in mississippi, the jackson clarion ledger, they wrote that senator cochran was defending his travel with that staffer as essentially normal senate travel. but three days after that report appeared in the local paper in mississippi, police in mississippi arrested a loca...

Lot more for democrats and the national left to take a looking at mississippi and say, "you know what, we have got a harder map to defend the senate. do we want to spend a little money in mississippi." half a million dollars in mississippi goes a long way. we have cheap media markets compared to other states. i can see them getting involved to see if he can get a foothold. i still think if cochran wins, he, he wins the general. it will just be a little bit uglier perhaps. i think he is the favor...

Madison with it. they investigated, made an arrest, and thats the story. so i dont know if that takes three weeks or not, but mcdaniel and his supporters really hitting hard the fact that, hey, they sandbagged this so it would come out two weeks before the election. >> well, is this scandal having a palpable political effect? i mean, is it advancing either candidate? is it driving up interest in the primary election, driving turnout potentially up or down? is there any way to tell how voters are...

If its wednesday, that means its time for another member of congress to run away from dana bash at cnn. run away, run away! here she comes. >> at this point, cochran is trying to avoid unforced errors, going to head-scratching extremes to avoid talking to us. we tried to catch cochran after this event, but when an aide came out and saw us, they did a bait and switch. the car they told us cochran was getting in screeched away without him, while he snuck out another door to a different car, leavin...

The other side, the ads that cochran has out running, they have to be effective. they are very straightforward and they lean mcdaniel directly to the scandal. not saying he was involved with it, but linking him to each one of the players in it. >> in terms of how this happens and how this goes forward to november, depending on who wins next week, does this necessarily -- i mean, what it feels like is it makes sort of the republican primary seem like a very salacious place to be winning your way ...

And he is what we need in washington, d.c. to stay as long as he wants to stay. >> reporter: at this point, cochran is trying to avoid unforced errors, going to head-scratching extremes to avoid talking to us. we tried to catch cochran after this event. but when an aide came out and saw us, they did a bait and switch. the car they told us cochran was getting in screeched away without him, while he snuck out another door to a different car, leaving reporters like us in the dust, unable to talk to...