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Animosity between the two camps that they dont care, and also, they can rationalize it to themselves by saying that mcdaniels got a 12-point lead in the general anyway, and cochran with the 17-point lead or so, and so even if they the tear each other down, and knock off half of the lead, they are in a good position to beat the democrat in the general unless something else comes out about mcdaniel, which is not impossible given what jackie referred to. >> and now over to iowa, joni ernst of the g...

Compromise with democrats and is he not conservative enough for the state of mississippi. voters really have a choice here today between the old guard and the new guard between seniority and new blood. there have been so many attacks back and forth and some of them are sticking, for example, a lot of voters believe that the mcdaniel campaign knew about the plot to put pictures of rose cochran, thad cochrans ghif a nursing home online. daniel campaign denies it it thad cochran voted for obamacare...

Amen. okay. so across the country, another type of fighting is going on. its primary day in eight states. one race in particular has drawn a lot of attention. the republican senate battle in mississippi. why? well, thats where the incumbent thad cochran is trying for a seventh term. the race has been neck and neck and down and dirty. lets get more from chief congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: defeating a 36-year senate veteran in your own party is no easy task. so chris mcdani...

Vote against their own long-time senator but inside mississippi this gop primary race has become just about the nastiest in the country. a conservative blogger was arrested for breaking into this nursing home to photograph cochrans ailing wife, suffering from dementia. >> its the worst. >> reporter: cochrans campaign points fingers at mcdaniel. >> posting video of senator thad cochrans wife in a nursing home? is that enough? >> our campaign had no connection to that whatsoever. >> you personally...

Is 30 seconds. >> brad, before we go, i got to ask you about mississippi. what about senator cochran being attacked for his age? >> i think it is despicable. that entire race has turned out to be one of the most disgusting primaries particularly if you look at the side of the tea party candidate mcdaniel and his supporters there. some supporters of his who have been arrested for breaking into a nursing home and taking video of his wife who has been in dementia for ten years. the fact that thad c...

Not sure that means anything, because voter turnout an deck dote tally has been late. even cochran sources admit thats not good for him, because the fervor is with the challenger, chris mcdaniels, so its really unclear the name of the game if cochran does pull out, to get above 50%, because if neither does, theres a third party challenger that could put a wrinkle in it. neither of them does, there could be a runoff. >> remind us why the race has gotten so snanasty. >> reporter: because the stake...

Republican senator thad cochran. his challenger, mcdaniel, who says cochrans 36 years in the united states senate are enough. the candidates arguments boil down to this. >> with the republican majority, we will make sure mississippi has a voice to bring more economic opportunity and growth to our state. >> senator cochran has not been the conservative weve asked him to be. mississippi is a conservative state, just doesnt fit any longer. i say all the time he went there in 1973, richard nixon was...

Mcdaniel is able to win the contest, because democrats like the chances with their candidate congressman travis childress waiting in the with wings in novemb november. >> and what a story that would be, a democrat upset in mississip mississippi. and now how about the convention state party nominating form, and what would that mean? >> well, those republicans backing joni ernst feel that she can crack past the threshold, and the new poll of the des moines register has her at 36%, and that shows g...

Mississippi, where thad cochran was trailing chris mcd he got a sympathy boost after the rest of four mcdaniels supporters for taping cochrans wife who has dementia and putting it on line. >> you probably seen thad cochrans negative attack ads. newspapers call them shameless. >> tuesdays other big primary is in iowa, featuring gop joanie ernst. >> i grew up cast straighting hogs on an iowa form, so when i get to washington, ill know how to cut pork. >> businessman mark jacobs has struggled to co...

Mississippi senate race, between cochran and mcdaniel is grabbing the most attention. it got nasty when a mcdaniel supporters was arrested after photographing cochrans wife who suffers from dementia. oonchts i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, ill know how to cut pork in washington. >> and she got national attention, she has an 18-point lead over mark jacobs heading into the primary. thats according to the des moines register poll. she has been endorsed by mitt romney and sarah palin. a...