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More explicable how he would find himself in the middle of this. i think there is a question, of course, where that legal case is going because when you look at this, one of the statutes that theyre talking about bringing on the underlying case, theres a lot of questions as to whether this thing will stand up in court. some of the lawyers have already asked whether a misdemeanor ought to have been charged and not i an felony. >> legally speaking, its an open primary, jeffrey. so anyone can vote ...

Will -- what has happened last night in many is miss will be the sort of thing that every political operative in mississippi, he was old enough to have been alive when this happened, will define themselves on whether they were a cochran man or a mcdaniel man. hes essentially saying this will change the party forever. the question, though, is, if hes right, and you can extrapolate from this. what is the thing that happens in the tea party, in the conservative movement that wouldnt have happened w...

In mississippi, open primary, theres no party registration in mississippi. anybody can come in and vote, huge, statistically the largest proportionally african-american population of any state in the country. all of these voters who are on the sidelines, the cochran people are able to tap into, galvanize, get them to vote. where else in the country can a republican whos under attack from the tea party, have that at his disposal to go out and beat the tea party. take a close primary in another st...

Observer about how this works. in 30 years, he said this will -- what has happened last night in many is miss will be the sort of thing that every political operative in mississippi, he was old enough to have been alive when this happened, will define themselves on whether they were a cochran man or a mcdaniel man. hes essentially saying this will change the party forever. the question, though, is, if hes right, and you can extrapolate from this. what is the thing that happens in the tea party, ...

Will the efforts to increase participation in the primary runoff, primary, include more african-americans? that is something we would like to see. i have not seen a lot of evidence of that. ive seen a lot of efforts to reach out. >> right. >> ive seen a lot of efforts to respond to those efforts. >> thats going to be really fascinating question to look into once we get the exit polling or returns tomorrow. derrick johnson from the naacp of mississippi. thank you. >> thank you. coming up, whats...

Electorate, cochran campaign has apparently made the strategic decision to woo african-american voters to states open primary. a white republican courting black voters in mississippi. further evidence the race is completely bonkers. "times" record the last week a super pac supporting cochran is paying african-american leaders to lift black turnout. over the weekend a mysterious robo call went out in mississippi which appeared to target black voters. >> hello, neighbors. the time has come to make...

Runoff, primary, include more african-americans? that is something we would like to see. i have not seen a lot of evidence of that. ive seen a lot of efforts to reach out. >> right. >> ive seen a lot of efforts to respond to those efforts. >> thats going to be really fascinating question to look into once we get the exit polling or returns tomorrow. derrick johnson from the naacp of mississippi. thank you. >> thank you. coming up, whats the biggest change ever to the national geographic atlas ...

Thats a standard dirty campaign trick but a sign of how bitter this race has become. yet another side. theres now a war on facebook over posts by thad cochrans daughter, kate, on her own page. quote, i think this is the reason so many seem swayed by my fathers opponent. valued for his lack. lack of experience. hes not a career politician. lack of wisdom. relies solely on jesus, the cushion and common sense. lack of judgment. he vows to refuse federal moneys and try to impede legislation. i see t...

Time for allegedly stealing mcdaniel campaign signs. thats a standard dirty campaign trick but a sign of how bitter this race has become. yet another side. theres now a war on facebook over posts by thad cochrans daughter, kate, on her own page. quote, i think this is the reason so many seem swayed by my fathers opponent. valued for his lack. lack of experience. hes not a career politician. lack of wisdom. relies solely on jesus, the cushion and common sense. lack of judgment. he vows to refuse ...

Suppression methods are now about to be reconstituted. >> okay. so if i hear you correctly, my question as an outside observer is, from your perspective when you view thad cochran making this appeal, its fairly explicit. we have reporting, a man by the name of bishop sr. hired to do black outreach. this is a strategic decision to recruit black voters to vote for thad come ra thad cochran. what do you make of that strategic decision? >> in politics the person who gets the most votes win. the coch...