club for growth, the tea party. the major policy difference between cochrane and the challenger, their views on what to to with federal fund iing. cochrane has a track record of funneling federal dollars from 2008 to 2010 alone he secured . 2.6 billion in earmarks for projects in mississippi. that was before the earmark ban, a tea party concoction which he opposed. he used to be really good at this. and assuredly that contributed to the fact that mississippi gets nearly half of its general revenue from federal dollars, the most of any state in the country. mcdaniel's supporters attacked cochrane for bringing home the bacon. >> in mississippi thad cochran's name is on many buildings. it's on bailouts, tax hikes and debt, lots of at the time. >> the tea parties to not like pork with their tea. in the end cochran, however, won