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With those recent comments you were just referring to from the republican cindy hyde-smith who was appointed that seat in the spring. the senior strategist for this campaign as well as mike espy and he said the way they look at this campaign is mike espy has to win at least 35% of the black vote. if they can pull off more than 25% of white voters, that's where there will be a disagreement here. i want to play for you a little bit of sound. we just met artis smith here, and i think you'll hear from him what democrats hope they're able to turn out on this next tuesday just after thanksgiving, ka...

From. >> reporter: kasie, that was artis smith responding to cindy hyde-smith's comments about being around for a public hanging. what artis said in conversations with other black voters, friends and family, he said people are energized to turn out this next tuesday fully aware of the stakes of this senate race, and fully aware that mike espy has a shot in this. i talked to henry barber. he's the rnc republican national committee member coming all the way to hattiesburg, and he said this race right now, he views it as single digits. what cindy hyde-smith needs to do is make the exact contrast ...