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« on: December 08, 2014, 09:31:25 AM »

Now that he's the last statewide elected official in the Deep South, he's likely to be seriously challenged next fall. Has the fat lady sung for James Matthew Hood?
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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2014, 09:41:00 AM »

Leaning no because he's already won reelection in post-Obama MS.
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2014, 10:26:35 AM »

Maybe, if he runs for governor.  Honestly, I might prefer him over Bryant.
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2014, 10:30:16 AM »

Concern troll is concerned.
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2014, 10:31:06 AM »

Leaning no because he's already won reelection in post-Obama MS.

Rahall and Barrow had already won reelection in a post-Obama environment, but they weren't able to win in a post-post-Obama environment
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2014, 12:01:05 PM »

I don't think so; I hope not at least.
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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2014, 02:03:42 PM »

Leaning no because he's already won reelection in post-Obama MS.

Rahall and Barrow had already won reelection in a post-Obama environment, but they weren't able to win in a post-post-Obama environment

Mississippi elections are being held in "odd-numbered" years, therefore not coinciding with either midterms of presidential elections, which pretty much makes its excluded from nationwide political waves.

That's something to bear in mind..
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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2014, 10:28:33 PM »

Hood runs for AG and is reelected; it'll be the only interesting race to watch but he's too entrenched at this point to lose.  He'll be AG as long as he wants to be.

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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2014, 10:55:46 PM »

He should just switch parties at this point.
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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2014, 11:30:18 PM »

He should be favored for reelection, although he'll be much more vulnerable to minor scandals than a republican would.

Party affiliation matters much more in congressional races. There isn't an argument that a vote for a Democratic State AG is a vote for Harry Reid as Senate leader.
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« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2014, 01:07:07 AM »

So long as he remains scandal-free and doesn't seek a promotion from his role of Attorney General, he's young enough (52) that he could stay Attorney General 20 more years.
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« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2014, 05:38:31 AM »

He should just switch parties at this point.

Why? Not "progressive enough"?? On the contrary - for Mississippi he is "progressive enough"))))
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« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2014, 07:05:48 AM »

So long as he remains scandal-free and doesn't seek a promotion from his role of Attorney General, he's young enough (52) that he could stay Attorney General 20 more years.

Huh, I thought he was like 70 with white hair. I must be thinking of some other Southern Democratic statewide officeholder, not sure who though.
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« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2014, 08:11:31 AM »

Again, Mississippi off-year elections are much less likely to be influenced by the national mood, whether unfavorable for Democrats or the opposite. So there's little point in making "post-Obama" and "post-post-Obama" cases like West Virginia or Georgia.

Naturally, Mississippi Democratic Party is not doing well, as her sister parties in other Deep South states, but it appears stronger than her counterparts in, let say, Alabama or Florida.
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« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2014, 05:47:26 PM »

Hood will be reelected. He should run for Senator in 2018.
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« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2014, 01:05:39 AM »

Hood will be reelected. He should run for Senator in 2018.

And lose? What for? He, probably, wants to be undefeated in his political career. And 2018 will be a midterm year, we all know what usually happens there. Wicker is a solid conservative, but will not make McDaniel blunders.
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« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2014, 06:36:56 AM »

Hood will be reelected. He should run for Senator in 2018.

And lose? What for? He, probably, wants to be undefeated in his political career. And 2018 will be a midterm year, we all know what usually happens there. Wicker is a solid conservative, but will not make McDaniel blunders.

Even with (unlikely) McDaniel blunders, it's still Mississippi we're talking about, not Missouri, not even Indiana, where such blunders made a difference.

There's a difference between running as Democrat for state office in Republican state, and running for Congress.
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« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2014, 08:13:38 AM »

Hood will be reelected. He should run for Senator in 2018.

And lose? What for? He, probably, wants to be undefeated in his political career. And 2018 will be a midterm year, we all know what usually happens there. Wicker is a solid conservative, but will not make McDaniel blunders.

Even with (unlikely) McDaniel blunders, it's still Mississippi we're talking about, not Missouri, not even Indiana, where such blunders made a difference.

There's a difference between running as Democrat for state office in Republican state, and running for Congress.

Exactly what i wanted to say. With McDaniel there would be some slight hope for enormous blunder which, theoretically at least, would give some chances to Democrat. Not so with  Wicker. Then - what for needs he run for anything, but AG?
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