Seriously though if you complain to enough people in the position of authority enough times the problem will eventually get taken care of. From experience here ...

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Only if you have the right people to handle the problem. Evidently Memphis doesn't. Looks like all the Elvis and music tourist would wanna make the powers that be clean up the town. They're losing a lot of tourist money.Then you have that ex Goldman Sachs Lowlife running Chicago. Crime rates keep soaring and he lays off half the police force. That extra money is probably in that little house in the Caymans. I'm sure Goldman Sachs taught him well.

Unlike many other southern states, Mississippi has not experienced great population growth; the 2000 census led to the state being reduced from seven to six electoral votes, the lowest number since 1848. In 2012, Mitt Romney easily won the state by 55% to Barack Obama's 44%.

Impressive for republicommunsts - dont you think ...

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I was a republician delegate for the local district, I attended the county republician convention and was at the building but not allowed to enter for the statewide republican convention. Romney BOUGHT/stole the MS nomination. The states GOP is currently run by a very few, very rich and very powerful people.  There are NOW many unhappy "republician" voters in MS. If the states GOP does not attract the latino vote, they will be hurting.

Note: MS President Republician Votes
2012 Romney      55.5%      674302
2008 McCain       56.2%      724,597
2004 Bush          59.44%    684,981

See a trend? Still, the local politics were dictated by out of state powers. Romney got the GOP MS nom, but very very few MS wanted him ( I suspect less than 30%) But once he got the nom, they pressed for beating Obama and yes basically the race card. At that point die hard repubs had no choice. However, the MS gop has LOST voters who are now Tea party ( kicked out of the MS repub, or libertiarian again kicked out). Guess who DIDNT vote repub?? and there you see it.. a loss of nearly 4% since Bush of 2004. You should also note that MS tends to vote "Mason Dixon" as much as anything.. Ie Carter, Bush, exception for Clinton. I would be willing to bet that had obama not been black and had the democrat been a southerner.. GOP would have lost so hard in MS that they might just close up shop.  Such is MS.

And a big YES on the southern white democrat winning MS ... cos they are republican from the old school.

Fiscally conservative, pro small biz, socially conservative, pro gun = southern democrat. And overall this is not a bad combo. This is old school republican.

It would help if they are a veteran. Such status still means something down here.

Unfortunately, most of the candidates that run on a D ticket fit the national mold. Cutting off their own noses to spite their faces, in order to get their spot at the public trough...

srinath wrote on 05/01/13 at 09:58:59:


Its the base.. but not just a simple "base is dying". With Obama there is re-newed sense "abilty" among democrats.. ie blacks are motovated to participate in politics (vote). Thus even if the same amount of republicians vote thier way... the percentage shifts because more people are voting and NOT voting republician. Add to that, the national republician ideal ( your post above).. to MOST MS republicians is the LAST thing they would vote for given any other choice (except... yeah, race). Again the national GOP and the MS GOP have delcared WAR on the tea party and libertarians. We are summarily "kicked out" of participating in that party. The Tea party in MS is dead. The liberatarians, which is not a party, but an ideal,  is not. In fact just as you mentioned.. libertarians are working hard to make us a "swing state" .. ie actively fighting against republicians. The sword swings both ways... dont kick us out of the party and expect us to vote party anyway (which was thier exact expectation for Romney). And locally.. dont support GOP national norms and expect us to support you. Our favortite target.. repug senators that "kinda sorta" support libertarian ideals.

Liberty or death... the politicians death

MS ... its like its own little country