Sadly, I was not invited to listen in on Senator Thad Cochran’s awesome teleconference today. I assume his staff has learned their lesson about not having a mute button.
True the Vote, an organization founded to disenfranchise racial minorities, is filing suit against the election results. However, it appears that Mississippi’s government has never bothered to create a law to deal with recounts. I guess a judge could conceivably make up rules for that on the fly, but perhaps not.
Assuming the election isn’t overturned somehow, it will be interesting to see how responsive Cochran will be to the requests of the Congressional Black Caucus. Charles Pierce called me silly to expect anything from Cochran, but I still hold out hope.
