The Patriot Post® · Two Black Communities

Let this be a lesson to the Republican Party. Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran won his run-off primary by touting his ability to rake in pork barrel spending, targeting black, liberal voters. That strategy came with some strings. Politico reports, “Thad Cochran won a primary runoff by turning out the black vote. Now they are asking – what are you going to do for us? Already the members of the Congressional Black Caucus are talking about what they want Cochran to do. The wish list is filling up with ideas like maintaining funding for food stamps, beefing up programs that help poor blacks in Mississippi and even supporting the Voting Rights Act. ‘Absolutely we have expectations,’ Rep Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) said in an interview.” Cochran’s strategy pulled him further left, but as commentator Star Parker pointed out, Chris McDaniel could have countered with the same strategy, stressing the message of Liberty to the state’s black community. “In Mississippi’s huge black population are many conservative black pastors who want freedom for their flocks,” Parker wrote. More…