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Republican establishment is missing opportunity in Mississippi

By Star Parker
Published June 7, 2014 10:00am ET
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Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., waves to supporters. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) | Rogelio V. Solis

Anyone that wants to know what is wrong with today’s Republican Party need only look to the state of Mississippi.

A 76-year-old Republican senator, Thad Cochran, who has been serving in Congress for 42 years, is running yet again for another six-year term. This, while his dementia-ridden wife has been sitting in a nursing home for the last 14 years.

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