No word yet on the Senate Special Election

Still no word out from the Mississippi Supreme Court on how to properly read 23-15-855 of the Mississippi Code. For those who have been out of the loop Governor Barbour called for a special election to coincide with the General Election in November while Attorney General Jim Hood reads the law to state the election should be set for within 90 days after the resigning of Trent Lott.

If you are reading this you probably know the implications but I will rehash them anyway. Governor Barbour's selection to fill the seat temporary is Roger Wicker, former 1st District Representative, and the thought is that he stands a better chance of holding onto the seat over a Democratic challenger when the Presidential elections are held as Mississippi has voted overwhelming Republican in Presidential elections for the last 25 or so years.

Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat, seemingly could want the election in the shorter time frame to negate the "Presidential bump" that will assuredly come in a November election, to make the election more of a free-for-all which could benefit a less monied candidate such as all the Democrats in the race, it means the Democrats might be able to create a special push to the polls while Republican voters might be lazy, perhaps it's because Hood and Barbour have been sparring for years and it's just another stick in the eye to Barbour, or perhaps that is just what AG Hood thinks the law is and he is fighting for it.

We expect a ruling from the Court any day now (many thought that would be last Thursday or Friday) and I look for it this Thursday.