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Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks in support of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., in Meridian, Miss., Friday, June 20, 2014. Cochran faces state Sen. Chris McDaniel on Tuesday in a Republican primary runoff. (AP Photo/The Meridian Star, Michael Stewart)

PHILLIPS: Silence gives consent

By Judson Phillips

FILE - In this May 30, 2014, file photo, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. Barbour probably isn&#8217;t running for office again in Mississippi. But he&#8217;s still a target in his home state&#8217;s intense Republican Senate primary. Barbour is a former national Republican chairman and two-term Mississippi governor who now works at his influential Washington lobbying firm. He and several of his family members are driving six-term Sen. Thad Cochran&#8217;s re-election campaign. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

PHILLIPS: The King Pyrrhus of the Republican Party

By Judson Phillips

** FILE ** This photo released Thursday, May 22, 2014, by the Madison Police Department, shows attorney Mark Mayfield.(AP Photo/Madison Police Department)

Mark Mayfield, tea party official accused in Cochran photos case, found dead

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GOP is its own worst enemy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Chris McDaniel (Associated Press)

Chris McDaniel’s campaign to investigate ‘irregularities’ in Mississippi runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Haley Barbour Associated Press photo

PRUDEN: Shameless race-baiting and betrayal in Mississippi

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., waves to supporters and volunteers at his runoff election victory party Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the Mississippi Children's Museum in Jackson, Miss. Cochran defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville, in a primary runoff for the GOP nomination for senate. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

PHILLIPS: No more Mr. Nice Guy

By Judson Phillips

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., addresses supporters and volunteers at his runoff election victory party Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the Mississippi Children's Museum in Jackson, Miss. Cochran defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville, in a primary runoff for the GOP nomination for senate. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

DEACE: GOP Establishment Uses Democratic smear tactics to win Mississippi runoff

By Steve Deace

Chris McDaniel addresses his supporters after falling behind in a heated GOP primary runoff election against incumbent U.S. Senator Thad Cochran on Tuesday June 24, 2014, at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP Photo/George Clark)

Chris McDaniel defiant, blasts Sen. Cochran for leaning on ‘liberal Democrats’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La., Friday, May 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Haley Barbour: Thad Cochran was GOP’s best bet to keep Senate seat

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Chris McDaniel addresses his supporters after falling behind in a heated GOP primary runoff election against incumbent U.S. Senator Thad Cochran on Tuesday June 24, 2014, at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP Photo/George Clark)

Tea party leader: Chris McDaniel should run as write-in candidate in November election

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi Republican, narrowly defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel in a runoff for his party's nomination to U.S. Senate. (Associated Press)

Cochran win draws criticism of open primaries

By Kristen East - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., addresses supporters and volunteers at his runoff election victory party Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the Mississippi Children's Museum in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ** FILE **

Cochran wins Mississippi primary runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Incumbent: Six-term Republican Sen. Thad Cochran was forced into a runoff election for his Senate seat after the recent Mississippi primary failed to result in a clear winner to become the GOP's nominee in November. (Associated Press)

Tea party has momentum, optimism for another win with Mississippi runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., greets supporters as he makes a campaign stop in McComb, Miss., Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Age is a factor in the June 24 Republican primary runoff between Cochran and state Sen. Chris McDaniel, a tea party-backed candidate. (AP Photo/The Enterprise-Journal, Daniel Lin)

Thad Cochran knocks ‘unnecessary interference from government’ in new ad

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during an evening lecture at the U.S. Naval War College Thursday, June 12, 2014 in Newport, RI. McCain delivered a blistering assessment of the U.S response to the developing military situation in Iraq from the Senate floor earlier on Thursday. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

John McCain to stump for Thad Cochran

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre Brett Favre gives some passing pointers to Roque Dunagan, 11, on Monday, June 9, 2014 at the farm of actress Sela Ward in Lauderdale County, Miss. (AP Photo/The Meridan Star, Terri Ferguson Smith )

Retired NFL QB Brett Favre backs Sen. Thad Cochran in new ad

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

State Rep. Chris McDaniel has been vocal in his opposition to Common Core, which garnered him support over incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran in Mississippi's hotly contested Republican Senate primary (AP Photo/The Hattiesburg American, Kelly Price)

Chris McDaniel, Senate hopeful, casts self as the ‘save the Republic’ candidate

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., speaks with reporters prior to visiting Siemens' Energy Sector in Richland, Miss., Wednesday, June 11, 2014, during a campaign swing through central Mississippi. Cochran is in a runoff race for the GOP nomination for the Senate with state Sen. Chris McDaniel. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

PHILLIPS: Thad Cochran has to go

By Judson Phillips

Sen. Thad Cochran on childhood: We’d do ‘all kinds of indecent things with animals’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times