Mississippi - Haley Barbour to turn down close to $75 million in federal Medicaid funds

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Thursday April 01, 2010 · 9:49 PM PDT

2010/04/01 · 21:49

I guess I am growing numb to these type of decisions by Governor Barbour. While I may be outraged, I am not surprised at all. Haley Barbour has decided to go ahead with the plan to slash Medicaid by $14 million in his efforts to trim the state budget. Because of the way the federal funds are matched to state funds, Mississippi's most vulnerable citizens will stand to lose close to an additional $75 million in matching federal Medicaid dollars.

We are talking about this in our return to the interwebz debut over at Cotton Mouth.

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 4:25 PM PDT

2008/10/05 · 16:25

This is cross-posted at Cotton Mouth.

When I went to check my mail yesterday I was delighted to find a mailer from the Mississippi Republican Party in support of Roger Wicker. I have been wanting to see what Roger has been sending out across the state. I am not sure why one arrived in my mailbox , unless the Wicker campaign is sending them out statewide or blanketing certain areas with them. I am pretty sure I would not make any of the targeted lists for GOP mailers.

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Friday October 03, 2008 · 9:24 PM PDT

2008/10/03 · 21:24

Tonight in Mississippi there was an event bigger than football. Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove held a debate at Mississippi College in Jackson. A friend and I watched the debate from the comfort of my front porch, enjoying beverages on a Friday evening. Unlike the presidential and vice-presidential debates these two candidates hit hard from wire to wire. The moderator ran a tight ship regarding the clock, holding both candidates to the agreed upon time limits. The format featured news anchors from across the state taking turns asking questions to the two candidates. Both candidates were allowed an opening statement and a closing statement, Below are some random thoughts about the debate.

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 8:36 PM PDT

2008/09/15 · 20:36

I wrote a diary that went over this briefly yesterday. However this is too important not to highlight again. The way this dispute has broken down, you have the Democrats led by AG Jim Hood citing a 2000 state law that does not say that special elections are to go at the bottom of the ballot, while Haley Barbour and his lackeys are claiming that the precedent is set for special elections to go at the bottom of the ballot.

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 2:48 PM PDT

2008/09/14 · 14:48

As it turns out we have precedence on our side as well as the state law in regards to the placement of special elections on the ballot. A lot of misinformation is being spread in large part thrugh the MSM here in Mississippi.

For those of you unaware of the situation read this post from Kos a few day ago. Also read this one from Hunter. Top it off with this one from Adam B.

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Wednesday July 16, 2008 · 10:25 PM PDT

2008/07/16 · 22:25

Roger Wicker has a nice edge in fundraising over Democratic challenger, former Governor Ronnie Musgrove. The race is tied according to last two polls. Musgrove is not going to be the most progressive Senate candidate ever, but he is a H*LL of a lot better than Rubber Stamp Roger Wicker.

We have blogged about Roger Wicker's abysmal voting record to the point we are blue in the face at Cotton Mouth. Today we find out that his fundraising is not only backed by special interests (Wicker is a king of pork, with a revolving door), but that Wicker is playing dirty pool.

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Wednesday June 25, 2008 · 7:36 PM PDT

2008/06/25 · 19:36

Great news from the state that brought you the latest big Democratic celebration in the MS-01 Travis Childers win. Former Governor Ronnie Musgrove is ahead of Roger Wicker in several of the latest polls. Barack Obama leading the ticket has brought a new level of enthusiasm among Mississippi Democrats.

At my home blog Cotton Mouth, we covered the MS-01 race like none other. We told y'all then, yes we can win in north Mississippi, and we did. Now we are back, this time bringing news of a very possible Senate pickup in Mississippi.

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Saturday May 10, 2008 · 5:28 PM PDT

2008/05/10 · 17:28

We are now less than 72 hours away from the special election for the MS-01 congressional seat. There have been no public polls run, but recent insider polling from both camps have Democrat Travis Childers marginally ahead. The GOTV effort is going to be crucial and is already underway. A lot of this diary is going to be information I have posted on our blog Cotton Mouth.

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 1:31 PM PDT

2008/05/09 · 13:31

Greetings form the great state of Mississippi and Cotton Mouth blog. We are hard at it down here, doing everything we can to see Travis Childers get to Washington. The special election is Tuesday. As of tomorrow morning we will hit the 72 hour countdown until we turn MS-01 blue. Mississippi has four congressional districts. Two are represented by Republicans, Chip Pickering (MS-03) and the now vacated seat of Roger Wicker (MS-01). Two districts are blue with Gene Taylor and Bennie Thompson. From just a home-state perspective, regardless of the national implications of this race, I want to proudly say Mississippi has 3 Dems and 1 Repug in congress.

We have already won two big special elections this season. We won IL-14 and LA-06, two runby red districts. The panic mode has set in big for the GOP. They have sent Mike Huckabee and now Dick Cheney down to help the GOP candidate Greg Davis campaign. The NRCC knows how serious this is. They have already spent close to 20% of their cash on hand in defending MS-01.

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 5:04 PM PDT

2008/05/07 · 17:04

Economic populist Travis Childers is ready to serve for the good people of Mississippi's first congressional district. Recent polls show Travis with a four point lead over Republican Greg Davis. Davis has resorted to vicious attack ads.

Today we get an email from the DCCC, sayig that to help in this race they need all donations by midnight tonight.

Here is a link to the DCCC website with details.

Below is a copy of the email

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Monday May 05, 2008 · 7:31 PM PDT

2008/05/05 · 19:31

We are in a street fight down here. In the special election on May 13, Travis Childers has an oppurtunity to lay claim for the Democratic Party a congresssional district that voted 62% for Bush in 2004. He is up against Republican Greg Davis who has offered nothing but vicious attack ads.

Childers came within less than 400 votes of closing the deal in the special election, drawing 49.6% of the vote. The seat was vacated by Roger Wicker, a typical Republican empty suit, when he was hand picked by Governor Haley Barbour to take over Trent Lott's seat. Trent Lott retired just days before the new lobby laws took effect that would have barred him from the industry for two years.

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Saturday May 03, 2008 · 11:37 PM PDT

2008/05/03 · 23:37

Tonight we all watched as Don Cazayoux defeated Woody Jenkins to become the first Democrat to be elected in LA-06 in over 30 years. Repeat that a few times.

Don't forget about sending the former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert packing in IL-14 a month or two ago.

On May 13 comes the third and final special election contest. In MS-01 the Democrats find themselves with a stunning opportunity to pull the three game sweep (it is baseball season). Economic populist Travis Childers came a few hundred votes short of winning this thing on April 22. He finished with 49.6% of the vote, tantalizingly close.

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