Paul Hampton

Sen. Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel spent Monday dueling across Mississippi, each insisting they were better suited to be influential in Washington

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran campaigned across South Mississippi on Thursday, highlighting federal government spending on education and shipbuilding, themes central to his comeback attempt against state Sen. Chris McDaniel.

Mississippi’s governor fought back hard from one of Hurricane Katrina’s more exasperating blows – a knockout punch to emergency radio systems that forced rescue workers along parts of the Gulf Coast to communicate with hand-carried notes.