MS- Sen: Amy Tuck Not Interested In Lott's Seat
By BrettK Posted in 2008 | Mississippi — Comments (6) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
You can scratch outgoing Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck off the list of possible replacements for Trent Lott’s seat.
According to this WTOK story, Tuck is not interested in being appointed to either Trent Lott’s Senate seat or Chip Pickering’s House seat (should he get the appointment and it opens up).
Tuck told Newscenter 11 she is not interested in serving in Sen. Trent Lott’s seat until a special election is held Nov. 4, 2008, nor in Rep. Chip Pickering’s seat, should he be appointed to the Senate position.
“I have been honored to serve at lieutenant governor of this state and I look forward to working as a special assistant to Dr. Foglesong at Mississippi State University,” Tuck said.
She would have been a strong candidate, but the GOP field is extremely deep. Here are two polls (poll A and poll B) on the favorability/ unfavorability rating of possible candidates from both parties. While they are not properly weighted for Mississippi’s demographics, they show Chip Pickering is by far the most popular politician in the state (who was polled) at 64 percent favorable and only 14 percent unfavorable. The Dems top candidate, Mike Moore has strong favorability ratings- 48 percent but surprisingly high unfavorabilities at 34 percent.
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anyone say "I want this" since the governor will appoint the replacement and it might not sound good to go public and then get rejected.
I imagine Barbour has received a lot of phone calls and visits from prospective candidates, but nothing that the public has been privy to.
It's all speculation at this point.
I was wondering if maybe you've seen any. If I had to guess who would be Barbour's choice, I figured it would be between Wicker and Keenum. I think it'll be Keenum.
I don't want to rain on anybodies parade, but is it possible that Mike Moore's negatives are high because people think he's the OTHER Mike Moore?
Anyhow, too bad we don't have another Barbour around to take the seat.
John Bolton for President
"FEAR THE 'STACH!!!"
...saying that the people of Mississippi are too dumb to tell the difference between their Democrat AG and their Republican former Chief Judge. Both are pretty well-known, and both are certainly recognizable in the state. Given the profile both have, I have to believe that any reputable polling organization, when asking questions about either, would make clear that they were talking about "Attorney General Moore" or "Chief Judge Moore" as the case may be.
I'm pretty sure that the numbers are not skewed by "misidentification."
Uhh, Roy Moore was from Alabama, not Mississippi.
Anyhow, I know most Mississippians know the difference between the two Mike Moores, I just wondered if perhaps enough of them didn't to explain his high negatives, at least, say 5% of them.
John Bolton for President
"FEAR THE 'STACH!!!"