Musgrove campaigns the coast

Former Governor Ronnie Musgrove toured the coast on Tuesday, making stops in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties. Governor Musgrove drove home a message of the need for change in Washington. While Wicker tries to make Mississippians remember how bad it was during Ronnie's term as Governor from 1999-2003, Musgrove is having no problem getting voters to recognize how bad things are now.

Roger Wicker has been one of the chief enablers of George W. Bush's failed policies. He has voted with George W. Bush on record at one of the highest rates on capital hill. In fact Roger Wicker's voting record aligns him somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun, but maybe slightly to the left of Dick Cheney. Mississippi would do so much better to have a Democratic Senator in office under a likely Democratic administration. At the moment, the worst case scenario for the Democrats is a huge gain in the House, huge gain in the Senate, and President McCain. Even that looks very unlikely.

From the Sun Herald:

Musgrove said the current U.S. economy is working against regular Mississippians.

"The American Dream is getting harder and harder to reach," Musgrove said.

In the race to replace Trent Lott, who retired late last year, Musgrove is taking the route of being a fiscal conservative. His opponent, interim Sen. Roger Wicker, in his campaign intends to hit Musgrove over what he sees as Musgrove's failed record as governor. Wicker's supporters say if Musgrove couldn't win re-election as governor in 2003, he likely can't win a U.S. Senate seat.

Musgrove has portrayed Wicker as an integral part of what he sees as a broken system in Washington.

Musgrove said he would fight for multiperils insurance, which has so far not passed the U.S. Senate. He said Mississippi needs senators who will approach the plan with as much enthusiasm as Democratic U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, a champion of the bill, which has passed the House.