<p style="margin-left: 0in;">Former governor and top political strategist Haley Barbour’s political wisdom, imparted during the NACDS Annual Meeting in April, proved prescient based on the election results on Tuesday in a Mississippi runoff for the GOP nomination. </p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in;">During his NACDS-PAC keynote speech, Barbour said, “Today, a news cycle is an eternity in politics.” His comments emphasized the importance of remaining engaged in political campaigns right up to Election Day, given the opportunities for election dynamics to shift frequently and forcefully. </p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in;">Sen. Thad Cochran defeated a tea-party-backed challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, in what <em>The Wall Street Journal </em><a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/thad-cochran-defeats-tea-party-backed-challenger-in-mississippi-gop-senate-runoff-1403666748">called </a>“a remarkable electoral comeback that was a tribute to the power of incumbency even in today's anti-Washington political climate.” <em>The Washington Post</em> columnist Chris Cillizza also weighed in on the outcome and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/24/how-thad-cochran-won/">wrote </a>in his blog, “…you'll not see a victory like this one any time soon.”</p>
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