In accordance with the goal of creating a permanent Republican majority, this column by Sid Salter (columnist for the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson) basically says that the Democratic Party in Mississippi is on life support.
Mississippi and Alabama both have had weak Democrats for a while, but ours seems to finally have been beat up pretty badly.
There have been a series of political prosecutions by Republicans against prominent, wealthy Democrats in the South, particularly in Mississippi and Alabama. Raw Story did a series on it: http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/The_Permanent_Republican_Majori
ty_1125.html
As a result money has dried up, moderates and progressives are demoralized and no meaningful organizational opposition can survive.
Of course, the Religious Right has largely combined with the Tea Party to rally behind the Republicans. After all, Tupelo is home to Bryan Fischer's AFA and these good folk vote just like they are told.
Pehaps after solidifying their base in Dixie, the GOP will be better poised to go after more Democrats... maybe where you live.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20101219/COL0412/12190321/Ar
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Excerpt:
The party's website has been static since June. According to a gentleman who identified himself as "field director" Jason Harper when he answered the Mississippi Democratic Party headquarters' phone in Jackson, the headquarters is closed "for renovations and will reopen after the renovations for qualifying in January."
Less than a year ago, the party's website was active, the Democratic Party had an active and engaged staff and was doing a significant amount of party-building activities. Former party executive director Sam Hall departed in August. Hall announced his decision to step down as executive director of the party and said in a blog post that he was returning to his private consulting firm.
The invisibility of the Mississippi Democratic Party in the midterms was simply stunning. Meanwhile, Mississippi Republicans are operating a fully functional, 24/7/365 effort in the state. State GOP chairman Brad White's visibility and party-building work was constant during the midterms.
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(Also, the Green Party of Mississippi has had a dormant web site for several years. Take a look at it if you need a chuckle. I almost think that it is a GOP dirty trick.)
http://www.greenpartyms.org/
Conscientious Objector in MS