Thad Cochran's latest ad in Mississippi's GOP runoff is just brutal

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Thad Cochran's latest ad in Mississippi's GOP runoff is just brutal

Mississippi's Republican runoff election is ending in a very ugly way. On one hand, you have Sen. Thad Cochran, who is airing this brutal ad hitting Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel:

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Matt K. Lewis
Matt K. Lewis

Matt K. Lewis is a contributing editor at TheWeek.com and a senior contributor for The Daily Caller. He has written for outlets including GQ Politics, The Guardian, and Politico, and has been cited or quoted by outlets including New York Magazine, the Washington Post, and The New York Times. Matt co-hosts The DMZ on Bloggingheads.TV, and also hosts his own podcast. In 2011, Business Insider listed him as one of the 50 "Pundits You Need To Pay Attention To Between Now And The Election." And in 2012, the American Conservative Union honored Matt as their CPAC "Blogger of the Year." He currently lives in Alexandria, Va.