THE BIG MUDDY

In a hard-fought primary, incumbent Mississippi Republican Senator Thad Cochran narrowly defeated his Tea Party challenger, Chris McDaniel, by appealing to black voters to switch over from the Democratic side to support him. 

It worked -- and the Tea Party is furious

http://www.vox.com/2014/6/24/5840226/cochran-defeats-mcdaniel

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/24/1309376/