Dem Sen.-Elect Scott Colom: ‘I Hope To Be a Big Part of Moving Our Party in a Better Direction When It Comes to Southern Politics’

RUSH EXCERPT:

COLOM: "Well, that has to change, right? Because we’ve shown now that we could do it. And it just didn’t happen in Mississippi. It happened in several southern states. And you look at Louisiana, Eugene, I’m so glad you pointed that out, because if he had gotten a fraction of the resources that some of these other states got, I believe he would have got over the finish line. And I’ll tell you, I’m proud of the campaign that I ran, because I saw how hard he was working with so little. And I think our party has to understand that if we’re going to be truly a national party, if you don’t compete in places where you have base voters who are loyal over and over again, and you’ve got a lot of white, rural, working class Democrats that you seem to not think you know, matter, then that’s not a recipe for success. And we have to change our strategy going forward. And I hope to be a big part of moving our party in a better direction when it comes to Southern politics."