In an article applauding Chris McDaniel's efforts in persuading Gov Phil Bryant to veto the Common Core Bill passed last session the Clarion Ledgers Geoff Pender gave McDaniel a thumbs up: McDaniel wins one, Bryant gets tea party groove back
Pender summarized:
"A political operative not too long ago told me they had never seen
polling numbers so strong as those against Common Core among Mississippi
Republicans.
It’s being viewed as a stalking horse for the Obama
Administration to take over states’ public education, and it’s already
become a major issue for 2016 presidential politics.
In 2015 Mississippi Republican politics, it’s not just whether you’re against Common Core, but whether you’re really against Common Core. [Chris] McDaniel was ahead of the curve on this GOP issue."