MISSISSIPPI FOCUS: Blogs, Ronnie Musgrove, Obama, NAACP, Drinking Liberally

I have found my Georgia, Florida and Virginia pages are fairly popular. So I am adding a Mississippi page, partly because it is a Senate swing state, partly because Mississippi was a big pick up in a recent special election, partly because I have a good friend from there, and partly because I know how hard they got hit by Katrina. I have never thought the Democrats should abandon the South. There have been too many damned good Democrats from the South to do that, from Christine Jennings to Ann Richardson, to Al Gore, to Jimmy Carter.


BLOGGING MISSISSIPPI:

Cotton Mouth: Life, Politics, and Mississippi.

Black Political Analysis: Race, Class and Ethnicity in Mississippi

The Natchez Blog: A place of discussion for people who love Natchez

Mississippi Headlines and Political Notes


Next let me introduce Ronnie Musgrove, running for Senate in Mississippi and doing a damned good job of worrying the Republicans:



If you can volunteer for Ronnie, please go here.


Here are some Obama groups in Mississippi:

Mississippi for Obama: Statewide

Mississippi Gulf Coast Obama Supporters: Ocean Springs

Ole Miss for Obama: Oxford

Southern Miss for Obama: Hattiesburg

Northern Mississippi for Obama 2008

Mississippi State University for Obama


Mississippi NAACP: Here are local branches of the NAACP

University of Southern Mississippi Branch
Address: 118 College Drive Box 8827, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-8827
Web Site: www.usm.edu/naacp
All general meetings are scheduled at 7:00 pm Wednesday nights in the Union. For detailed schedule of meeting dates and locations e-mail us at naacp_at_usm.edu.

Forrest County Branch
Address: P.O. Box 1011, Hattiesburg, MS 39403

Jackson-Hinds Youth Council Branch
Phone: (601)899-8976
Address: 5706 Gladewood Drive, Jackson, MS 39211

Leake County Mississippi Branch
Phone: (601)267-9639
Address: 3830 Hwy. 35, North Carthage, MS 39051


For those who like mixing their politics with mixed drinks, here's Drinking Liberally in Mississippi:

Hattiesburg
o Second Thursday of each month, 5:30 pm
o Keg & Barrel, 1315 Hardy Street
o Hosted by Niki Pace | Ryan Schilling | Richlain Robinson

Jackson
o Last Wednesday of each month, 6:00 pm
o Hal and Mals, 200 Commerce St
o Hosted by Drew McDowell

Natchez
o Second Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm
o Bobby J's, 727 Franklin St
o Hosted by Casey Ann Hughes