The Daily Mississppan – Octobe 26, 2012

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NUNNelee and morris square off Democratic challenger Brad Morris and Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee faced off in the debate for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District representative.

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BY JACOB BATTE jabatte@go.olemiss.edu

Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee defended attacks on Congress and continued his campaign to repeal “Obamacare” Thursday in a debate with the Democratic challenger Brad Morris at The University of Mississippi’s Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. The candidates were questioned by a panel of local journalists including Emily Le Coz of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Jon Scott of the Oxford Eagle, Sandra Knispel of Mississippi Public Broadcasting and Jennifer Nassar of The Daily Mississippian. “I’m not going to try to defend Congress,” the Tupelo native said in response to the assertion that Congress was less popular than both Paris

Hilton and the IRS. Morris, who spent most of the night reminding the crowd of Nunnelee’s record, said blaming Congress is too easy. “I’m willing to work with anybody anywhere to get things done for North Mississippi,” Morris said. Both candidates played it close to the party’s vest when talk of the budget came into play Nunnelee said he didn’t want to raise taxes, and Morris played in favor of the “Warren Buffett rule.” “We’re spending 42 cents out of every dollar we spend to borrow money,” Nunnelee said. “We cannot sustain that. The problem isn’t that our taxes aren’t high enough. The problem is Washington continues to spend way too much on every dollar to borrow money.” See DEBATE, PAGE 3

Rebels meet Hogs in Southeastern Conference clash The Ole Miss Rebels will travel to War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark., this Saturday to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks with bowl implications for both teams. BY MATT SIGLER mcsigler@go.olemiss.edu

Heading into year one in the Hugh Freeze era, there were relatively low expectations for the play on the field, but coming off their bye week, the Ole Miss Rebels (4-3, 1-2 SEC) will make the trip to Little Rock, Ark., to face the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-4, 2-2 SEC), as they look to take another step forward in their quest to become bowl eligible. This weekend’s matchup will be the 59th meeting between the two teams, with Arkansas leading the overall series 31-26-1. However, the Rebels hold the advantage in Little Rock with a 7-6-1 record in War Memorial Stadium. “We’re very excited about coming off of the open week,” Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said in his weekly press conference Monday. “We’re

trying to go get ready to play Arkansas in Little Rock. We’re just excited to get back on the field. That is a place that is very difficult to play, and they’ve been very, very good there. They’re playing with great confidence right now. They’re coming off of two wins, both of which both sides of their ball and special teams played really well.” The Rebels will be faced with a big test in trying to stop a high-powered Arkansas offense that is loaded with NFLcaliber weapons, including senior quarterback Tyler Wilson, who leads the SEC in passing yards per game (326.2 ypg), and senior wide receiver Cobi Hamilton, who leads in receiving yards per game (107.7 ypg). “He can read coverages,” defensive coordinator Dave Wommack said of Wilson. See FOOTBALL, PAGE 7

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