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''The Vicksburg Evening Post'' deplored the campaign invective and claimed that "demagoguery is replacing logic, and that appeals to passion and prejudice far outweight any effort to discuss intelligently the problems and future of our state."<ref>''Vicksburg Evening Post,'' October 21, 1963.</ref> ''The Greenville Delta Democrat-Times]],'' then published by Hodding Carter, II, a Kennedy supporter but a critic of the state Democratic Party, endorsed Phillips:​

''The Vicksburg Evening Post'' deplored the campaign invective and claimed that "demagoguery is replacing logic, and that appeals to passion and prejudice far outweight any effort to discuss intelligently the problems and future of our state."<ref>''Vicksburg Evening Post,'' October 21, 1963.</ref> ''The Greenville Delta Democrat-Times]],'' then published by Hodding Carter, II, a Kennedy supporter but a critic of the state Democratic Party, endorsed Phillips:​

<blockquote>Democrats see clearly that the Republican Party, once it gains power in Mississippi, will offer the kind of effective outlet for the feelings of most Mississippians that the isolated state Democrats (who renounce any connection with the national party) can never hope to produce. All that the state Democratic Party can offer is another four years of frustrated political impotence in national affairs and a never-never land existence within the state's borders.<ref>''Greenville Delta Democrat-Times,'' September 5, 1963.</ref></blockquote>​

<blockquote>Democrats see clearly that the Republican Party, once it gains power in Mississippi, will offer the kind of effective outlet for the feelings of most Mississippians that the isolated state Democrats (who renounce any connection with the national party) can never hope to produce. All that the state Democratic Party can offer is another four years of frustrated political impotence in national affairs and a never-never land existence within the state's borders.<ref>''Greenville Delta Democrat-Times,'' September 5, 1963.</ref></blockquote>

''[[The New York Times]]'' concluded that Phillips' potential for an upset rested with "an unlikely coalition of Goldwater Republicans and Democrats who range in viewpoint from middle-of-the-road to liberal."<ref name="ReferenceC">''The New York Time,'' October 26, 1963.</ref> The state [[AFL-CIO]], then with some fifty thousand members, endorsed Phillips despite his support of the Mississippi [[right-to-work]] law. Labor president Claude E. Ramsay of Pascagoula on the Gulf Coast  denounced the Barnett-Johnson administration as "the most corrupt and irresponsible in the state's history" and supported Phillips' proposed educational reform, civil service merit system, and opposition to an increase in the state [[sales tax]].<ref>''Jackson Clarion-Ledger,'' October 28, 1963; Gary M. Fink, ed., ''Biographical Directory of U.S. Labor Leaders'' (Westport, [[Connecticut]], 1974), pp. 297-98; ''The New York Times,'' October 26, 1963.</ref> Johnson said that he was not disturbed by Ramsay's "false prophet" endorsement: "Everyone has known Ramsay to have a tendency toward integration."<ref>''The Jackson Clarion-Ledger,'' October 28, 1963.</ref><ref>''Biloxi-Gulfport Daily Herald,'' October 30, 1963.</ref>​

''[[The New York Times]]'' concluded that Phillips' potential for an upset rested with "an unlikely coalition of Goldwater Republicans and Democrats who range in viewpoint from middle-of-the-road to liberal."<ref name="ReferenceC">''The New York Time,'' October 26, 1963.</ref> The state [[AFL-CIO]], then with some fifty thousand members, endorsed Phillips despite his support of the Mississippi [[right-to-work]] law. Labor president Claude E. Ramsay of Pascagoula on the Gulf Coast  denounced the Barnett-Johnson administration as "the most corrupt and irresponsible in the state's history" and supported Phillips' proposed educational reform, civil service merit system, and opposition to an increase in the state [[sales tax]].<ref>''Jackson Clarion-Ledger,'' October 28, 1963; Gary M. Fink, ed., ''Biographical Directory of U.S. Labor Leaders'' (Westport, [[Connecticut]], 1974), pp. 297-98; ''The New York Times,'' October 26, 1963.</ref> Johnson said that he was not disturbed by Ramsay's "false prophet" endorsement: "Everyone has known Ramsay to have a tendency toward integration."<ref>''The Jackson Clarion-Ledger,'' October 28, 1963.</ref><ref>''Biloxi-Gulfport Daily Herald,'' October 30, 1963.</ref>​