JACKSON, Miss. - Republican Haley Barbour’s choice to succeed Sen. Trent Lott is Rep. Roger Wicker, a conservative congressman, congressional officials with knowledge of the selection process said Monday.

Wicker, 56, will serve until a special election is held, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made. Wicker is expected to be a candidate in the special election, which Barbour has scheduled for Nov. 4.

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Wicker has a lifetime rating of 88 from the American Conservative Union. However, Citizens Against Government Waste give him an abysmal “unfriendly” rating of 25 for 2006, which means he is probably a social conservative but sucks on the fiscal issues, exactly the formula that set up the Republican’s demise last year.

On The Issues confirms that:

• 0% rating from NARAL indicating a staunchly pro-life voting record
• 97% rating fro US COC indicating a pro-business voting record
• 17% rating from the NEA which means they don’t like him and that is a good thing
• 100% rating from Christian Coalition
• 33% rating from CATO which indicates a mixed record on trade issues
• A+ rating from NRA
• 100% rating from FAIR which means he is awesome on cracking down on illegal immigration
• 0% rating from AFL-CIO
• 59% rating from National Taxpayers Union which is a “satisfactory” rating based on their scale

The guy is okay. It looks like he’ll be there to help stop the Socialists from destroying our health care system with their single payer nonsense. He’ll protect the Second Amendment and the right to life and likely support Supreme Court judges that would do the same. He’ll fight against illegal immigration. However, when it comes to pork and spending his record indicates that he’ll be Thad Cochran’s “Mini-Me”