House Democrats won a conservative northern Mississippi House seat in a special election tonight, a victory certain to send shock waves through the ranks of congressional GOPers.
The Associated Press called the race for Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers (D), shortly after 10 p.m. eastern time. With 81 percent of precincts reporting, Childers held a 51 to 49 percent edge over Southhaven Mayor Greg Davis (R).
The victory marked the third time this election cycle that Democrats have won a Republican-held seat in a special election and seemed to suggest that the national political atmosphere could significantly broaden the House playing field in the fall.
As Patrick Nielsen Hayden said via Twitter: "This is like Dr. Doom losing an election in Latveria."
Mississippi's 1st district had long been a conservative stronghold. President George W. Bush won it with 59 percent of the vote in 2000 and 62 percent in 2004. Roger Wicker (R), whose appointment to the Senate seat vacated by Trent Lott (R) created the vacancy in the House, had held the district easily since 1994 -- never winning reelection with less than 63 percent of the vote.
And the wingnuts are, as predicted, wailing and rending their garments in dismay. Check out this post at Hot Air, especially the clip from Alien....
Game over indeed.
What can I say other than HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!
Oh, I know what else I can say...we're coming to take our country back, assholes. Follow or get out of the way, because you've already shown you can't lead.
Of course, any success that a stronger Democratic majority and/or Obama Administration has will be credited by Republicans to Ronald Reagan.
ReplyDeleteNever mind that 1.) Reagan's been out of office for so long that any good he'd done has long since been erased by the Bush II Administration, and 2.) Reagan was trying to be a right-wing version of his hero, FDR, anyway.
Is it okay to club Hannity like a baby seal now? Huh? Huh?
Don't hyperventilate with your excitement until you examine the political/social stands of that candidate. He's somewhere to the right of Huckabee...
ReplyDeleteTrue, Jim, and I'd prefer him to be more liberal. But this was a seat the Republicans fought like blazes to keep, the one abut which they said "if we lose this, we're screwed," and they lost it.
ReplyDeletePlus, they ran on a platform that basically consisted of "Childress=Obama and Pelosi" and it didn't play with the voters.
Something else to consider is that the NRCC isn't exactly flush with cash this time around.
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