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Republicans Use Obama as Weapon in House Contest in Mississippi

                   
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May 13, 2008
        
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Mississippi Democrats say the politics of race have come into play against Travis Childers. Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Hoping to hang on to a Congressional seat in a tight special election here on Tuesday, Republicans in this mostly white and very conservative district... [read full story]                    

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Democrats Win Congressional Trifecta

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Democrats win GOP congressional seat in Mississippi election

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Democrats Win Congressional Trifecta

plastic.com
May 15, 2008
        

In a deeply conservative Mississippi congressional district, one where George W. Bush won by 25 points in 2004 and ex-Congressman and now Senator Roger Wicker never won with less than 63%, a Democrat named Travis Childers came within 410 votes of winning outright in a special election to replace...

                   

Republicans Turn to Drugs

thehill.com
May 15, 2008
        

Overshadowed by Hillary Clinton’s big win in West Virginia was a big victory for Democrats in Mississippi. In Mississippi’s 1st congressional district, Democrat Travis Childers defeated Republican Greg Davis in a 62 percent Republican district that George W. Bush carried in 2004 with over 60...

                   

Lessons from defeat

prairiepundit.blogspot.com
May 15, 2008
        

Wall Street Journal Editorial:If there is such a thing as a useful election defeat, then Tuesday's Republican loss in a special House election in Mississippi would qualify. Democrats won with 54% of the vote in a district that a Republican won with 66% in 2006 and that President Bush carried in...

                   

Antiabortion Democrat Wins Special Election To Fill House Seat In Mississippi

medicalnewstoday.com
May 15, 2008
        

A conservative Democrat who, according to the Washington Post, ran a campaign focused on "support for gun rights and opposition to abortion," won a special election Tuesday to fill the Republican-held U.S. House seat in northern Mississippi. Prentiss County, Miss., Chancery Clerk Travis Childers...

                   

Mississippi Mauling: The Republican Strategy for Congressional Self-Destruction

freerepublic.com
May 15, 2008
        

I am not an expert on campaign strategy, but I know a losing game plan when I see one. The Republican Party’s strategy in a series of special House elections this year has been to tie Democratic candidates to Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi. How’s that working? Three straight losses, all in...

Two counties still must certify votes

djournal.com
May 15, 2008
        

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal BOONEVILLE - U.S. Rep.-elect Travis Childers is waiting on election results to become official before moving ahead with much of his plan to give North Mississippi its first attention from a congressman since Roger Wicker resigned in late 2007. By law, Childers...

Talking Points Memo | Childers On Track To Win It

minstrelboy.blogspot.com
May 15, 2008
        

Talking Points Memo | Childers On Track To Win It: ..."To"put this into some broader perspective, the Republicans have lost three straight Republican districts to the Democrats in by-elections this year. Hastert's district in Illinois, Louisiana 6th, and now Mississippi 1st. Each successively...

                   

Dark Clouds for Republicans in Congress

fayobserver.com
May 15, 2008
        

Hillary’s thrashing of Obama yesterday does not mean a whole lot except it makes crystal clear which of the Virginias he will target for the fall. West Virginia’s demos, which should be well-known to us all by now, are unusual. You couldn’t sit down a sketch out a less favorable setup for Obama...

                   

Republicans lose Mississippi House seat despite anti-Obama campaign

wsws.org
May 15, 2008
        

By Patrick Martin 15 May 2008 In a contest widely viewed as an indicator of the November general election, the Republican Party lost the runoff vote for a House seat in northeast Mississippi, with Democrat Travis Childers easily defeating his Republican opponent Greg Davis. The First...

                   

Republicans try to stop the leak before Democrats sink the ship

newsobserver.com
May 15, 2008
        

Loss in Mississippi has some bailing on Bush Adam Nagourney and Carl Hulse, The New York Times WASHINGTON - The Republican defeat in a special congressional contest in Mississippi sent waves of apprehension across an already troubled party on Wednesday, with some senior Republicans urging...

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