As a proud son Mississippi and as an Ole Miss alum I hate to admit it, but I don’t think Miss Angela has a snowball’s chance.
To start with, the rural whites in TVA counties like Tishomingo, Itawamba, Tippah, Union and Pontotoc still have a pro-Dhimmi streak that’s left over from the days of FDR and the New Deal. The label “Republican” still runs too much against the grain.
But even more important, there’s no way the white good ole boys in that neck of the woods are going to vote for a black person — liberal or conservative, male or female.
And if those factors weren’t enough, the local Dhimmi political machine in Rep. Childers’ home county, Prentiss, is as corrupt as they come. They’ll manufacture however many votes it might take to put Travis over the top.
Finally, the ca. 25% of voters in the First District who are black simply aren’t going to vote for a Republican candidate, no more than the Pennsylvania blacks went for Lynn Swann or the Ohio blacks went for Ken Blackwell or the Maryland blacks went for Michael Steele. The pro-Dhimmi indoctrination just runs too deep.
So however much us FReepers may admire Angela, sad to say that it just ain’t gonna happen.
This district was held by Roger Wicker (R) for some time — could any Republican win it back?