Childers wins 1st District for Democrats (Dem wins Mississippi Special Election)

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal ^ | 5/13/2008 | Associated Press

[Alter Kaker]

Travis Childers, elected U.S. House, District 1, Mississippi. [Note: This is an AP bulletin - nothing follows]

[The Cajun]

There's not enough remaining of the Republican party for even the buzzards to pick at. Thank you Rove, Hastard, Lott, Frist and most importantly that most compassionate conservative himself George W. Bush. We gave them both houses of congress and the presidency and what did they give us (conservatives), the coming biggest ass whipping in my lifetime and I'm 61.

[Big Horn]

His approval rating sinks into the teens (likely).

Congress’s approval rating is lower than Bush’s.

[RKB-AFG]

I agree. Bad campaining by the Republicans. Why on earth would they bring in Cheney to campaign for anyone?? Even in conservative Mississippi.

The Republicans could have won this seat in most years...however, since 2006...it is getting harder and harder.

[tcrlaf]

The War not included, most of that “out-of-control” spending was Bush co-opting Big Democrat issues and making them his own, thus depriving them of a “Big Stick” to use against us.

In 2002 it was “No Child Left Behind”, and in 2004 it was Prescription Drugs.

I don’t like it, but I DO understand the politics of it. Meanwhile, the Repubs in Congress (Frist)were trying to build a non-voter support system like the Democrats have, to insure THEMSELVES of Outside-The-Party power like the Democrats have done.

It failed miserably...

[Alter Kaker]

This seat went for Bush over Kerry by over 25 points. Tonight the Dem beat the Republican by 9. This wasn't a bad Republican candidate either. In 4 years we have a 30 point electoral shift. It's very scary.

Cheney wasn't the only Republican to campaign -- Mike Huckabee, Roger Wicker, Trent Lott, Haley Barbour etc all campaigned.

[roses of sharon]

Congress’s approval rating is lower than Bush’s.

Yep, and lots of Dims on here tonight hoping no one will mention that, lol, so transparent, but a good thread for troll bait!

[Big Horn]

His support in the Senate faded away because he became indefensible.

What Nixon did was not as bad as Clinton and Clinton is loved by many.

[JRochelle]

I saw one of the ads the Republican ran.

Stupid ad. Trying to tie the dem with Jeremiah Wright. How stupid does he think the voters are? Even had spooky music.

What a stupid politician. He deserved to lose.

[mtntop3]

What the HECK happened to the old Bush we all loved??

Nothing has changed that man. Or will. Bush is a man of God.

A germane question is: what has happened to the basic values of the nation we all love?

[ruschpa]

“The generic Republican is toxic. The public, apparently, wants to poke conservatives in the eyes. Perhaps that is why McCain is competitive with Obama and Hillary, while the other GOP candidates have no chance. McCain is not your typical Republican.”

That just about sums it up perfectly...

[Big Horn]

The rats like sheep hang together while the GOP all split and try to fight their own fight. We need a leader that can unite us. If it is possible to unite us because it seems to me like it is our nature to be rugged individualists.

[Bommer]

Thank you for Roberts and Alito but man what a price we have payed for his presidency

Enjoy the repeat with McLame! Thats teh only freeper excuse to vote for that dumbass, the SCOTUS.

[JLS]

massive increases in deficit spending,

Have you ever heard of strategic deficits. That is one contribution of Reagan to conservative philosophy.

free trade,

If you don't know that free trade is conservative, ie, freedom enhancing, you don't know much about being a conservative.

and mishandling the early stages of the Iraq War. That’s conservative?

Liberate two countries with essentially minimal KIA. Did it ever occur to you that if in a war you miminize collateral damage and civilian casualties, the aftermath might be a bit more difficult. Your understanding of war and the history of war come right from the MSM apparently.

Bush is not blameless.

Nobody said he was blameless, I did not care for his first term steel tariff increase. What I said was that the Dims rallied around the indefensible to avoid taking big losses for their side. The conservative pundits and bloggers like you have allowed Bush's reputation to be torn to shreds often unfairly, hows that working out for you? Not surprisingly to me the GOP voters turned to the center after failing to get defense from the right, you satisfied with the nominee you got hanging Bush out to dry?

[roses of sharon]

Politico Racial politics in Miss. special election

In the run-up to today’s hotly-contested special election in Mississippi’s First District, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has targeted the African-American community with several fliers accusing the Republican party and its nominee, Greg Davis, of racial insensitivity.

The latest direct mail piece accuses Davis, the mayor of the Memphis suburb of Southaven, of attempting to honor Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest with a statue of him in his hometown -- a charge that the Davis campaign vigorously disputes.

And on Sunday, Democratic officials distributed DCCC fliers at African-American churches in the district that accuse Republicans of making it “harder for us to vote – fake phone calls, calls with the wrong election date, uniformed guards at the polls, even people inside the polls challenging each and every vote.”

Democrats also need healthy turnout among the district’s sizable African-American population to win the district. African-Americans comprise over 25 percent of the district, but often don’t turnout in significant numbers.

[nwrep]

I think there is nothing we can do, except for electing McCain.

[acsuc99]

Why should conservative commentators defend Bush when he doesnt defend himself?

This is the man who invited Teddy Kennedy over to watch a movie when he was calling him a liar and the man who sat back and watched himself get blamed for a Hurricane.

People like Limbaugh and Hannity defended Bush through a lot of things they should have blasted him on.

Yes the media is liberal and has helped destroy the Bush presidency, but the inability of the Bush White House to effectively communicate, fight back, defend itself, is the reason he and the party are in the position they find themselves in. TO suggest this is anyones fault other than Bush is just totally misplaced blame.

[Impy]

This was a conservative candidate that lost.

[Impy]

Cole needs to go at the NRCC.

[roses of sharon]

Theodore Roosevelt once said “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”