Democrats Are Winning
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There have been three special Congressional elections this year. All three seats were previously held by Republicans. Democrats won them all, with yesterday’s victory in Mississippi’s District 1 being the most astonishing of the bunch.
Travis W. Childers beat his opponent by 6 percentage points in MS-01. Bush won by 25 here in 2004.
Bill Foster took Denny Hastert’s seat after the sausage king retired. He beat his opponent by 6 points.
Dan Cazayoux beat his Republican opponent by 3 in Louisiana’s 6th district.
Anyone who says Barack Obama can’t beat John McCain is a fool. Republicans, even in hardcore Republican districts, are being swamped by Democratic turnout, and they are losing. The NRCC dumped a ton of money into the Mississippi and tried linking Childers to Rev. Wright. This stuff just isn’t working, and the Republicans don’t know what to do about it.
h/t Crooks’n'Liars
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May 14th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Out of all the recent news, MS-01 is by far the best example of a crippled and dying Republican/right wing brand. The way of the Whigs? Probably not, but the writing is on the wall signaling a seismic shift away from the politics of hate. We got a long way to go but, wow, this feels really hopeful.
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May 16th, 2008 at 7:00 am
From the New York Times:
Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears
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May 17th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Pity Party
By PEGGY NOONAN
WSJ
May 16, 2008
Big picture, May 2008:
The Democrats aren’t the ones falling apart, the Republicans are. The Democrats can see daylight ahead. For all their fractious fighting, they’re finally resolving their central drama. Hillary Clinton will leave, and Barack Obama will deliver a stirring acceptance speech. Then hand-to-hand in the general, where they see their guy triumphing. You see it when you talk to them: They’re busy being born.
The Republicans? Busy dying…
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May 17th, 2008 at 7:30 am
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May 18th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Brownsox has a nice piece on this just now over at Kos that I think bob would enjoy. It talks, like I’ve been lately, about the death of the brand that calls itself the Republican party. Losing centrists to their stubborn allegiance to the far right (Rush, Norquist, etc) has doomed them from realizing their dream of a “permanent majority”. The author presents a hopeful and insightful read and there is interesting and reasoned discussion. Cheers.
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