Today’s special election
There’s another special election today, the run-off in Mississippi’s first Congressional district. The Democratic candidate — Travis Childers — nearly won 50% of the vote the first time around but came up just short, bringing about a run-off election. The district is extremely conservative (it went 62% for Bush in 2004), but the race is neck-and-neck:
After losing two special elections in conservative-minded districts over the past two months, the GOP is now at risk of losing a seat in the heart of the Deep South — and is pouring all its resources into hanging on to it, including a rare campaign trail appearance by Vice President Cheney on Monday.
A third loss in Tuesday’s 1st District special election would prompt new predictions of electoral doom in November, hurt the party’s already flagging morale and usher in a new round of public finger-pointing among an already fractured GOP
It’s becoming like a broken record, more and more bad news for Congressional Republicans. The weakness of NYS Congressional Republicans, and the very real possibility that Democrats will pick up as many as four House seats in New York State, is the biggest political story of 2008 locally.
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