Larry Hewitt wrote:
> "David Hartung" <d_hartung@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:8N2dnWuST7fD_bfVnZ2dnUVZ_sninZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Rich Travsky wrote:
>>> Ref at
>>>
>>>
>>>
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=adWBHeaf3TKM&refer=home
>>>
>>> Democrat Travis Childers won a U.S. House seat in Mississippi,
marking
>>> the
>>> third time this year that the party has triumphed in a Republican
>>> stronghold and signaling it may be poised for big gains in the
November
>>> elections.
>>>
>>> Childers got 52 percent to 49 percent for Republican Greg Davis with
83
>>> percent
>>> of the vote, according to the Associated Press. Childers will replace
>>> Republican
>>> Roger Wicker in northern Mississippi's 1st District. Wicker was
>>> appointed to the
>>> Senate last year.
>>>
>>> The Democratic victory extends their majority in Congress to 37
seats,
>>> with the
>>> prospect of more wins this fall. House Democrats hold a more than
6-to-1
>>> cash
>>> advantage over Republicans, who have 26 lawmakers retiring. Both
parties
>>> poured
>>> money into the Mississippi race and Vice President Dick Cheney
traveled
>>> to the
>>> state to campaign for Davis. ...
>>> Republican Jack Quinn of New York, who served in the U.S. House from
>>> 1993 to
>>> 2005, said the wins give Democrats more momentum. "When Republicans
lose
>>> three
>>> special elections in a row, it would seem to predict dark clouds on
the
>>> horizon,"
>>> Quinn said.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Looney tune brain dead loser cons!
>> Yes Childers won, but it took two runoffs to do it.
>>
>
> Trying to lessen the loss wn't work.
>
> He came within 600 votes of an aoutright winin the last multicandidate
> runoff,
>
> And a 3% or 4% win in what has been a safe repug seat for decades, a
> district that went for Bush nearly 2 to 1, is catastrophic for the repug
> party.
>
> There will be a mjor shakeup in the party leader****p.
No argument there.
I voted for Davis, but this has been a close race from day one, and
Childers' victory does not surprise me. In truth, I am not certain that
there will be much difference between Davis, or Childers. One thing is
certain, the man who held the seat that Childers now holds was a decent
guy, but he was no believer in limited government.
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