Whooped ‘em again - “the Republican brand is badly damaged”
MSNBC and the AP have just called the Congressional special election for Democrat Travis Childer in Mississippi’s 1st District, one of the most solidly Republican districts in the US. A district that went for GW Bush in 2004 by 25 percentage points. Despite the millions of dollars of attack ads, despite personal campaign visits by Dick Cheney and Mike Huckabee, the Democrats pick up another congressional seat, deep in the heart of Bush country, aka… Jesus Land. This is the seat that Trent Lott once held.
Responding to this result, Mike Huckabee remarked on MSNBC, “The Republican brand is badly damaged.”
That’s three of three special elections in solidly Republican districts that have been won by Democrats. Chris Matthews remarked… “it would be like a Republican winning in the Bronx.” One of these three pickups was the former House Leader Denis Hastert’s seat.
Sorry wingnuts. GAME OVER.
UPDATE: Democrat Childers didn’t just win, he won solidly by 8 points in one of the strongest Republican districts is America. Yea! Check out this guy Greg Davis… does he look like a Republican or what?
From what I read about him, sounds like conservatism won. Are you so blindly partisan William, that you celebrate Democrat victory, when the Democrat is nothing like the far left fringe wackjob that you are?
As one Freeper said in another thread, it’s panic time. Our electoral prospects are not good.
One more thing: thank you Trent Lott. Enjoy your stupid lobbying.
The recent congressional losses for Republicans in the special elections are VERY bad news, especially this one. If I understand right, this is equivalent to a republican winning a historically democrat seat in San Fransisco.
The Republicans have lost their way, and are reaping the absence of conservative leadership from Bush. Sadly, I have a feeling this is going to get MUCH worse before it will get any better, if it does get any better. With McCain running, the Republican party may be finished for good.
We have no candidate and no philosophy in the GOP. And we haven’t seen the bottom yet.
From The Politico:
A GOP House leadership aide told Politico last week that “if we don’t win in Mississippi, I think you are going to see a lot of people running around here looking for windows to jump out of.”
The $1.27 million that the NRCC spent in the heavily Republican district amounted to nearly 20 percent of the committee’s entire cash-on-hand. The committee has now spent more than $3 million to defend three conservative House seats, losing all three of them, and it is ill-equipped financially to compete fully in an ever-widening playing field for November.
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The NRCC would gladly trade their present circumstances for eternal painful rectal itch. Bank it.
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Cheney did Greg no favor by being there. I used to live in Southaven…
Cheney’s endorsement would have made me wonder on the account of he is CFR, what would Greg ‘owe’ him and the Neocons?
The democrats may have their run and win the whole lot for the next few years.
The question is: Will the run us so far in the ground that the people will wake up and Fight, or will they just turn over and say, that is the way it is?
The GOP is driving us to the edge of the cliff and the Democrats are too. Do we jump over the cliff or jump back?
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Smell The Toast.
It burns for thee, GOP!
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