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13.05.2008
And the Tabloids Scream: Childers Wins in Mississippi

... but the most remarkable thing is that, as I type, the Democratic win in Mississippi is the biggest breaking news story on my CNN page, even above Hillary's win in West Virginia. Shows what a supreme p.r. bummer this is going to be for the GOP. I think you'll see NRCC money dry up further and an every-Republican-for-himself mentality take hold in the House: Who wants to give dollars to an organization that appears to spend it all losing its own safe seats?

--Eve Fairbanks

Posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:39 PM with 9 comment(s)

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pccostello said:

gee, my cnn and cnn politics page is all about west virginia. how come?

but there is some news at ABC about obama's difficulties in hiring capable staff:

blogs.abcnews.com/.../obamas-inabilit.html

May 13, 2008 11:10 PM

FWright said:

The NRCC *wishes* that most of its money had gone to losing safe House seats.  Better than what actually happened.

May 13, 2008 11:18 PM

WoodyBombay said:

That is puzzling on CNN's part, pc, since it's not really news.

I figured you'd be out dancing in the streets of Wheeling, firing your shotgun in the air and guzzling homemade shine out of a big jug with "XXX" on the side.

May 13, 2008 11:35 PM

WoodyBombay said:

But back to the "good news for Democrats" theme (and HRC's win in WV most assuredly is not good news for Democrats) ...

Josh Marshall's reporting that Childers won by an eight-point margin. That's is incredible.

May 14, 2008 12:04 AM

maxblum13 said:

well look what the cat dragged in.  I guess clinton's fundraising must be goin well tonight if they've got pcc back in here.

May 14, 2008 12:48 AM

GSpinks said:

After 7 long years of foreign and domestic policy mismanagement, the swing voters are abandoning the Republicans in droves. They gave Bush the benefit of the doubt in '04, which probably just makes them all the more bitter.

The backlash is underway. You guys should do some investigative reporting on the demographics break-down and see if you can find some trends in these districts besides GOP incumbents going down.

May 14, 2008 1:48 AM

liberal reformer said:

WoodyBombay: You know that I like your posts, but the first of your two above makes sport of the hicks. Is that the image that you want to portray, as an Obama supporter? And you are far more genteel than any number of his supporters out here. This hostility (and I am well aware that it exists on the other side, too; cf. sleepyavl) seems not to comport with Obama's high road mindset.

May 14, 2008 1:50 AM

ironyroad said:

"seems not to comport with Obama's high road mindset"

This is what happens when genteel runs out of control!

May 14, 2008 2:39 AM

WoodyBombay said:

Well, LR, I'm not much for political correctness. Sorry.

Anyway, you're the one who used the word 'hicks.'

May 14, 2008 11:37 AM