The Republicans have had another alarming loss in the South – this time for a House seat in northern Mississippi, a place where Bush got 62 percent of the vote in 2004. The Democrat won with 54 percent of the vote. This this is that this is the second House seat they've lost on historically conservative/Republican turf in the South, and the third seat after Speaker Hastert's in Illinois.
Dick Cheney, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and President Bush all played a role in trying to get their man elected in Mississippi, and Cheney even made a personal visit in a pathetic attempt to rally the faithful. No wonder Newt Gingrich is screaming that the Republicans face "real disaster" this fall.
The Republican attempt to link the local Democrat with Barack Obama (and by extension, Reverend Wright, and by extension, Osama bin Laden) failed miserably. Voters were bombarded with ads that cast doubt on Obama's patriotism (Uncle Tom er I mean Barack Obama now wears a flag pin on his lapel) and played to Southern racism.
None of it worked. Which is why I still think Obama is going to beat McCain in the fall by a healthy margin, despite the racist backlash against him.
The Republican attempt to link the local Democrat with Barack Obama (and by extension, Reverend Wright, and by extension, Osama bin Laden) failed miserably. Voters were bombarded with ads that cast doubt on Obama's patriotism (Uncle Tom er I mean Barack Obama now wears a flag pin on his lapel) and played to Southern racism.
None of it worked. Which is why I still think Obama is going to beat McCain in the fall by a healthy margin, despite the racist backlash against him.
1 comments:
this is a good post, something that is being missed by mainstream political commentators in the US
VA and NC are moving away from the GOP, and GA is likely to follow within the next 3 or 4 years
TN is problematic, as it is really an Appalachia state, like KY and WV
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