Mississippi’s 1st District

4:25 am EST May 14th, 2008 | Democrats | 7 Comments

What does it and the other two Democratic gains mean? There is nowhere on the map that a Democrat can’t compete. Sure, the candidate has to be in tune with the local ethos – you won’t run a Los Angeles Democrat in San Angelo, TX or vice-versa – but you don’t do what Democrats did for decades: Not show up. 2004 was the last timid election for Democrats, and now the GOP has gone from 230 seats in 1994 to 199 seats and falling.

You’re not going to always win these fights. Most of the time you will lose. But for the love of God, just show up.

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7 Responses to “Mississippi’s 1st District”

  1. Jet says:
    May 14, 2008 at 8:19 am

    Dean’s 50 state strategy waves bye bye to Shumer and Emanuel. It’s not just about knowing how to raise money, but how to SPEND it. Welcome to the big tent, MS-1.

  2. drinkof says:
    May 14, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Ain’t it the truth. The breathtaking overcaution of the ‘swing state’ strategy (and, you know, the fact that it was a loser) still boggles my mind. Doesn’t boggle Terry McCauliffe’s, though, but clearly something has.

  3. Tim Fuller says:
    May 14, 2008 at 10:22 am

    I promise to mount and take a photo of my new Mississippi car tag (got it day before yesterday…but I’m still running with my expired April tag….you guys know the one….IMPEACH). It will be retired today and replaced with OBAMA08!

    Back later with the photo link.

    Mississippi does not need these kinds of positive stories floating around. First we get a huge Nissan factory in north Jackson, and now progressive legislators.

    Before long, the Yankees are going to figure out that not only is it warm here in the winter, but we aren’t all backwater hicks and ex Klan members.

    Nothing will bastardize a good place faster than a little good press. Now that Obama is helping to ease the race barrier, I expect I’ll be seeing a lot more of my fair-skinned Yankee brethren in da ‘hood.

    Enjoy.

    Enjoy.

  4. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    May 14, 2008 at 11:13 am

    This is fucking awesome! I read reports that the Democrats could rise to 250 seats in November and my first thought was, ‘Fuck that. 250 would be disappointing. They could win 260, maybe even 270.’

  5. Dr. Victor Davis Handjob says:
    May 14, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    An interesting thing about this district is that the Republican is the mayor of Southaven, which was formed after Elvis moved into Graceland, which is a Memphis suburb still in TN in a place called Whitehaven. But after Elvis moved there, black people started moving in, so the whites packed up and moved across the border and formed Southaven. So these assholes lost yesterday is what I’m saying, and that’s great. I’m sure Elvis is smiling down on this victory today.

  6. John says:
    May 14, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    “I’m sure Elvis is smiling down on this victory today.”

    Really? You do mean the same Elvis who was keen for Nixon and stole songs from black people? I sorta doubt it.

  7. daniel rotter says:
    May 14, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    Like I said with Cazeynoux, Childers will probably be an Zell-Miller-type anti-Democrat Democrat. He will almost certainly vote with conservative Republicans on just about everything; heck, I bet he will even vote for John McCain for president.