If A Republican Can’t Win In Northern Mississippi, Then…

By Kleinheider Posted on May 14, 2008 at 7:51 am

Last night, the Democratic Party captured its third straight victory this year in a special election for U.S. Congress. Democrat Travis Childers came away last night triumphant in a historically conservative district which routinely elects Republican Presidents and has been held by the GOP since 1994. Terry Frank argues that the loss can be chalked up to bad brand management:

Republicans who have been losing their national brand name as the party of smaller government and low taxes, have relied on the very group they are often embarrassed of to propel them across finish lines: social conservatives. But as I’ve written about many times before, if a Democrat takes those issues from us, uh-oh….he can win.

DaveG of Race42008 breaks down the general election impact:

What all of this means is that the GOP is such a miserable party that it’s going to get blown out of the water this November, and that Barack Obama is such a miserable candidate that he’s going to get annihilated as well. That means that the most likely result of the race for 2008 will be President McCain and a heavily Democratic Congress.

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