House Republicans Say Mississippi Loss May Signal More Setbacks

Source: Bloomberg

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. House Republicans said an election loss in Mississippi yesterday may portend widespread voter rejection in the November races, and some are advocating distancing themselves from President George W. Bush's policies.

At a closed-door weekly meeting of all House Republicans this morning, Representative Tom Davis of Virginia distributed a 20-page assessment of the party's prospects, telling reporters later that it warned that following the ``same-old, same-old is a 25-seat loss.''

Republicans are increasingly concerned about their election prospects after Democrat Travis Childers yesterday won a Mississippi House seat that Republicans had held for more than 13 years, the third time since March that a Democrat won a Republican-held seat in a special election.

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House Republican Leader John Boehner said leaders will meet later today to discuss the impact of the Mississippi result. In response to a question, he said changes at the National Republican Congressional Committee, the party's candidate recruitment and fundraising arm, are under discussion.

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Democrat Travis Childers yesterday won a Mississippi House seat that Republicans had held for more than 13 years, the third time since March that a Democrat won a Republican-held seat in a special election.

Davis was so vicious in the Repub primary that his opponents refused to endorse him and many who voted for the other Repubs refused to support him. He plays very, very dirty and will do anything. Childers would do well to hire a food taster and someone to check his car before he gets in it.

I'm not surprised Childers won that seat. He's very popular in his home county. He also owns a well-run assisted living facility and a nursing home (in my home town) that serve a multi-county area. People are very proud of those facilities and think well of him for taking the risk and putting up the money to establish them. Davis made people in the area FURIOUS when he ran totally spurious accusations that Childers was starving and mistreating residents of the nursing home. People knew it was a lie, and they took it as a personal attack on local institutions.

Davis and the Repubs will pull out all the stops to get that seat back in November. They'll do anything. The Dems had better be prepared to defend it HARD. To protect himself, Childers will have to be very conservative for his first few years and probably will vote against the Dems more than he votes for them. Every vote he casts will be potential for the Repubs to throw him out of office. (Of course, Davis is very conservative himself--he won't need much urging to vote conservative.) Having Obama at the top of the ticket will be a disadvantage for him, but people in that area are used for crossing over and voting for Dems for local offices. Unlike here, the Dems still hold a lot of town and county offices.

Davis is particularly a creep, and Southhaven is a particularly creepy, sordid, bigoted little place. The town is nothing but a haven for white people from Memphis who can't stand black people. I haven't heard much about it for a number of years, but it used to be vilely racist, Christianist, and authoritarian--a cesspool even by deep south standards. I wouldn't vote for anyone who could be elected mayor of Southhaven.

And, she said:
An interview with the down but not defeated Repub opponent. Davis was so vicious in the Repub primary that his opponents refused to endorse him and many who voted for the other Repubs refused to support him. He plays very, very dirty and will do anything. Childers would do well to hire a food taster and someone to check his car before he gets in it.
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Brilliant observation.....

Rep. Tom Davis stomped on the concrete floor of the Capitol basement when asked by reporters about Republican fortunes at the moment.

"This is the floor," he said, by way of explanation. "We're below the floor."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/14/1019748.aspx

Actually, it makes me feel like dancing!!!!!!!!

Repubs save their own hides by throwing Bush and Cheney under the bus. Ironically, they start impeachment hearings.

Not going to happen, but fun to contemplate, nevertheless. :rofl:

Yes, it is only May. Wait until November. :evilgrin:

How can any republican who has been in office for the last 8 years distance themselves at this point?

My understanding from the long-time locals here in the Magnolia State is that the Dem, Childers, is actually more conservative than the Puke who lost ...

And no, I have no link on this, but perhaps someone could do a little research. I am simply reporting what I have heard here in the state.

Bake

This is a great sign of things to come....