Archive for the 'Mississippi first district' Category
All News Is Good News
Posted on May 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, Mississippi first district, the media | Leave a Comment
There is a running bitter “joke” that the establishment political press will find a way to spin any news, no matter how seemingly bad for Republicans or good for Democrats, as good news for the Republicans. While I can’t recall specific examples at the moment, I distinctly remember multiple bloggers making this joke following the [...]
Travis Childers Raises The Bar
Posted on May 14, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 Congressional elections, 2008 elections, Mississippi first district, Travis Childers | Leave a Comment
If you read any other liberal political bloggers, or even the political sections of most mainstream newspapers, you already know the significance of the Democrats’ win in Mississippi last night. In case you don’t, allow me to quickly run through it:
Conservative Democrat Travis Childers beat his Republican opponent in a special election for the seat [...]
