May 14, 2008
Two More Superdelegates Endorse Obama
My friends Lauren Wolfe and Awais Khaleel, president and vice president, respectively, of the College Democrats of America have endorsed Barack Obama in this YouTube video this morning.
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Congratulations Rep.-elect Childers
The Democratic Party pulled off a major feat Tuesday, taking a safe, historically Republican district in northern Mississippi and moving it into the Democrat column.
Despite the nearly $3 million spent by both sides combined, this race received little attention in the popular media, far too little given its larger implications nationally.
I watched CNN at the Capitol Lounge in D.C. for hours and had to get coverage on the Mississippi race from a friend (and seasoned Southern politico) who called in updates. It would have been nice if Wolf Blitzer had taken a minute or two to recap what was going on in the special election every hour or so.
One of the most important aspects of this Dem pickup is that it was seen as a test of Obama's downticket effect. The Republicans tried their very best to defeat conservative Democrat Travis Childers by attempting to link him with the more liberal national Party. They ran ads comparing him to Barack Obama, John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi.
Just like in the recent Louisiana congressional race, the Obama linkage doesn't seem to have worked.
The big story here is that Democrats have recently performed very well in three strong GOP districts. This gives the DCCC and the Democratic Party in general a confidence boost headed into the November elections.
At the same time this spells trouble for the Republicans, and should be taken as a sign that a major regroup and rethink of their strategy against both Obama and Democrats running for congress is in order.
The $1.27 million that the NRCC spent in the heavily Republican district amounted to nearly 20 percent of the committee's entire cash-on-hand. The committee has now spent more than $3 million to defend three conservative House seats, losing all three of them, and it is ill-equipped financially to compete fully in an ever-widening playing field for November. [Source: The Politico]
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May 04, 2008
Dems win LA House seat
Congratulations to Rep.-elect Don Cazayoux who won a special election to fill Louisiana's 6th district House seat yesterday. The seat was previously held by a Republican who resigned to take a job in the private sector. Cazayoux beat a former Republican state House member 49 to 46 percent.
...the 6th district, which is centered in Baton Rouge, has favored Republicans at the federal level for years. President Bush won the seat with 59 percent in 2004 and 55 percent four years before that. Baker had held the seat since 1986 and had faced only one serious challenge in recent memory...
Chris Cizilla has more details in The Fix.
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What do Nancy Pelosi & Newt Gingrich have in common?
Alright, I've posted the rest of the unlikely alliance ads from the We campaign. I figured I ought to post the one below featuring Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich sitting on a couch in front of the U.S. Capitol.
I'm really enjoying these ads featuring unlikely political pairs agreeing on this crucial issue. However, I've noticed that thus far there has not been a sitting elected Republican to appear in the ads. I wonder if this is due to Al Gore's bunch keeping them out, or their just not participating? I, of course, assume the later is more likely the answer to my question.
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May 02, 2008
Gaining some traction...
My last post was a video of the president and vice president of the College Democrats of America asking for people's opinion on who they should cast their superdelegate votes for. The video got some media coverage today on NPR's All Things Considered.
I can't wait to see what they'll do next.
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