Pundits and Democratic leaders are looking forward to a Tsunami in the Fall; they are starting to feel that they will sweep control of the Congress away from Republics and put it more firmly in the hands of Congress. Possibly, they are thinking, they will get a super majority in one or both houses, creating a veto-proof block.
The most recent indication of this is the congressional special election held on Tuesday where a congressional district that is more Republican than the nation as a whole, elected a Democrat to a seat previously held by a Republican.
Democrats won with 54% of the vote in a district that a Republican won with 66% in 2006 and that President Bush carried in 2004 by 25 points. It was the GOP's third special election loss this year, and it has Democrats predicting that November will be another rout of 2006 proportions.
Democrat Travis Childers defeated Republican Greg Davis in the race for Republican Roger Wicker's seat.
But he did it by being more Conservative than the Republican.
...the Democratic victor in Mississippi’s 1st District, Travis Childers, successfully used a conservative Republican anti-tax, pro-gun, pro-life message.
The Democrats began back in 2006 finding candidates that can win races, rather than candidates that have taken a loyalty oath to the Left. And they have had success. The message of the Left doesn't work in most places, but the message of the Right does.
Not only did Childers win with his anti-tax and pro-gun positions, he did it by distancing himself from Democratic front-runner Barack Obama
Travis Childers, a candidate for Mississippi's first congressional district, told reporters yesterday that Barack Obama hasn't endorsed his campaign, despite an ad by his opponent linking the two and Rev. Wright. Said Childers: "I've not been in contact with his campaign, nor has he been in contact with mine."
Despite his positions, the Left Wing of the Democratic Party supports him
[House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi, in fact, called him personally to draw him into the Mississippi contest. The Democrat in the race, Travis Childers, had defeated two African-American candidates in preliminary rounds, and it was feared that black enthusiasm in the contest had cooled.
Clearly the Democrats are after as large a majority as possible of people who have a D in the affiliation, but what does it mean if the Party goes hard right to do it? It has already been notable that "Blue Dog" Democrats have thwarted attempts by the Left Wing leadership to end the war in Iraq. And the Blue Dogs are not big on taxing and spending
The Blue Dog Co-Chairs applauded Chairman Spratt for including key Blue Dog-advocated priorities in the Democratic Budget Resolution including: an adherence to pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budget discipline; a commitment to the extension of statutory PAYGO requirements; a commitment to provide adequate funding for our national defense; holding the line on mandatory spending levels to put our country back on the path to fiscal responsibility; and putting an end to irresponsible deficit spending in order to reach balance by 2012.
If Republicans don't get a message like that, they are going to lose in Novemeber in a big way.
But then again, so will the Leftists.
Which includes Obama
