skippy the bush kangaroo

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

"i'm not dead yet"

clinton beat obama's ass like a drum in w.va today, winning so much that we wonder if barack even had his name on the ballot. cnn:

"i am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign," she told supporters in charleston, west virginia.

"i am in this race because i believe i am the strongest candidate. ... i can lead this party to victory in the general election if you lead me to victory now."

with half of the results in, clinton was ahead of sen. barack obama by a margin of more than 2-1.
but the good news on this election night is that the dems have taken yet another seat from the repubbbs, and in the reddest of the red states. the hill:

democrat travis childers won tuesday’s mississippi special election runoff for sen. roger wicker’s (r) former house seat, handing democrats the biggest of their three special election takeovers this cycle and sending a listless gop further into a state of disarray.

childers led gop candidate greg davis 53-47 with more than 90 percent of precincts reporting. turnout increased substantially over the 67,000 voters who cast ballots in the april 22 open special election, with more than 100,000 voting in the runoff.

childers, who beat davis 49-46 three weeks ago but came up just shy of a race-ending majority, joins new democratic reps. bill foster (ill.) and don cazayoux (la.) to give democrats a trifecta of upsets in conservative house districts over the last two months.

the loss could send shockwaves through the republican party, where murmurs about a leadership shakeup have become more and more audible.
but to have a leadership shakeup, wouldn't you first have to have leadership?

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posted by skippy at 8:33 PM |

1 Comments:

Hey! Bush took the leadership in giving up golf in 2003 to avoid dishonoring the troops (per an interview today) so with leadership like that, how can they lose?

A mind is a terrible thing.... to a Republican.
commented by Blogger Kevin Hayden, 10:54 PM PDT  

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