Credit for this goes to Eric Kleefield over at TPM.
By now we all know about the thumping that Travis Childers gave to Greg Davis in MS-01, a very conserative district that has a PVI rating of R+10. The NRCC funneled *$1.2 million*, while the shadowy Freedom's Watch threw in an estimated $400k and Greg Davis himself used almost $1 million.
The Republicans' entire strategy was to tie Childers with the "librul" Democratic establishment and they even used race-baiting guilt-by-association-by-association Rev. Wright smears.
How well did it work? Childers improved 3 pt. victory (in the first special election) to an 8 pt. thrashing in last night's runoff. Great news, huh? Think it can't get any better?
Think again.
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