In Mississippi?!

While I pay attention to Congressional races all over the country, I usually don't blog about them, but this one portends ridiculously good news. In the race to replace MS Sen. Roger Wicker (who replaced Trent Lott on 12/31/07), the Democratic candidate is poised to take this House seat. That's right, in Mississippi, in a district that Smirky carried by 19 in 2000 and by 25 in 2004, Travis Childers (D), delivered a stunning blow to the Republican hopes for any chance in November. Even though Childers did not win the election outright--he only missed hitting the required 50%+ 1 by about 400 votes!--he did outpace both the Republican candidates combined, forcing a runoff to be held in a couple of weeks, which he could win just be reproducing these results. Not only that, but Childers was outspent 2-1 by the Republicans, who can ill afford any such expenditures, especially in a district as formerly "red" as this one.
Go Team!