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Democrats expect to enjoy Election Day. They hope to see Obama in the White House, a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and a much larger advantage in the House than the nearly 40-seat margin they have now. Childers is a reminder that Democratic strength in polls is as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Dog Democrats on the Prowl | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

To understand the appeal the former Prentiss County chancery clerk has in deep red northern Mississippi, it's less helpful to know his party affiliation than to watch him deliver a 15-minute soliloquy on the glories of fried green tomatoes over lunch in Columbus or work the crowd at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Dog Democrats on the Prowl | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

In the past few decades, Democrats have not done well in squirrel-dumpling kinds of districts. Bush dominated this one by 25 points in 2004, and Republican Roger Wicker held its congressional seat without much trouble for seven straight elections before he was appointed to the Senate to replace Trent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Dog Democrats on the Prowl | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Childers is outpolling and outspending Davis, and Childers will benefit from an estimated 100,000-plus new Democratic registrations in Mississippi, many of them African Americans inspired by Barack Obama. And the collapse of the GOP brand--a party leader has said that if House Republicans were a dog food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Dog Democrats on the Prowl | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

But Childers has not focused his campaign on Bush or on a House Republican caucus that has usually marched in lockstep with Bush or even on Davis; Childers' speeches make it sound as if he's running against a Washington resident named Partisan Bickering. He may be a Democrat, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Dog Democrats on the Prowl | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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