By a vote of 7-2, the Mississippi Supreme Court sided with Republican Governor Haley Barbour by ruling that the special election for the Senate seat currently held by Roger Wicker should be held in November 2008. This is great news for Senator Wicker and Governor Barbour.
It’s unfortunate that we lost this battle, but we still have a strong candidate in Governor Musgrove. Musgrove now has 9 months to make his case across Mississippi. He’s done it before, and he’ll do it again.
I’m not one who thinks that down-ballot Democrats in Mississippi, or anywhere, will be sunk by the top of the ticket come November. If it’s Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton, then the identity politics is additive, so it’s women plus blacks. Then add in some white male Democrats and some white former Repubs who can’t stand what Bush and his boys have done. Meanwhile some of Bush’s 29 percenters just stay home. We can win that one.