[wideawake]

Cheney campaigned for Davis. Childers is the Democrat and the winner.

Childers ran as a conservative Democrat who focused his campaign on reducing taxes, reducing gas costs and improving benefits for seniors - who are an important swing vote in that district.

Childers successfully challenged Davis on his record of presiding over tax increases as mayor.

Also Davis tried to associate him with Reverend Wright, and Childers is a churchgoing Baptist whose actual minister is well-respected locally.

Basically, Davis was a weak candidate who ran an unfocused campaign, and still almost won.

[pnh102]

Childers ran as a conservative Democrat ...

I can't believe "conservatives" are this stupid. Yet another flaming liberal "runs right" and gets elected in a conservative district. WTF?

You would think after the elections of 2006 and the ultra-liberal Congress that was the result that "conservatives" would be running back to the polls to get the half-butted RINO Congress back.

[Onelifetogive]

and Childers is a churchgoing Baptist whose actual minister is well-respected locally.

And he will do everything in his power to keep abortion legal...

[KoRn]

"Childers ran as a conservative Democrat who focused his campaign on reducing taxes, reducing gas costs and improving benefits for seniors - who are an important swing vote in that district."

It might seem heartening to some that the democrats are winning by running as conservatives in some of these places, but the hard truth is these "conservative" democrats are defeating "conservative" republicans.

[Dick Holmes]

Basically, Davis was a weak candidate who ran an unfocused campaign, and still almost won.

No, he lost by 8 points.