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May 13, 2008

NYTIMES – Republicans Use Race as Weapon in House Contest in Mississippi

Republicans Use Obama as Weapon in House Contest in Mississippi In advertisements and speeches, Republicans have repeatedly associated Travis Childers, the white Democrat threatening to take the seat away from the Republican Party, with Mr. Obama. Republicans say Mr. Obama’s liberal values are out of place in the district. But for many Democratic veterans here,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 13, 2008

DOWN THE BALLOT: MISSISSIPPI’S SPECIAL

MSNBC – DOWN THE BALLOT: Mississippi’s special The New York Times, previewing today’s congressional run-off in Mississippi between Travis Childers (D) and Greg Davis (R), notes how the Republicans have tied Childers to Obama — in what some see as playing the race card. “Hoping to hang on to a Congressional seat in a tight…