It's Not West Virginia That Matters - The Real News Was Made in Mississippi...

The AP reports that "Mississippi Democrat Travis Childers won a special election to Congress on Tuesday, helping his party to a third victory in recent months for seats long in Republican hands."

Barack Obama had endorsed Childers - as he did the other two Democratic candidates in their races - reinforcing the belief of a growing number of superdelegates that Obama as the nominee of the Democratic Party will have the longer coattails in the November election - zjm

Barack Obama issued the following statement:

"I want to congratulate Congressman-elect Travis Childers on winning this special election. By electing Travis in this traditionally overwhelmingly Republican district, the people of Mississippi voted to end the politics of division and distraction, and bring about real change. This is the third special election in recent months that Democrats have won in traditionally Republican areas -- an unmistakable sign that Americans want to make a clean break from the failed Bush policies of the past - and are not looking for four more years of those failed policies from John McCain. I look forward to working with Travis in the months ahead to fix our economy, and make a difference in the lives of America's hardworking families."