HRC won WV. Not a big surprise.

On the other hand, Democrats winning MS-01 is a huge deal.

Following on the heels of Democratic victories in special elections in Illinois' 14th district in March and Louisiana's 6th district 10 days ago, Republicans pulled out all the stops to try to hold on to Wicker's seat, which should be a GOP stronghold. President Bush won the district by 25 points in 2004; he won the Louisiana seat by 19 points and the Illinois seat by 11 points.

Vice President Cheney visited the district to drum up support Monday. The cash-strapped National Republican Congressional Committee shelled out at least $1.3 million on the contest -- more than it spent on the Illinois seat, which falls in the expensive Chicago media market -- and the conservative group Freedom's Watch also ran several hundred thousand dollars worth of ads.

But Democrats were able to match the GOP on the financial front, and Republicans' efforts to tar Childers as a typical liberal out-of-step with the district appear to have fallen flat. Davis ran ads attempting to tie Davis to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and the controversial words of his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. As was the case in the Louisiana special election, this tactic did not seem to work for the Republican candidate, bolstering the argument by Obama supporters that his presence at the top of the ticket will not be a hindrance downballot in conservative districts.

25 Points? 25 Points? What's next? What GOP seat can be safe if a 25-point district is in the mix? If the Republicans try to run against Obama and they come up short in a place like this, this is a total catastrophe for the GOP.