Republican Greg Davis - lost to Travis Childers in Mississippi's special runoff election last week, despite a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney on the eve of the vote. The campaign featured negative ads about Barack Obama, who endorsed Childers. Republican Greg Davis (left) lost to Travis Childers in Mississippi's special runoff election last week, despite a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney on the eve of the vote. The campaign featured negative ads about Barack Obama, who endorsed Childers. (Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press)
age, raised $108 million more than the Democratic National Committee in the four previous election cycles, is unlikely to achieve that dominance

I eagerly await the fall campaign, when incumbent Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., tries to portray himself as “a new kind of Republican.” That he represents a “Third Way,” between the old, lobbyist-dominated GOP and the slightly younger, lobbyist-dominated GOP. Too bad “incumbent Republican congressman” is a personal smear still suitable for a family newspaper.
After batting oh-fer in three special elections in GOP districts, the National Republican Congressional Committee is low on both money and ideas. The NRCC has spent about 20 percent of its cash on hand in each election, but the Democrat won the Illinois seat held by former Speaker Dennis Hastert, then a Louisiana seat

The Republican Party last week lost its third conservative House seat of the year in a special election, this time in Mississippi -- a seat long thought "safe" -- and following losses in Louisiana and Illinois.
Republicans are throwing one another under the bus. There's no party discipline. Personal scandals have run amok. There's a financial scandal at the National Republican Congressional Committee. And it all portends a political massacre in November.
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By Chris Cillizza and Shailagh Murray The special-election victory by Democrat Travis Childers last week sent a signal to all political junkies that the

Republican Greg Davis (left) lost to Travis Childers in Mississippi's special runoff election last week, despite a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney on

Many people don't particularly like him. Some see an irascible loose cannon, others a political heretic. Conservatives still distrust him.