Dallas Morning News Editorial on Eaves

I have said on several occasions that what happens in Mississippi has national implications. This article lays some of that out, and it's coming from a reputable source. It's a Sunday morning feature in a major metro daily.

Some of the highlights-

"At stake is more than the governor's mansion in Jackson, but arguably the future of the national Democratic Party. That's because Democrats have almost completely lost their grip on the South, with the number of Southern Democratic U.S. senators dwindling from 20 in 1980 to five today. In the past two presidential elections, the Democratic ticket lost every Southern state. A win by Mr. Eaves "would be a shot across the bow to the Republican Party that Democrats can compete in the South again," says Mike Mikus, Mr. Eaves' chief campaign strategist.

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"Mr. Eaves appears to represent the next step in the Democratic Party's plan for making inroads among evangelicals and other serious churchgoers. In 2005, Timothy Kaine, the winning Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, reserved his first ads for Christian radio. In 2006, the Democratic Party persuaded a pro-choice candidate in Pennsylvania to drop her Senate bid to clear the field for the ultimately successful Robert Casey Jr., an abortion opponent."

What we do here matters. As Sen. Boxer said, "Elections have consequences."