Big Victory For Democrats Last Night

And no, I'm not referring to Hillary's totally expected (and totally meaningless) win in West Virginia -- I'm referring to this:

Democrat Travis Childers wins a U.S. House seat in Mississippi's deeply Republican 1st Congressional District.

Childers defeated Republican Greg Davis in a special election to fill the final few months of a two-year term in Congress. The seat was vacated when Roger Wicker was appointed to the U.S. Senate after Trent Lott resigned.

The win allows Democrats to add to their 235-199 majority in Congress — if only for a few months until November's general elections.

Childers, Davis and two other candidates face off again in November's general election.

This is the third time this year that a Democrat has defeated a Republican in a special election for a House seat that should have gone to the GOP candidate. Back in 2004, Bush claimed 63% in Mississippi's 1st Congressional District. The Republicans spent a fortune trying to keep this seat, and ran attack ads featuring Rev. Wright and his connection with Obama. Those ads did not work.

This is very good for the Democrats, as was the fact that Obama was actually able to argue against the gas tax holiday and not be hurt by taking such a position.