I wrote a diary that went over this briefly yesterday.  However this is too important not to highlight again.  The way this dispute has broken down, you have the Democrats led by AG Jim Hood citing a 2000 state law that is very specific about where races go on the ballot but says nothing about special elections being placed at the bottom of the ballot, while Haley Barbour and his lackeys are claiming that the precedent is set for special elections to go at the bottom of the ballot.  A law that does not mention special elections specifically versus precendence is how the GOP is framing this.  Too bad for them their frame is not based on facts. (surpised? I did not think so)

As it turns out we have precedence on our side as well as the state law in regards to the placement of special elections on the ballot.  A lot of misinformation is being spread in large part thrugh the MSM here in Mississippi.  

For those of you unaware of the situation read this post from Kos a few day ago.  Also read this one from Hunter.  Plus this one from Todd Beeton.  Top it off with this one from Adam B.

First a big shout out to MyDD for their front page links to our coverage at Cotton Mouth of MS-01.

We are in a street fight down here.  Travis Childers has an oppurtunity to lay claim for the Democratic Party a congresssional district that voted 62% for Bush in 2004.  He is up against Republican Greg Davis who has offered nothing but vicious attack ads.  

We are in a dogfight down here in Mississippi for a congressional seat that is supposed to be "safe republican".  MS-01, an R+10 district is down to a runoff on May 13 between Democrat Travis Childers and Republican Greg Davis.  Childers won a plurality of 49.6 percent in the special election, just a few hundred short of victory.