in the fall! Especially senate and house! President unfortunately I see as more competitive becuase McCain is strong, but even there i think we win big!

Oh Man, this is great news.  I would love to see Obama take the state were Regan started his campaign for the '80 election.

Fifty percent (50%) of Mississippi voters say it is more important to get the troops home from Iraq than it is to win the War. Forty-five percent (45%) hold the opposite view and say winning the war is more important [...] 52% believe a President Obama would get his troops home within a year while 42% say the same would happen with McCain as President.

50% of voters want us to leave Iraq, and 42% believe McCain will do it! If we can successfully convince voters that Obama and only Obama will get us out of Iraq, the 25% (or so) of white voters we need to win MS is not too far off.

Ok, now, everyone tell me how impossible it is to win MS. Its too red. I must be naive, insane, dumb. How can I believe this poll? It must be an outlier right (well, no)!

Remember Katrina hit Mississippi as well as New Orleans.  Even though Mississippi got more help because of Gov. Haley Barbour' pipeline to the White House, it still sat for weeks with nothing from the Feds coming in. Pure Bush incompetence.

So the GOP brand may be a little suspect even with diehard Rep. voters right now.

i think alabama got lost in the super tuesday pile-up while mississippie had a primary day all to themselves and the attention of both candidates which led them to campaign actively throughout the state. their strength in the polls maybe a residual effect of the primary.

This is really good news.  I doubt Obama can win here this cycle, but in terms of winning down-ticket it would be huge to have a Democratic presidential candidate come close.  If Obama loses by, say, five points in November, I can't imagine us not winning this Senate seat.  

According to the 2004 CNN exit poll of Mississippi, John Kerry won 63% of voters under age 30. So if voters who are now 18, 19, 20, and 21 are like the older twentysomethings, the Democrats are gaining young voters by about two to one.

Meanwhile, the exit poll said Bush got 75% of MS voters over age 65. Annual voter mortality is estimated as about 1.25%, and naturally, the impact is greatest on older voters. Back of the envelope, Bush voters have been dying off two or three times as fast as Kerry voters.

Add to that a few thousand black voters refugees from N'awlins, and the higher population growth rate among blacks in the state -- the demographic trends all favor the Democrats.

And to be fair to the white voters, racism just ain't what it used to be down South. Not sure we can take Mississippi this time, but looks like it's worth a try.