Republicans who have been losing their national brand name as the party of smaller government and low taxes, have relied on the very group they are often embarrassed of to propel them across finish lines: social conservatives. But as I’ve written about many times before, if a Democrat takes those issues from us, uh-oh….he can win.

Too smart by half.  Is that the old saying?  

Another GOP seat down, from Jackson, Miss.:

JACKSON, Miss. — It’s becoming a disturbing trend for Republicans: losing traditional GOP strongholds to Democrats in some hard-fought congressional races.

It happened again Tuesday, as Travis Childers beat Greg Davis in a special election to replace Republican Roger Wicker, who served in the House since 1994 and was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated by Trent Lott.

and yep, here it is:

Childers is a socially conservative county official, while Davis is mayor of a fast-growing city across the state line from Memphis, Tenn.