Memo to Democrats: To Win the Game You Need to Field a Team

Losing National Party Status, State by State

2011 is an off year (yes, by any measure) for elections, but this does not mean there aren’t any.  There are state wide elections in Mississippi in the fall, and the primaries have just ended in preparation for those races.



The news out of Mississippi is not that



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Mississippi Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant won the Republican nomination in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Haley Barbour by a wide margin Tuesday, while the Democratic race is headed to a late August runoff. According to the AP, with 97 percent of the precincts reporting, Bryant leads businessman Dave Dennis 59 percent to 26 percent.

or that



In the Democratic race, with 99 percent of precincts counted, Johnny DuPree, the first African-American Mayor of Hattiesburg, leads attorney and businessman Bill Luckett 43 percent to 39 percent. With no candidate finishing with over 50 percent, an August 23rd runoff between the top two will be triggered.

 Since the outcome of the gubernatorial race was decided in the Republican primary.

No the news here is this.



A sign of Democrats' plight in the Magnolia State: they failed to get a single candidate on the ballot for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, or auditor.



Democrats Meeting in Mississippi



These other state wide races are important, even if a candidate is defeated because it builds bench strength for future races. 

So add Mississippi to the list of states where the Democratic party is becoming irrelevant.  And expect to see headlines in the future about the return of 19^th century politics, like

Democrats – The Future Whig Party in America