Cheney makes stop in Mississippi

Mon, May 12, 2008 - 2:04 PM

Republicans are bringing in the big guns in Mississippi today.

Vice President Dick Cheney is going to be at a rally in Southaven to campaign for Republican Greg Davis.

Davis faces Democrat Travis Childers in a special election Tuesday for the congressional seat. The seat was vacated by Roger Wicker, who was appointed to Trent Lott’s post in the Senate.

The seat is important as Republicans struggle to keep House seats. In a radio interview last week, Cheney said the District One seat is a “very important one.”

“It's been in conservative hands for a long time and we'd hate to see the liberals gain control,” he said.

On their end, Democrats took the opportunity to take a swipe at Davis as well as Cheney’s connections to oil companies.

The state party sent a press release this morning, in which Childers criticizes Davis for bringing “Big Oil’s best friend, Dick Cheney, to North Mississippi.”

-- Amy Dominello