 Mississippi was one of the states where right wing commentators such as Rush Limbaugh suggested people cross party lines on March 11 in order to keep the competition alive between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.Several websites such as the Daily Kos and politico.com  suggested that this is why the Republican primary runoff was so close between the more moderate McCullough and Davis as many of the more Conservative Republicans were not allowed to vote in that runoff.It is also believed that this has led to the final special election race involving a conservative Democrat (Childers) who has a better than usual chance to win the general election.