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Barrow finds himself working hard for votes in Georgia towns swept by a tide of Republican Red - towns like Baxley, where, among many folks, saying "Democrat" is like taking the devil's name.

Barrow has attended the "Redneck Games" in Dublin and recently hosted a barbecue dinner at the American Legion Altamaha Post 26, where he bought five raffle tickets for a Mossberg Model 500A 12-gauge rifle.

He might belong to the party of his daddy and his granddaddy, but his public persona stands far removed from Washington's Democratic leadership.

"A Democratic label is a killer in that district," says Emory University political scientist Merle Black, an authority on Southern politics. "The Democratic Party across the Deep South is in real trouble with white voters."

So he is in a predominately Pub Area. I hope he loses. One less Dem in congress to push for more Entitlement programs.