It certainly did, luckily McAuliffe got the boot and the old habit of ignoring everything but the coasts is gone. DNC is more focused on southern states under Dean, 50 state strategy and moderate candidates helped the numbers this election. I hope we stay a swing state to avoid being written off by both parties.
Increased focus on LA/MS would be a good political move, hopefully Landrieu and Blanco can get some results. Alexander will probably lose his appropriations seat so it's bad news for us. Maybe he'll turn D again and retain it.