NBC projects Portman win in Ohio; W.V. too early to call

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: MSNBC

NBC News projects Republican Rob Portman the winner of the Ohio Senate race.

Portman, a former congressman who served as President George W. Bush's budget director, will replace retiring Republican George Voinovich. His Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, had consistently trailed in the race.

The tight gubernatorial race in Ohio between incumbent Gov. Ted Strickland and Republican former congressman John Kasich is too close to call at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The West Virginia Senate race between Democrat Gov. Joe Manchin and Republican John Raese is currently too early to call. But Manchin, who has largely run on his opposition to the Democratic health care and cap and trade bills, is currently leading in the race.

Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/11/02/5397391-nbc-projects-portman-win-in-ohio-wv-too-early-to-call

[d_b]

1. How the shit do you lose to Bush's budget director?

[AnOhioan]

2. The Dems blew it by running Fisher....SOS Brunner would have been the better choice.

But the establishment liked Fisher.

[OhioBlue]

6. and Fisher ran a crap race. the fact that we now have

Senator Portman should be embarrassing to the entire State.

[hedgehog]

4. Because a lot of West Virginians moved to Ohio over the years?

:hide:

[zbdent]

5. it's amazing that people believe the Repugs ...

I mean, they've blamed damn near every Democrat on the ticket for the "400K jobs lost" ... I mean, doesn't it sink in to some people's brains that "Hey, they're just sticking that number to anybody???" Everybody can't be to blame for that!

Plus, one of the Repug commercials was blaming Ted Strickland for losing a "corporation", "Ted Strickland couldn't keep X in Ohio." - DUH!!! Corporation X donated heavily to Repugniconvicts ... why should they want a Democratic governor to work with them?

[depakid]

7. Not the sharpest tools in the shed

Republican policies have devastated their region, and apparently they want even more.

Onward toward third world status!

[inwiththenew]

3. Garbage in garbage out

He is replacing Voinovich so no real change as far as numbers go. Although I guess Portman is considerably more right wing than Voinovich.

[UnseenUndergrad]

8. Huh?

http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2010/ohio/senate

Something... doesn't smell right.