Hackett Lost 52/48, 100% reporting

[usregimechange]

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050802/NEWS01/308020015/0/CINCI

[wli]

1. it was rigged

[Teaser]

20. Doubt it.

This district has a 30% republican edge. If it was rigged, they rigged it in reverse.

[Bucky]

27. Thank you for that breath of sanity

I'm ready to believe fraud the second I see proof. As yet all I see is paranoia and baseless suppositions.

[Cocoa]

2. if true, then it's still a big win

and very exciting for the future.

[Nimble_Idea]

4. yeah I see what your saying

losing is really really exciting.

[still_one]

24. I disagree, a loss is a loss

They will insure that the voting machines do not make it so close next time. Hackett was up against a liar, and an unethical person, who supports this criminal raping of our country

Republicans are destroying this country

[Changenow]

3. Hackett didn't lose

why do we bother with elections anymore?

[Botany]

5. Just about 51 to 49%

I smell a rat.

We have to get some of those machines and see source codes.

[Mz Pip]

16. Yeah, he was ahead

for 95 % of the count then a hand count miraculously kicks in and Voila!! victory for Schmidlefucker. Right.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[MSgt213]

6. Good enough to fight in Iraq though.

[Name removed]

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[meganmonkey]

8. What about Clermont Cty?

[cyberpj]

15. systems conveniently crashed. nt.

[meganmonkey]

23. Then how did 100% report?

Aaaarrrghhh

The fuckers did it again.

:grr:

SOOO MAAAD!!

:grr:

[flpoljunkie]

21. Schmidt tally 17,320 votes to Hackett's 12,439 - 58%-42%

The only opti-scan county; others still use punch cards.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050802/NEWS01/308020014

Final results

[cloud75]

9. this shows that not even bush's base supports the war.n/t

[BlueStateGirl]

10. God Damn it!! God Damn it! God Damn it!!! What the fuck is wrong

with this country????

[AX10]

11. Look at the source codes.

This is very telling about Cinci if Paul really did loose. It tells me that these are Rethugs who just want to get a Repug in office.

[wildeyed]

12. Well I told myself if he did better than 45% it was good.

But a win would have been like christmas day. :(

[EarlG]

13. That's a 20-point swing to the Democrats since 2004

That district went Republican 72%-28% in 2004. This is BIG.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1976516

[FW_]

18. It may be big........

but losing or having an election stolen is nothing to be happy about.

[EarlG]

30. Sure, but...

that's one of the most Republican districts in the country. The Democrats haven't held that seat since 1980. If they stole it they didn't do a very good job. This is hugely embarrassing for the Republicans. A Democrat shouldn't have gotten more than 30% in that district.

[derby378]

34. Embarrasing? Yeah, right - Schmidt WON the election

The only way Republicans get embarrassed is when they lose. We've had so many close elections in Texas that ultimately went Rethug that it isn't even funny anymore.

[EarlG]

35. I don't see why

we should be expected to be able to win every single election in the country. The fact that Hackett got this close is a huge deal. There was a huge ebb in voter support for the Republicans in tonight, and it doesn't get much more Republican than this district. If even half of this swing can be repeated across the board in 2006, Congress is turning blue.

[derby378]

37. When an Iraqi war veteran cannot beat a party-line soulless freak...

...there's something fundamentally wrong with the Democratic Party. We are hemorrhaging something fierce, and we need to do something now to stop the bleeding if we want any hope of turning the Senate purple in 2006.

Having said that, Paul Hackett fought hard and fought well. I hope this isn't the last we've heard from him.

[AlGore-08.com]

19. Right on, EarlG. This is HUGE

eom

[faithnotgreed]

26. thats so true~ major love to paul hackett

keep taking the fight to them

[cal04]

28. Report from Swing State Project

UPDATE (Tim): It's over. Paul lost by about 4000 votes--he got 48.2% of the vote at the end of the night. We didn't take the seat, but holy shit was this a win for the 50 state strategy, the netroots, and the future of the country--the grassroots of the Democratic Party.

We have sent a powerful message for 2006 tonight, and over the past several weeks. Close the book on round one, an overwhelming victory of us.
http://www.swingstateproject.com/

[Cha]

31. That's the way I chose to

look at it.

Sure, I'm sick Paul Hackett didn't pull off a Miracle but he was damn close in district with all those brainwashed rephuckes.

[GetTheRightVote]

14. Once again they steal an election by oppressing the vote

and stealing votes. There is a vote march in Atlanta, GA this saturday. I will be there marching in it.

:kick:

[MelissaB]

17. DIFFERENT NUMBERS HERE:

US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
753 precincts of 753 reporting
JEAN SCHMIDT 57,974 52%
PAUL HACKETT 54,401 48%


Link: http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/08/02/election_results.html

[usregimechange]

25. How is that different?

[PresidentObama]

22. Wow.

Just wow. Hackett was a great candidate, and he got the debate going. I hear his district would be a tough one to win, so for him to come close is a good step in the right direction (no pun intended.)

I don't think he'll go away. Hopefully he'll keep talking, and keep the debate going. Go Paul, go :)

[electron_blue]

29. But isn't he going away?

back to Iraq?

[MidnightWind]

32. Look, he kicked major ass here.

He gave the Repugs a hell of a fight and a hell of a fright. What he did was amazing and no one can take that accomplishment away from him. We cannot look at this as a defeat--only a beginning. And as a fine example of what we can do and how we can do it better next time.

[usregimechange]

33. Does it trigger an auto vote count?

[KyndCulture]

36. FUCK... there is nothing else to say...