Schmidt wins by far less than anticipated, closest election since 1974!

[flpoljunkie]

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050803/NEWS01/508030356&template=printpicart

Schmidt wins tight race
Clermont boosts Republican over Hackett

By Howard Wilkinson
Enquirer staff writer

Republican Jean Schmidt beat Democrat Paul Hackett for the 2nd Congressional District seat Tuesday - though by far less than the GOP had anticipated.

With all precincts reporting, Schmidt had 52 percent of the vote to Hackett's 48 percent - the closest election in the district since 1974.

Democrats - especially the 250 or so Hackett supporters gathered at the Aronoff Center downtown for what they had hoped would be a victory party - tried to pull off an upset that would have shaken national politics to its core.

<snip>"When there is a choice, democracy is the winner. And we gave them a choice," Hackett said to his cheering supporters.

[jojo54]

1. Check out the picture related to this article....

hubby doesn't look to happy now, does he? She looks like a real bitch (Anne Coulter style).

[Demit]

2. Whenever I see her I think of that joke "Mommy Mommy my pigtails are too

tight". Scary lady.

[flpoljunkie]

8. A marthon running, tight-laced president of Cincinnati Right to Life.

Scary, indeed!

[flordehinojos]

3. any diebold machines involved in this election?

which in any way could have given her an edge she may not have had otherwise?

[rasputin1952]

4. For her to win w/such a close vote in such a heavily R district, she ...

should not be crowing, but eating crow. If she has any political savvy at all, she should thank God that many I's and some D's stayed home.

I am also positive that many R's stayed home in protest as well, she is a hack, and people know it.

[wakeme2008]

6. Right and for her to say

"Schmidt says her victory was a vindication of Bush administration policies."

I do not think so with only a 4% edge...

[flpoljunkie]

9. The Rethugs stay on message, and this was, no doubt, the Rove message.

[quinnox]

5. yes, which of course means Clark will

win 2008 in a landslide! LOL

[Swamp Rat]

7. She stole it using reptilian Witchcraft!

:D

[blondeatlast]

10. Note the related story:

Tuesday's closely contested special election in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District offered a preview of the issues that will be debated nationwide in next year's midterm elections.

Schmidt, a former two-term state representative, appeared to have held onto the predominantly Republican district by a very thin margin. Schmidt won 52 percent to 48 percent, just over 4,000 votes.

Hackett's showing was considerably closer than any Democrat has come to taking the district in decades. That was stunning, considering that Republican Rob Portman, whose resignation to become U.S. Trade Ambassador set up Tuesday's race, won the seat with 70 percent of the vote last November.

Hackett's support was largely attributable to his status as a veteran of the war in Iraq, and his criticism of how the Bush administration is handling that war. A major in the Marine Corps Reserves, Hackett served a seven-month tour in Iraq in 2004-05. He has said he would be willing to serve a second tour if he lost the election.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050803/EDIT01/508030315

this race was a harbinger of things to come. We will succeed!

[flpoljunkie]

11. "Stunning" news, indeed! Thanks for posting.