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Interesting site. I found another comment on here from another site that is even more interesting.

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What the results do mean:

The Deaniac Democratic ‘netroots’ campaign worked wonders. Democratic challenger Paul Hackett received boatloads of cash and volunteers for his campaign via the efforts of the internet’s Big Three of Leftist (edit) Sites; Jerome Armstrong (MyDD), Markos Moulitsas (Daily KOS) and Duncan Black (Atrios of Eschaton). Clearly the (edit) Sites were far more effective in making Paul Hackett competitive than anything done by the Ohio Democratic Party. What this means is the Republican Party, at both the national and state levels, are going to need to expend some serious energy in designing measures to counter the effects of the ‘netroots’ campaign strategy. Yesterday’s election has demonstrated quite clearly that there is no such thing as a ‘safe’ district in the age of internet politics. It also demonstrated that the Ohio Republican Party and the Republican National Committee are behind the curve when it comes to the internet as a campaign tool.

Many aspects of this have been discussed except this one Dennis is emphasizing. That while the Deaniacs have been the object of much scorn and Dean himself is a joke. These folks had the organizational ability to "steal" the Democrat party right out from under the Clinton people, and when they focus this same capability on a Republican target, they can be effective. So if they are cheering, it might be because they have just test fired a new weapon and though it didn't win the battle this time out of the box, it looks to be a potential winner. And if this is the case, the the Conservatives are living on borrowed time if an effective response is not developed, tested and rolled out into the field.

to "steal" the Democrat party right out from under the Clinton people, and when they focus this same capability on a Republican target, they can be effective

Um what are they going to do when they have to run competitive races in 100 districts instead of 1? What most people miss is the Deaniacs are effective in a micro sense. The assumption that they can raise the kind of money to effective in a MACRO sense is an unwarranted assumption. The Repbos figured they had a lock and the Dims went full scale propaganda about this "Iraqi War Vet" Candidate. They ran the most conservative sounding candidate they could find against a RINO and STILL lost despite their full court press. Considering the Dims desperation to win ANYTHING just to prop up their fading base their "Crowing" is just the same old whistling pass the graveyard antics of Democrats engage in any time they lose.

So if they are cheering, it might be because they have just test fired a new weapon and though it didn't win the battle this time out of the box, it looks to be a potential winner. And if this is the case, the the Conservatives are living on borrowed time if an effective response is not developed, tested and rolled out into the field.

Oh bullshit!

He was a handsome war vet in his uniform hiding his true beliefs and party affiliation.

He fooled some of the people, some of the time.

You think they can find 538 candidates like that?