Ohio 2: A Nightmare of a Congressional Race

The Rothenberg Political Report ^ | February 7, 2008 | Stuart Rothenberg

[Clintonfatigued]

Every so often, I come across a great House race, such as the 2000 Michigan open-seat race where voters were lucky enough to be able to choose between Mike Rogers (R) and Diane Byrum (D). Those voters couldn’t lose, since both candidates clearly deserved to be in Congress. (Rogers won that race by 111 votes out of almost 300,000 cast.)

This year, I stumbled across the opposite of that Michigan race. The contest in Ohio’s 2nd district may well be the worst Congressional contest I’ve ever witnessed.

[Clintonfatigued]

All of the major candidates in both parties leave a lot to be desired. I don’t envy the voters of Cincinnati.

[RedRover]

The Republican got off on the wrong foot in Washington, D.C., when, shortly after her election, she called Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) a coward. She subsequently apologized, but the damage was done.

I'd say she got off on just the right foot.

[NeoCaveman]

Jean Schmidt has been endorsed by every county’s Republican Party that is in her district (as far as I know). This includes Hamilton county, the home county of Brinkman and Heimlich.

Call me crazy but I think the healing has begun after the last few years and as a result Jean Schmidt will beat Victoria Wulsin, again, this fall.