Ohio Special Election Open Thread (Final results Schmidt: 52%; Hackett: 48% Demos lose again)

[watsonfellow]

Has anyone seen any polls?

[MJY1288]

He just called me a scum bag LOL ROFLMAO

[kabar]

It is understandable why the race was as close as it was and why the tax increases passed. The Dems were able to turn out more of their voters in a race with low voter turnout.

In 2004, Bush beat Kerry in Warren County 68,037 to 26,044 (Schmidt beat Hackett 7,556 to 5,420); in Hamilton Bush beat Kerry 222,616 to 199,679 (S beat H 25,011 to 23,597); in Clermont Bush beat Kerry 62,949 to 25,887 (S beat H 17,320 to 12,439); in Brown Bush beat Kerry 12,647 to 7,140 (H beat S 3,950 to 3,100); in Adams Bush beat Kerry 7,653 to 4,281 (H beat S 2,101 to 1,911); in Scioto Bush beat Kerry 18,259 to 16,827 (H beat S 4,925 to 2,638); and in Pike Bush beat Kerry 6,520 to 5,989 (H beat S 2,659 to 1,559).

The Dems were able to get a higher percentage of turnout than the Reps, which made the race closer than it should have been. The involvement of Carville, Daschle, and the national MSM helped to energize the Dem base. It would be interesting to see how much money was spent on both sides. I wouldn't read too much into the results of a special election held in August. A win is a win.

[advance_copy]

Consider it done. I send e-mails to Rush all the time, so I don't know how much luck I'll have. ROFLMPJO. Malloy is saying, "how dare you?" You almost got him an FCC fine.

[LAURENTIJ]

Thanks man, you really did a great job..

[MJY1288]

What is Mike Malloy besides a Chicken Hawk?

What a punk

[SoCalPol]

Now he is calling you names. You should be in Iraq.
How does he know that you might have been.
How does he know who has and who has not.
what a piece of sh**

[advance_copy]

Oh, man, you really got under his skin. This is hilarious!

[LAURENTIJ]

Yeah, he sits there threatening people.. Bigtime, with strangling or worse..

I'd like to see that geezer face to face.

[MJY1288]

Malloy just said he didn't have n answer to the callers question.......

Funny.... That seems to be the problem with every Democrat in Congress

[Torie]

In the field of dreams catagory, suitable only for Hollywood:

John Salazar in CO, NY (Bishop), OR (Hooley), TN (Gordon, Davis and maybe Tanner), LA (Melancon), AR (Snyder), ND (Pomeroy) and SD (Herseth). I think we have lots more takeover opportunities than do the RATs.

I submit only to Edwards, and that is a long shot, but short of a wet dream.

[staytrue]

I thought strickland was running for gov. and not the 6th cd.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Oh, and you don't think that a freshman liberal Democrat in a Chicago metro area district that gave Bush 57% in 2004 is a goner, yet you think that liberal Republicans who have survived tough election after tough election in Connecticut districts where Kerry couldn't get 57% are headed to defeat? Haven't you noticed that New Englanders are more likely to vote for Republicans to the House than for President, and that suburban Chicagoans are also more willing to vote for Republicans for the House than for the presidency? I can understand if you were unsure about our chances of winning in Southern district, or rural Midwestern district, in which Bush got 57%, but in a suburban Chicago district where he got 57%?

[MJY1288]

I would pay big for the opportunity, I'm 6'3" 290 LBS and would beat him like a Liberal step child

[SoCalPol]

That piece of trash said he lives where the guys come
home in boxes.
I live in the largest area of military here in San Diego
Marines and Navy. I have spoken to many including my
many relatives who have been in Iraq. They know why
we are there and support the Prez.

[Torie]

Holden and Boucher are zero chances too. So is the GOP taking the Strickland seat he is vacating, after this blowout.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"I thought strickland was running for gov. and not the 6th cd."

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Yes, he is. I think we have an excellent takeover opportunity in the open-seat race for the 6th; unfortunately, Strickland would have been almost impossible to dislodge in that district.

[Torie]

Bean is an incumbent, and 2006 will not be a good GOP year. The natives are restless in large metro areas. There isn't much that pleases them about Bush, at the margin. It depends on the GOP candidate obviously. Advantage until I know more, Bean.

[MJY1288]

This has been a blast tonight, Thanks to Advance_Copy daring me, I called into Mike Malloy's show. I will make a point of calling again, I think he likes me :-)

[SoCalPol]

Hey Mike, why don't you use the names he called
you for a tag line and where it came from :)

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Holden and Boucher are zero chances too. So is the GOP taking the Strickland seat he is vacating, after this blowout."

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If this had been a general election race, you would be right that it would not bode well at all for the open-seat 6th CD race. But this was a very low turnout special election. I think a rural, blue-collar Republican would have an even chance of winning.

If we run top-tier candidates against Holden and Boucher, we will probably win. Joe Paterno's fat son and some minor NASCAR official won't cut it.