The district McEwen lost in 1992 was one of the most swing Congressional seats in the entire country. Strickland won by 2% in 1992, lost by 2% in 1994, and won by 2% in 1996. By comparison, Ohio-2 gave John Kerry only 33% of the vote, yet Schmidt nearly lost it to a political neophyte who is as nearly mentally unstable as she is. If it was merely a solid Republican district instead of a very solid one, Schmidt would have lost it.
And if you want to talk about ethics, even there McEwen has it all over Schmidt.
http://www.dispatch.com/topstory.php?story=dispatch/2005/07/08/20050708-B1-00.html
With a global biotech company picking up the tab, five state lawmakers and their guests dined at an Italian restaurant and got luxury box seats to the Cincinnati Bengals’ first Monday night football game in 15 years.
The tickets to the Oct. 25 game cost $300 apiece, and the total tab for the evening topped $5,000.
Now, four of those lawmakers — three current Republican House members from the Cincinnati area and a former GOP state representative running for Congress in southwestern Ohio — are facing a state investigation into why they didn’t properly report the entertainment as a gift, as required by Ohio law.
"I have a hard time thinking I wouldn’t remember someone taking me out for a night like that," said Tony W. Bledsoe, the legislative inspector general, who ensures lawmakers and lobbyists follow the laws designed to minimize ethical conflicts.
"Apparently it was a very nice Monday night out in Cincinnati."
Because of a lobbyist’s involvement, the event falls under the state law that forbids lawmakers from accepting gifts from lobbyists valued at more than $75, Bledsoe said.
Reps. Jim Raussen, of Springdale; Diana M. Fessler, of New Carlisle; and Michelle G. Schneider, of Cincinnati, along with former representative Jean Schmidt, a Republican from Loveland who is the heavy favorite to win a seat in Congress from Ohio’s 2 nd District, each should have reported the evening as a gift on their April disclosure forms, Bledsoe said.
The only one to disclose the event was Sen. Jay Hottinger, a Newark Republican who reported that he received Bengals tickets and an autographed football from former quarterback Boomer Esiason.
We've been over this ad infinitum, and all you respond with are personal attacks. You continue to ignore the then-26-year OTHER incumbent Clarence Miller, who would've easily held that seat until a younger Republican could succeed him (and at 89, Miller is still around today).
You want Schmidt defeated, we understand. But come back when you have a serious Conservative candidate minus the ethical baggage, not a self-defeating loser desperate to reclaim office by any means.