The results are in and the expected has happened: The GOP won…and now the Dems are saying it was “stolen” or otherwise “improperly” won. And the sun came up in the East this morning. (h/t Malkin) Right Wing says “I…

Giving hope to Orange, Fake-Tan People everywhere, Republican Jean Schmidt beat Democrat Paul Hackett for the 2nd Congressional District seat – though by far less than Republicans had anticipated a few short weeks ago. Razor and his group will…

Giving hope to Orange, Fake-Tan People everywhere, Republican Jean Schmidt beat Democrat Paul Hackett for the 2nd Congressional District seat – though by far less than Republicans had anticipated a few short weeks ago. Razor and his group will…

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Well that was exciting. Much closer than I or almost anyone expected.
A few days ago I posted a spreadsheet model based on a 25%-30% turnout model. It showed Hackett coming close but still failing to close the deal.
At the time I thought the model…

Good Morning, Y’all! It is simply amazing that the Dems can spin an election loss somehow into a win. Jean Schmidt (R) beat Paul Hacket (Very D) in a special election in Ohio’s 2nd District yesterday by 52% to

Reading lefty blogs usually leaves me with indigestion. This morning, they’ve imparted so much spin to this insignificant race in Ohio that I’ve got a pounding headache. In fact, I haven’t seen this much spinning since the last time…

There we go again, the ‘we lost because the other candidate had more money and other stuff’ line. Not, ‘We lost because our candidate sucked’.

Michelle Malkin and Captain’s Quarters have also posted on this. Look for the worst come sunrise from a…

John Hawkins had a prediction regarding the Ohio Special Election: That Paul Hackett would lose. I said that I agreed. We were correct. Here’s the results:

753 precincts of 753 reporting
JEAN SCHMIDT 57,974 52%
PAUL HACKETT 54,401 48%However you

While neither party’s hands are clean, this report puts a serious dent in Democratic claims of Republicans being the champions of “stealing” (or attempting to) elections.

It appears that the Republicans have held the congressional seat that anti-war Democrat Paul Hackett was attempting to win. The margin was much closer than it should have been, considering that this is a “safe” Republican district. It was a special…

Paul Hackett is an Iraq War veteran who ran against Republican Jean Schmidt in a special runoff election in Ohio. Hackett has pretty much run a one-note campaign against the President and the Iraq War which had garnered him the adoration of the lefty …