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Early Aftermath
- Filed under: Congress, McCain, National Landscape 2008, Ohio Government, Presidential
- Date: Nov 5,2008
Not a lot of sleep, not a lot to eat, and not a lot to say right now.
In Ohio, 2 U.S. House Seats were lost and one is still too close to call. The Democrats also took over the State House for the first time since 1994. Local candidates Rich Nero and Randy Cole both lost.
Summit County Republicans took a beating that everyone saw coming. A major beating. But Judge Spicer won and since that was one of two races party leadership actually cared about (other than County Engineer) they will try to claim success. Looking forward to that one.
Things could have been much worse in the U.S. Senate. Ted Stevens, Norm Coleman, and Gordon Smith are leading, and Saxby Chambliss looks headed to a run-off in Georgia as he fell just below 50%. Republicans should keep at least two of these seats and hopefully three. Went to bed thinking Coleman could not make up what he needed with only 2% of precincts left, but was pleasantly surprised to see he is ahead. Thoughts of Franken winning woke me up at least 3 times an hour. The Democrats had a once in a generation chance and so far have only gained 5 seats. That said, it is terrible that Republicans like Ted Stevens and Gordon Smith (outstanding vote not favorable to him) may win while John Sununu lost and Norm Coleman is fighting for his political life against some vile comedian.
Congratulations to Kyle and most other Democrats. Now that I know what the feeling of losing a presidential election is like, it isn't very pleasant. Kyle called me last night to offer his condolences. It was appreciated and showed his class. I do not like Barack Obama, I think he is a far left radical, and do not think he will be a good president. But he will be my president. Nothing bothered me more than when losers who hated Bush would say "he isn't my president." Yes, he was – and still is. And yes, Obama will be mine. And that I respect. I will oppose his polices but at the same time never forget that he was elected by a majority of Americans.
Once I get some food in me, I'll have more.
12 Responses for "Early Aftermath"
I'm interested to hear your take on the Summit County Republican party's night. They only properly funded two campaigns and lost one, county engineer, and all the jobs that come with it. Don't let the Summit County Republicans become as useless as their friends in Cuyahoga County. We need two relevant parties in Summit County (absolute power corrupts absolutely).
Check out the hilarity at http://www.newsummitrepublicans.com
Hey Benny, you horse's patoot. did you see what happened to Republicans down in franklin county you dick? They might have lost their congressman!!! And all of their state house seats.
Hey Benny did you see what happened to Steve Chabot down in Hamilton county you dick?
Hey Benny, did you see what happened to KIRK SCHEURING IN CANTON???? Why don't you get your head our of your a@@ and look around the state to see what happened to all Republicans?
I thought Carol Klinger said Arshinkoff's hand picked candidate Gloria Rodgers was going to lose??? Arshinkoff's hand picked candidate WON!! OHHHHHH we still have a Republican on council but now it's REALLY a conservative Rebpublican and not that sham Heydorn who was cutting deals with Democrats to run unopposed. And all of Arshinkoff's judges WON!!! Suck on that.
I am looking forward to hearing Klinger describe how much money they raised and how THEIR candidates did (Dickie Nero).
Now go break some recliners out in Fairlawn!!!!!!
Now that's funny!!!!!!!!
At least O'Neill got his butt kicked.
Geeez guys…act like your big pimping or something
New summit Putzs seems to have some fixation going on. He uses the word dick three times and the phrase "suck on that."
Hmmm………. Alex? Are you blogging angry again?
Ben
Some of your readers have more class than others.
The local Republicans took a real hit yesterday–it was a perfect storm for them. Several good candidates went down to defeat because too many voters simply voted a straight ticket for too many reasons to cite here. It looks like it will be harder than ever to be a Republican in Summit county.
I did see, though, that Randy Cole and Rich Nero, were not beaten nearly as badly as some of the other Republicans. In a different year, they might have even won.
Bad day for R's and nowhere to go but up.
NSP,
Congrats on the Rogers win. I am not mad she won. I like when Republicans win. I dont root against some because of dumb bullshit like you. That said, it wasnt a gain of any kind. The seat was already Republican. You are acting like it is some grand thing that we have one seat on County Council out of all them. Wow. How proud we should all be.
Looking at the countywide ballot, you dont have a whole lot to brag about. I wish you did. That is the difference between me and you, whoever you are. For Bachman to lose by that much is just pathetic.
Nero was our party's candidate. He won his primary. It is a shame he got no support from the party when his only crime was to win the primary against a candidate the party powers put up who was far less qualified.
BARRY OSAMA WON MORE VOTES IN SUMMIT COUNTY THAN KERRY AND GORE!!! Do you think all of those people were voting straight Democratic tickets????
You live in a democrat County.
Carol Klinger lost the republican majority on cuyahoga falls city council.
Since then, she has not recruited one candidate that has won, she has not raised one penny for a council candidate, and she sits there making deals with her only buddy on city council Kathy Hummel, a democrat. Yeah that's the Republican leadership this county needs.
Word on the street is Klinger is not planning on running for reelection. Is she going to announce that to republicans so they can plan someone to replace her or is she going to keep that quiet in the hopes that her other buddy Diane colavecchio, another democrat, will run for the at-large seat unopposed???
This post is a classic…. Seriously can one person really be this stupid? Or is this just the typical bloviating by the "30 percenters"? #0 percent is a great start! HAHAHAHAH!!!!
I am Smarter than You
October 12th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Carol Klinger and the "New Summit Republicans" as you call them have presently raised just over $35,000 for Nero according to the Sec. of States reports. Alex and friends have not yet contributed to his campaign directly or through the OHRCC. Nero will probably raise another $20,000 at his fundraiser featuring John Kaisich on Tuesday. Oh yeah, and his broadcast TV ad buy starts on Weds. The Cleveland media market is the most expensive therefore none of the House candidates are on TV in this market at present time. Best guess Nero will file with around $100K raised on his pre-general filing, with around $20k cash on hand to bury Moran in the final week. This race is just getting starting, the polling done last week has this race with in the margin of error.
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