And the winner is? ...
... U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt after all.
Dr. Victoria Wulsin conceded victory in the 2nd Congressional race Tuesday at a press conference in Walnut Hills after all the provisional ballots had been counted. She lost by 2,466 votes, just a few hundred fewer than Election Night results.
And Wulsin dragged this race on until every vote was counted, the Kentucky governor's race was already underway. Watch out, Gov. Fletcher. Businessman Billy Harper began running ads for governor before the Nov. 7 election ended.
And so I guess we can coin a new slogan: "Politics: You can't stop it, you can only hope to contain it."
Reminds me of former Louisiana State Rep. Tony Perkins, who once kept "Perkins for Louisiana" yard signs up for what seemed to be year-round. Never know what office you might want to seek next.
Makes me wonder if there is a market for a 24-hour political ad channel?
Nah.
posted by Byron McCauley at 4:27 PM
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Post a Comment*Someone needs to bring attention to how recently enacted legislation was crafted to create a two tier ballot system.
Fact. Your driver's license does not have to have your current address on it. Yet Steve Chabot was forced to return home for a utility bill by a poll worker who did not understand the law.
I think Wulsin was right to have a recount. I mean, its hard to believe that there are that many sad, misguided people in Cincinnati who would actually vote for Schmidt. I've met her before, she's misinformed, juvenile, and combatative . . . in short, she's your typical Republican. At least her freshman antics are over--now we get to look forward to her sophomoric antics!
"Makes me wonder if there is a market for a 24-hour political ad channel?"
Some competence; little local reporting beyond the campaigns' press releases; little or no insight.
Makes me wonder if there is a market for a a real newspaper.
There was no recount, simply a counting of the provisional and absentee ballots. That Ohio had so many provisionals is a direct result of Ken Blackwell's 11th hour fight to ensure that Helping America Vote meant preventing voters whose name may not have been (legitimately due to clerical errors) on a precint's list, or who may have waited in the wrong line (again possibly due to poll workers) in the correct polling location from having their ballots counted. Suppressing legitimate votes is a technique employed by the GOP because democratic likely voters, move more often, and are more likely to vote in urban crowded multi precinct polling locations. They are more likely to be forced to vote provisional and their ballots are statistically least likely to be counted. On Nov. 7, 2006 the Enquirer collected data from people who had problems voting. I urge the editorial staff to read the following.
http://www.cincinnatidatadesk.com/pages/voter.html
Stephanie Tubbs Jones referred to it as "right church, wrong pew". As an African American man, I would think that Byron would be concerned with this issue.
The bottom line is that we as a society should not be striving to not count the votes of legitimately registered voters. BoEs make mistakes. Political operatives strive to limit participation typically with no fear of consequences. This is not democracy.
Byron,
I enjoyed reading your comments. Interesting stuff...
Who knows what office somebody will run for next...
Signs up all year round...
Running for office before the last election is over...
You left one out... Running for office several years in advance of when you really expect to win...
I believe that I've proven to the people of Southern Ohio what can be accomplished in a political campaign. Not by spending money, but instead by visiting the homes of thousands of people and listening to the problems that they are having in their daily lives. And thousands of people voted for me because they believed in what I was trying to do...
Well... Back when he was first getting started, Ted Strickland ran for US Congress 4 times...
Have a nice holiday season.
Jim Parker
former Democratic Candidate for US Congress
Southern Ohio - 2nd District 2005 & 2006...
(Adams, Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Pike, Scioto and Warren Counties)
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