Hacket just loses, but Democrats win
DavidNYC of Daily Kos:
Instead, it was a nailbiter down to the very end.
Regardless of whether there was cheating by Republicans to steal the election - and we have no such evidence, so we won't make any such claims - Democrats still did a great job turning out the vote.
We can and we will take back the Congress in 2006. We are the party of America's finest traditional values.
There is no doubt about it - tonight's results represent a tidal wave in Ohio (and perhaps national) politics. In 2004, the Democrat running in OH-02 lost by 44 points. Tonight, the Democrat, Paul Hackett, lost by a mere 4 points - just 4,000 votes out of over 114,000 cast. That's one-eleventh the prior margin, and that's fighting against one of the most corrupt state Republican parties in the land.And Armando:
Tonight's results exceeded my wildest expectations. Don't get me wrong - I would have been overjoyed had Hackett won. But I am still thrilled, and his tremendous showing in an incredibly red district should buoy the hopes of Democrats everywhere. Tomorrow, we can begin the important task of dissecting the Hackett campaign's operations in fine detail, to figure out what contributed most to its success - to see what results this extraordinary lab experiment yielded.
But tonight, we should celebrate an amazing, against-all-odds showing by a strong, fearless Democrat. We all owe our thanks to Paul Hackett and to all the people who joined in this effort.
New Ohio Democratic superstar Paul Hackett went into the lion's den of pure Red Southern Ohio and scared the pants off of the GOP losing by less than 4 points in the face of a NRCC promise to "bury him."Well said - and right on target. We couldn't agree more. This is a great day for the Democratic Party. The fifty state strategy works: we must show up to win, and we must compete everywhere. This should have been a slam dunk for the GOP.
No spin - the GOP is on the run.
Congratulations to Southern Ohio Democrats, the Lefty blogs, especially Swing State Project, and Dems everywhere. We have delivered a lesson - Fighting Dems will win the day.
On to 2006, when we take back the Congress.
Instead, it was a nailbiter down to the very end.
Regardless of whether there was cheating by Republicans to steal the election - and we have no such evidence, so we won't make any such claims - Democrats still did a great job turning out the vote.
We can and we will take back the Congress in 2006. We are the party of America's finest traditional values.
