OH-2 Special Election Coverage and Prediction thread...

[Beet]

If any Democrat could win in OH-2, it was Paul Hackett, August 2005.

Well he lost. This means Democrats simply CANNOT win in this district. Zell Miller is right. Bloomberg can win in New York, Romney can win in Massachusetts, but no Dem can win in OH-2. This is not a national party.

[Beet]

If any Democrat could win in OH-2, it was Paul Hackett, August 2005.

Well he lost. This means Democrats simply CANNOT win in this district. Zell Miller is right. Bloomberg can win in New York, Romney can win in Massachusetts, but no Dem can win in OH-2. This is not a national party.

Talk about being self-defeatist. Hackett would've killed Schmidt in a statewide race.

A 1% loss in this district is a huge victory.

Maybe. Now that I think of it I am sure there are congressional districts no Republican could win in. But I KNOW Hackett would have won if he wasn't D. It just troubles me to think that some people can't look past the party ID and look at the candidate for once.

[Beet]

Now that I think of it I am sure there are congressional districts no Republican could win in.

Well, yes, just take a look at pretty well any Massachusetts congressional district race.  The guy with a "D" by his name always gets upwards of 70% of the vote.

If you want a party that honestly can have a chance to win in every single election in the entire country, that party's base would have to be so ill-defined that the party could never stand for very long of a time.

Well parties used to have pretty "ill-defined" bases compared to what they have today. I'm sure there was once a time when parties could win in much more diverse locales than they probably can now.

[Beet]

Well, Democrats are governors in places like Wyoming and Montana and what not. The correct comparison would have been if a Republican made a real race for a Harlem cogressional seat.  Both parties are (non-)national in the same way.

Quit making sense!

Just repeat the right-wing spin. Democrats are not a national party, Democrats are not a national party, Zell Miller, is right, Zell Miller is right.....

Ha. Ok I'll shut up now