Wait, isn't the bottom of Ohio very very Red?

[KarenInMA]

can a Dem actually pull it off? ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease!!!

<crosses fingers and prays to the great spaghetti monster>

[Eurobabe]

1. it bleeds crimson....

this place is fucking hell on earth. pardon my french. warren co is the fricking pits! i can say that because i LIVE here, but hopefully not for long...

[KarenInMA]

5. move to Boston!!

:wave:

we're sparkly and Blue.

[Eurobabe]

9. I'm probably going to Europe again

but will buy a home base in PA -- they bleed blue too!! MA ROCKS!

God I miss the East Coast, every frickin day I spend here.

[theHandpuppet]

2. No, not necessarily

Southeastern Ohio, the Appalachian region, is usually up for grabs and very nearly went blue in 2004. The further west you go towards Cincinnati, the more conservative the voting. SW and SE Ohio are VERY different in many ways.

I'm actually surprised Hackett took Brown County. This bodes well for him taking both Scioto and Pike. (fingers crossed!)

[Imagine My Surprise]

4. There are a lot of liberal people in Cincinnati

[theHandpuppet]

6. In Cincy proper, but the burbs are neocon heaven

And some of the immediately surrounding counties are downright scary.

[Eurobabe]

8. well put my friend

a NEOCON dreamland.

[Eurobabe]

7. yes in Cincy proper, but Warren Co

where I live is total Repuke county. It's enough to make you vomit on a daily basis, between the W04, W still the President, Viva Bush stickers...

Get me OUTTA HERE!!!!

[theHandpuppet]

12. Yeah, Warren County always scares me

I'm originally from Scioto County (which is a lot more sane!) and went to college in Cincy. I wish I had a nickel for every trip I've made up and down Route 52 -- I'd make Rupert Murdoch look like a penniless tramp!

I hope Warren County hasn't soured you on all of the area -- that particular place is like a trip into the Twilight Zone.

[Eurobabe]

13. I guess since living on the East Coast for 30 yrs.

and in Europe, Ohio strikes me as the twilight zone in general. For instance, I was just up in Lorain this past weekend, so many people out of work, plants closed, yet saw a ton of Bu$h/Cheney stickers on beat up vans.

[theHandpuppet]

15. Take thyself on a weekend trip to Athens, Ohio

Believe me, it will restore your soul and your sanity. Take a side trip to Nelsonville, too, just about 10 miles from Athens. It's worth the trip.

There actually IS intelligent, liberal life to be found in Ohio, but you have to know where to look. As for myself, being from eastern Appalachian Ohio, I sometimes prefer to imagine that I come from another state entirely. :)

[theHandpuppet]

16. This is what I'm talking about, my friend

Warren County is for neocon neanderfundies -- come east and look what you find:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200...

Pike County:

Schmidt: 611 votes (39%)
Hackett: 965 votes (61%)

12 of 24 precincts reporting

Adams County:

Schmidt: 551 votes (43%)
Hackett: 721 votes (57%)

12 of 35 precincts reporting

Scioto County:

Schmidt: 1,213 votes (34%)
Hackett: 2,379 votes (66%)

50 out of 70 precincts reporting

[vicman]

14. According to the Warren County link

on DU, with 36% of precincts reporting, Schmidt is comfortably ahead but voters are approving new and renewed tax levys by the same or greater margins. That's not very Republican. The joint must be totally bi-polar...

[gizmo1979]

3. Is the election close?

Please please let us win one!

[Cronus Protagonist]

10. He won

Saw it on another thread!

[jean]

11. Ed Schultz said today, his feeling is there are tons of liberals

out there, they're just scared to declare themselves as such.

[liberalpragmatist]

17. The district in question is typically over 70% Republican

So it would be a HUGE victory. Even a narrow loss bodes well for us b/c that is NOT a district that should be competitive.