Republicans win special elections in VA, OH
A landslide in Virginia:
Rob Wittman, a first-term Republican state legislator, easily won a Virginia seat in Congress on Tuesday over Democrat Philip Forgit.
In a very light turnout special election to replace the late Rep. Jo Ann Davis, Wittman led by nearly a 2-to-1 margin with more than 80 percent of precincts reporting.
And a win in Ohio to fill the seat of the late Rep. Paul Gillmore, who died in a fall in September. The RNC e-mails its congrats to GOP candidate Bob Latta:
RNC Chairman Robert M. “Mike” Duncan and Co-Chairman Jo Ann Davidson released the following statement tonight on the special election in Ohio’s 5th Congressional District:
“Ohio voters tonight made the right choice. They weren’t fooled by yet another liberal Democrat masquerading as a conservative; they voted for Bob Latta because he truly understands Ohio concerns and represents Ohio values. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard on this race, and to the people of Ohio’s 5th District, who will continue to have a dedicated and principled Republican representing them and their interests in Washington.”
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Does this signal the tide is turning back to the Right?
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I don’t know, if you could call it a “tide-turning” event. Get outside of Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo, and you have the essence of conservatism (not to say there’s no cnsrvtsm in said cities).
These are solid middle class, hard working individuals, that are solidly conservative in their every day lives.
They, may tend to “float” the (dem) “party line” on occasion because of unions, media, etc, but eventually the bull shit (or goat shit) bleeds through and they know what is in their own best interest.
I’m not surprised these voters elected a Republican – after all this is the heartland we’re talking about, not Cincinnati, or Cleveland.
And in the heartland, the populace is mostly conservative in their values, things are a little different in the “big” city were many fancy themselves as an extra on an episode of Friends (that ridiculously PC, and self indulgent show about urban yuppie libweenie wannabe’s)
Given the choice, and when not hoodwinked, most voters will vote conservative every time. Hence, you have the big problem facing Dem’s (and some Repub’s), which is how to sound conservative long enough to get elected.
The OH-05 was an R+10 district (meaning that the vote for Bush in 2004 was 10% above the national average) and the RNC spent fully half a million dollars in the special election, well over double what the Dems spent. And the 2007 results were almost exactly what the 2006 results were.
To suggest that such an election is the harbinger of doom for Democrats is a bit fishy. (Dems barely even contested the VA seat.)
I was just asking a question...
But maybe it means we are atleast back to "zero" for 2008.
Meaning, in 2006 a lot of Republicans who normally would have won lost by 2 or 3 percent.
But maybe it means we are atleast back to "zero" for 2008.
But the result matched 2006, after Rs spent much much more to hold the seat. I don' think that's a "zero."
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