305 Precincts of 753 Hackett 51% Schmidt 49%

[brettdale]

US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
305 precincts of 753 reporting PAUL HACKETT 23,957 51%
JEAN SCHMIDT 22,846 49%

[Greeby]

1. Woot

Staying constant :woohoo:

[Walt Starr]

2. GO HACKETT GO!!!

This could be the model by which the Democrats retake the House!

[Hokie]

3. They will steal it

Just wait and see.

[SouthernDem2004]

6. Never mind, I am having a bad day.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

9. Impressive That It's Close...

I also worry that just means the Bastards will have to actually do something to insure their win. They will do whatever is necessary to win, and I'm fearful for our country because of it.

I pray Hackett pulls this out with a clear victory, but I'm concerned about the closeness. This is Ohio.

[seriousstan]

13. If he wins will you and the other tinhat fools stop talking about "them"?

Or will you continue to see boogymen and phantom reasons?

[Hokie]

15. Not completely

This district is not using Diebold machines. I think they are using punch card or optical ballots. Much harder to screw with these.

[Warren Stupidity]

16. and there is not really enough at stack in one rep race

to risk getting caught. They are not that stupid.

[lonestarnot]

21. Starting already

US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
580 precincts of 753 reporting JEAN SCHMIDT 45,134 52%
PAUL HACKETT 42,342 48%

[Redstone]

4. Well, alrighty, then. I'll be able to be happy until

the fuckers figure out how to steal this one.

If they do, I won't be surprised.

If they can't, I'll have some measure of faith in my country restored.

Redstone

[theHandpuppet]

5. Hackett winning in Pike, Scioto and Adams Counties

These are the easternmost Appalachian counties in the district.

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

[blue sky at night]

7. 40% of the vote.........

oh my, Paul.......you da man.

[whistle]

8. This looks much like the results patterns in Ohio between....

....Bush and Kerry last November. Didn't Kerry lead by a 1% margin for most of the counting, then Bush zoomed ahead?

[autorank]

11. Thats the MO. Wonder if there are any exit polls to check the vote?

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

12. No....Ohio '04 Election Was Clean

Sarcasm Off

[liberalpragmatist]

14. To be fair, NO

Regardless of whether there was fraud or not, I have very vivid memories of monitoring the Ohio and Florida results like a hawk. Kerry consistently was trailing Bush in the Ohio totals by a couple points. I kept waiting for Kerry to surge ahead and he never did. Just before Florida was called for Bush was when I knew we were in trouble - I figured if we lost Florida all would be well if we grabbed Ohio, but instead the Ohio numbers were static.

[whistle]

19. Really, I though exit polls showed Kerry ahead in both states

...while only the early returns showed him to be leading, then Bush surged. What were all of the exit poll vs vote count battles all about then?

[liberalpragmatist]

24. Exit polls showed him ahead

Before the counted results came in.

The exit polls showed him ahead, but they leaked BEFORE the results began to come in. Kerry may have led EXTREMELY initially in the counted results, but very quickly Bush wound up with a 1 or 2 point lead that did not disappear, much as I kept hoping.

I vividly remember refreshing various vote-counting websites repeatedly, thinking it would change.

[whistle]

31. Uhmmm, hope springs eternal I suppose, thanks for the rundown

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. This is great!

[0rganism]

17. For Hackett to even have made it close is a victory in itself

Actually winning the race would be amazing.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

18. Latest.

US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
580 precincts of 753 reporting JEAN SCHMIDT 45,134 52%
PAUL HACKETT 42,342 48%

[lonestarnot]

20. Uh oh slipping...

US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
580 precincts of 753 reporting JEAN SCHMIDT 45,134 52%
PAUL HACKETT 42,342 48%

[Crazy Guggenheim]

22. More results

US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
580 precincts of 753 reporting JEAN SCHMIDT 45,134 52%
PAUL HACKETT 42,342 48%

[theHandpuppet]

23. Thanks for fucking NOTHING, Hamilton, Clermont and Warren Counties!

Hackett takes Brown, Pike, Scioto and Adams Counties but the raging Cincinnati neocons strike again! The Appalachian Counties need to secede from YOU!!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

25. Latest.

US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
662 precincts of 753 reporting JEAN SCHMIDT 49,681 50%
PAUL HACKETT 48,811 50%

[Crazy Guggenheim]

26. This is getting good. I was going to the supermarket but I

ordered a pizza instead.

[journalist3072]

27. My prayers are with Mr. Hackett.

May he be victorious.

And God Bless him for his service to our country.

[BamaLefty]

28. Amen.

No matter the outcome, this is a great man and a wonderful representative of our party.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

29. Now I feel guilty and everyone else should too...

If my $20 donation had been $200, could it have made all the difference in this neck to neck election? Maybe we should consider this and learn from it in 2006. I know, money shouldn't matter, but it does help the boots on the ground to cover more territory.

[walldude]

30. I should feel guilty because

Bush has been raping me for the last 5 years to the point where I don't have much money to donate? Sorry TFF, we do what we can, after we take care of our families.