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Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) loses GOP primary for Second Congressional District
Politico.com ^

Posted on 03/06/2012 8:32:14 PM PST by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Pretty much all the results in, and Schmidt is behind Brad Wenstrup 43%-49%.

Anyone see this coming?


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: bradwenstrup; jeanschmidt; newtsplittingthevote; ohio
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1 posted on 03/06/2012 8:32:17 PM PST by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Who did we want to win that?


2 posted on 03/06/2012 8:36:55 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Which one is the true conservative?


3 posted on 03/06/2012 8:38:34 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Good. Never liked her. We’ll more readily keep the District that way too. Just voting conservative isn’t enough for me, You need that plus ... I just never had a good feeling about her as being a decent person. Tough to put my finger on.


4 posted on 03/06/2012 8:39:21 PM PST by RIghtwardHo
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Sounds very positive -

Just saw posted on Twitter that her opponent was an Iraq war vet and she struggled to win in the past 2 elections despite the district being very positive R


5 posted on 03/06/2012 8:45:32 PM PST by RushingWater (Let's have a brokered convention and page Sarah Palin)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Local radio here has had many ads running against her by Wenstrup during Rush, Hannity hours. He’s been hitting her on being too close to Obama, which is unfair, and voting for TARP, which is completely fair.

Probably a net gain, although the lefties will crow. I just wonder where Wenstrup got the money. Most of these ads were unanswered by Schmidt, so she either got lazy or was caught off guard.

She also got redistricted, that may be a factor.


6 posted on 03/06/2012 8:48:41 PM PST by delapaz
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To: TBP

This was a long time coming. Jean Schmidt barely hung on every year in either the primary or the general election. I went to high school with Brad Wenstrup. He is an orthopedic doctor and a decorated veteran who deployed for a year of active duty in Iraq. He will make a great congressman.


7 posted on 03/06/2012 8:49:45 PM PST by klute
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Redistricting may have been a factor, but this time she even lost Clermont County, her home base. Ouch.


8 posted on 03/06/2012 8:54:59 PM PST by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief (Our Joe Wilson can take the Dems' Joe Wilson any day of the week)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
Time for new blood..

and Dennis the Menes Kucinich lost tonight also..good job even though Marcy Kaptur is pretty worthless but both Democrats so what can one expect.

Nice to see Santourm giving Mitt a run for the money in Ohio as well, but we can all figure the ‘fix is in’ for Mitt.

9 posted on 03/06/2012 8:58:09 PM PST by haircutter
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There was also ethic questions about Jean who took a lot of flack over her hanging on Obama for a picture after the State of the Union. She was also a subject of an SNL skit.

http://crooksandliars.com/2005/11/20/snl-spoofs-fox-news-bush-and-jean-schmidt


10 posted on 03/06/2012 9:01:54 PM PST by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Good. Her district was safe Republican but the GOP always had to spend money on it because she was so unpopular. It would be like the Dems spending having to spend money to win a San Francisco seat.


11 posted on 03/06/2012 9:02:00 PM PST by PAConservative1
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To: haircutter

No, the fix is not in for Mitt. Two-thirds of Ohio voted against him. He’d be toast by now if the not-Mitt vote wasn’t being split.

If Mitt ends up being the nominee it will be conservatives’ fault for not uniting. Romney is utterly vulnerable right now; his only way to survive is if Newt stays in. He can no longer credibly claim that “a big surge is coming.”

It’s not. Look at him finishing dead-last in half the contests on Super Tuesday where his Southern Strategy was going to make him a contender again. From this point on he’s Huckabeeing us.

And so it will be Romney.


12 posted on 03/06/2012 9:04:31 PM PST by Houghton M.
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Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Named One of the Most Corrupt Members of Congress

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/20/idUS135150+20-Sep-2011+BW20110920

Looks like she is pretty dirty, or at least a little messy, She is from a very Republican district.

Ohio has been re-districted, much to the favor of the GOP. Once the required “majority Minority” (Black) Districts are lined up there is little left for the Democrats.

Much like OH 9 The winner of this primary will be the Congressman. Congradulations Congressman Elect Wenstrup!


13 posted on 03/06/2012 9:07:17 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: haircutter
and Dennis the Menes Kucinich lost tonight also

That's great. Now he can run for President! :)

14 posted on 03/06/2012 9:15:51 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Houghton M.
Look at him finishing dead-last in half the contests on Super Tuesday where his Southern Strategy was going to make him a contender again. From this point on he’s Huckabeeing us.

No, Sheldon Adelson is.

15 posted on 03/06/2012 9:16:54 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The RNC would prefer Obama to a conservative nominee.)
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Wenstrup was the pick of the downtown Cincinnati business/money crowd. We’ll have to wait and see if he’ll be a true conservative voice or simply a vote for the Republican establishment.


16 posted on 03/06/2012 9:20:44 PM PST by Steve_Stifler
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To: haircutter
Dennis the Menes Kucinich lost tonight

His poor wife...

I can't imagine.

17 posted on 03/06/2012 9:21:11 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The RNC would prefer Obama to a conservative nominee.)
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To: haircutter

Dennis Kucinich lost??

DUmmies must be suicidal!!


18 posted on 03/06/2012 9:25:41 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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I did notice in a Cleveland PD picture that Dennis’s wife finally got a hair cut and she looked much better, but the guys here have always thought of her as ‘HOT’

she looks ‘grown up’ with the new style.

19 posted on 03/06/2012 9:28:09 PM PST by haircutter
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He was in a battle with Marcy Kaptur and it turned really mean and nasty the past couple of weeks..

I was a ‘Buckeye’ for a long, long time and I follow the Cleveland Plain Dealer almost daily, left lots of my friends there..miss them a lot.

20 posted on 03/06/2012 9:32:41 PM PST by haircutter
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