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August 02, 2005
Hackett Falls Short
Paul Hackett ran a valiant race in the Ohio 2nd Congressional District, but came up just a bit short.
The Democratic attorney and Iraq War veteran lost 52%-48% in a district that George W. Bush won nearly two to one. Hackett made a real race when nobody (including the DCCC) gave him any kind of chance.
If one can take a silver lining from tonight's result, it may be this. As Charlie Cook explains, our current political climate is starting to feel a lot like the flip side of 1994, when Democrats suffered huge losses in the midterm that brought us the Contract With America.
A narrow GOP victory in a slam dunk district should make GOPers very nervous indeed. Call it the 6-year political itch, call it an accumulation of bad news, but voters are ripe for change.
As we've written for weeks, Democrats have a real opportunity in 2006. Let's see if they capitalize.
Posted by houtopia at August 2, 2005 10:31 PM