Reply #17: Hackett drew a huge percentage of the votes (many would argue he won) in [View All]

district 02, a Republican stronghold. If it was for the "delay due to high humidity" we might have Hackett instead of the embarassing Schmidt. Also he is a southern, coming from the Cincinnati area, which usually goes Republican as well. Hackett could draw extra votes from the South part of Ohio. Brown is seen as a Northern liberal, so would be less likely to peel away Repub moderates.

I also stated that there is an anti career politican sentiment which was recently demonstrated in a poll which (regardless of the multiple Republican Ohio Scandals-Taft, Noe and Ney to name a few) that indicated that 38% of Ohioans felt Democrats could clean up government, while 37% felt Republicans could do it. One would think the Dems would be the clear choice, yet the numbers are close.