Even though Jean Schmidt won the 2nd primary mainly with her own $$$$$, the national far right players are lining up in claiming victory even though their boy Bob McEwen got his behind glitched back to the Beltway.

The Christian Science Monitor has the story:

While taking the long view on abortion, Perkins took partial credit for a short-term political victory. In a congressional primary in Ohio Tuesday, Pat DeWine took fourth place after having been the favorite. He is the son of Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio, who supported a compromise - opposed by the Council - on judicial nominees.

“We were in the state of Ohio simply bringing attention to what the elder DeWine did on the compromise,” Perkins said. “I don’t know that I would call it a victory…. It sends a signal. It is a wake-up call for those who think that they can compromise in this city and go home and campaign and not have repercussions.” Local observers say the Christian right was a factor in Pat DeWine’s defeat, but so were reports of his marital problems.

Perkins signaled continuing displeasure with the so called “gang of 14″ Senators who compromised on judicial filibusters, saying the Council “would probably be in Ohio in 2006″ when Senator DeWine is up for reelection.


Way to spin, guys. I agree with BizzyBlog’s call that they were one of the big losers in Schmidt’s victory:

Losers: James Dobson, Don Wildmon, and the out-of-town “values” gurus: Your prayers today should be that the rest of the country didn’t somehow get a whiff of how you guys completely and utterly embarrassed yourselves and, by extension, your nationwide political efforts, by backing Bob McEwen. Did you vet this guy at all? With no evidence that you did even the tiniest bit of research into 9 of the other 10 competing candidates, you decided the McEwen was the best guy in a field of 11 simply because you didn’t like the 10th (DeWine), who appeared to be the frontrunner. Advice: Let local conservative voters do the vetting in Republican primaries, OK? Then, in a general election, if the conservative has values you support and is up against someone whose values are clearly different from yours, you might consider stepping in–carefully (that means hold the thunder and lightning).


But don’t worry folks, they ain’t going nowhere. There’s to much money in this “values” racket.

(via Ohio for Blackwell)