The Blowmaster General links to this interesting article by John Gizzi over @ Human Events. This paragraph is an interesting summation of the special primary:

McEwen’s backers believe his loss to Schmidt was due in large part to a TV blitz on behalf of fellow conservative Brinkman that was funded by the conservative Club for Growth. (Following the race, in which Brinkman placed third, a club spokesman told me his group supported Brinkman but “had nothing against Bob McEwen,” and did not want a victory by Schmidt–who voted for a sales tax increase requested by Republican Gov. Robert Taft). In addition, McEwen’s fund-raising was hampered by the candidacy of fourth-place finisher DeWine, who had the backing of many reliable GOP donors out of respect for his senator-father. Neither Brinkman nor DeWine are considered likely to run for the seat again.


I was amazed at the keystone cops nature of the primary. Pure hubris on the local Republican Party. If anyone had bothered to stay around for the Democrat candidates debate they would have known to get their behinds in gear. People slam the local Ohio Democrats but when it came to that primary they outperformed their counterparts by a wide margin. Lucky for them in the general the Beltway Blackhats rode in and took over. Too bad no calvary will be arriving next time around. That trump has been played.

Another interesting facit of the campaign is that the Congresswoman has added an online contribution form. Pretty clunky compared to ActBlue, but still. I’m surprised that the Sith haven’t been able to match the forces of light on that front.

It will be interesting to see if McEwen will work that line for funds. If he does I expect better. His online presentation has been very impressive in the past, even if he has had a problem finding someone to write on his blog.

(via Project Logic)

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