President Barack Obama was in Mount Holly today, beaming from his Super Tuesday win in Ohio. Say what?
No, this isn't some screed about how Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum nearly tied in Ohio and somehow that meant a win for Obama. There was an actual Democratic primary Tuesday too, and President Obama actually got more votes than Romney in the crucial battleground state - 547,588 to 456,205 - according to the Ohio secretary of state.
Pundits say that statistic is another indicator of Romney’s weaknesses as a candidate. Polling showed self-identified Republicans made up 69 percent of GOP primary voters in Ohio, but only 65 percent of GOP primary voters said they would “definitely” vote for the GOP nominee in November.
But polls also showed that the majority of Ohio Republican voters think Romney has the best chance of beating Obama in the fall general election.
The conservative Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes lists four things that Romney did right to help his cause for the GOP nod.
Ohio's Democratic primary also provided a precursor for some Democratic Congressional races in North Carolina. Longtime Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a liberal establishment in the House (and a Democratic presidential contender more than once), lost his seat in Ohio's 9th district to another longtime Democratic House member Rep. Marcy Kaptur. The Washington Post has an interesting story on Kucinich's rise and possible future.
Both Kucinich and Kaptur had been put into the same district when Republican redistricting in the state. The new district wound up having slightly more of Kaptur's previous constituents.
North Carolina's districts were realigned by the Republican-controlled legislature last year too. And though the maps have been challenged in court, the courts agreed to let the May 8th primaries proceed with the disputed maps. And those maps, like the ones in Ohio, double-bunked several Democratic incumbents in districts - giving them the choice of running against each other.
When legislators redrew election maps, they threw 38 of the 170 incumbent N.C. lawmakers into districts with others and "double-bunked" four of 13 members of Congress. Some like Brad Miller, who represented the 13th District in Congress, decided not to seek reelection. He was put into the 4th District with Democratic colleague David Price.
Look for redistricting to play a prominent role in election day results all across the nation.
One other interesting tidbit about Super Tuesday and the Kucinich race. Kaptur has a Republican opponent in November: Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe the Plumber" - the average Joe who became one of the faces of Republican opposition to Obama in his run for president in 2008 against Republican John McCain. Wurzelbacher won his GOP primary race against Steven Kraus. Notes the San Francisco Chronicle: "Joe the Plumber... member of Congress? Could happen."
Posted by Fannie Flono
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Joe the Plumber, Obama win on Tuesday too!
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Yes keeping GM flush with tax money has helped in Ohio.
Obama was running against 4 people who divided the republican vote. When the republican vote is not divided it may be a different story.
"Joe the Plumber" is running in Ohio's 9th District. Jesus himself could not get elected there running as a Republican. Believe me, that's where I was born and raised.
Since when would a liberal vote for Jesus?
Jesus is a Democrat.
And since when would Jesus vote for a liberal? He made a special place for them. Remember the parable about the rich liberal who refused to give the poor conservative food outside his gate? When they died the liberal begged for water in hell but the conservative in heaven couldnt cross the great gulf to give him any.
NO Obama. Simple.
Wow, the partisan debate over jesus and party affiliation is very immature and the people arguing about it surely are not religious in any case. Sad that people argue like children and disgrace themselves, their party, and their religion. Like any decent person with an IQ of 100 or higher would factor such stupid drivel into their vote for president
True, The GOP vote was divided, but Obama was running unopposed - imagine the turnout was rathr low.
Oh, Miss Fannie. . .Miss Fannie! Unopposed Obama gets more votes than Romney running against three competitors and you regard this as a sign of victory? Well. . . .if you say so. . . .
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