tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post1514549618653782187..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: OH-02: Last Year Mean Jean Schmidt Predicted Troops Would Be Coming HomeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-87024283645345706902007-07-31T13:24:00.000-04:002007-07-31T13:24:00.000-04:00Tom --You and I have ended up in about the same pl...Tom --<BR/><BR/>You and I have ended up in about the same place again. Let's go to Bloogapalooza next year. We'll get into it and make a scene. We'll be famous....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-11666276148002996652007-07-31T11:39:00.000-04:002007-07-31T11:39:00.000-04:00Actually, I would say the trip was a reward for ca...Actually, I would say the trip was a reward for calling Murtha out. :--><BR/><BR/>That said, I'm not going to defend her political acumen, which is improving, but perhaps not fast enough. She at least "acts Congressional" now, which I don't think really kicked in until early this year.<BR/><BR/>I will say that in every general election she's run against two opponents: a Democrat and COAST/COAST surrogates. In August 2005, it was the COAST-abortion group alliance. In Nov. 2006, it was COAST, Nate Noy, and the Enquirer co-operating with Wulsin and totally making stuff up about Piketon -- which, last time I checked, is in no danger of glowing.<BR/><BR/>She'd be fine if she ran a general free and clear of misguided "conservative" opposition. Unlike others, I think a primary challenge by a credible and competent challenger would stretch her and force her to improve more and faster -- or be gone. Unless I'm misreading, and it's early, I don't think she has that challenger yet, nor did she last time.Mmattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092483299040327776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-6534395905898657772007-07-31T07:33:00.000-04:002007-07-31T07:33:00.000-04:00Bizzyblog (Tom) --On Schmidt, I think you have mad...Bizzyblog (Tom) --<BR/><BR/>On Schmidt, I think you have made my point. She does not think, she spouts CW, or whatever script they hand her that day.<BR/><BR/>She could have been something, perhaps, but she was not savvy or skilled enough to invent a persona, or develop issues of her own. She was sent to Iraq etc. only to give her cover after the Murtha blow-up, that is why she was picked for the "fact-finding" tour. I am really not anti-Schmidt, Tom. I just believe she has been a disaster as a political figure. I don't think she can ever regain her footing or obtain any stature with the public.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, I think she has taken a safe GOP seat and probably made it a Democratic seat. That is one heck of a political achievement by Jean Schmidt -- her only one to date that I can think of. Here is how bad I think she is as a politician -- Jim Traficant was a clown and crook, but his seat is still Democratic.<BR/><BR/>How inept is she. Right now, the OH-02 seat is in play and will be the subject of a furious contest. Her campaign web site isn't even up and running. No pr since July 2. She's asleep at the wheel, in my opinion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-22541962796052406692007-07-30T23:28:00.000-04:002007-07-30T23:28:00.000-04:00Geez, Bill, if I didn't know better, I'd think you...Geez, Bill, if I didn't know better, I'd think you were scripting campaign strategy for ________ (fill in Schmidt opponent).<BR/><BR/>At the time Schmidt visited, what she said was the CW. Shortly thereafter, in hindsight, Rumsfeld et al stopped playing offense, and started playing prevent defense, which accomplishes in war what it does in football -- it prevents you from winning. Why she should be criticized, let alone singled out, because of errors in the field is beyond me.Mmattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092483299040327776noreply@blogger.com