Ohio 2nd district, Hackett v Schmidt, polling

[MeDeMax]

(duplicated in General Discussion: Politics)

(take it for what its worth)

The NRCC conducted a poll earlier this week (there is another poll in the field, but no idea by who), that showed the poor numbers. The numbers were leaked by a Republican who is part of a group that doesn't see eye to eye with Schmidt on certain issues.

In response, the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee has just dumped $285,000 into an astounding 1800+ point ad buy that will start running Friday through Tuesday. This is public record.

Now Jean Schmidt is scurrying to round up to volunteers from her primary opposition in a last ditch effort to counter Paul Hackett's overwhelming advantage on-the-ground. To the shock of the GOP, Hackett is also going toe-to-toe on television as well in terms of dollars. The free press because of Paul's service has been huge as well. I overheard the campaign manager (I believe) of Schmidt's campaign say to a Hackett staffer, "I have no idea how the hell you guys are raising this much money." They are worried. <..snip..>

<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/27/211833/649>


Best blog on the campaign:

http://blog.oh02.com/


Today's lead story:

"The Smell of Blood"

http://blog.oh02.com/2005/07/28/the-smell-of-blood/


Campaign site:

http://HackettForCongress.com/


Donate (securely):

http://www.actblue.com/list/hackett

[iconoclastic cat]

1. Check out this update thread on dKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/28/03213/0195

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2. Kick!, Nominated!

The actblue contributions are close to $300K and they have a noon deadline tomorrow for media buys!

Apparently (according to the oh2 blog), Delay's evil minions are pouring into the district in addition to the $285K infusion from the NRCCC.

This would be a great one to win. Go DU!