Today’s election in Ohio between Republican candidate Jean Schmidt and Democratic rival Paul Hackett is being closely watched. It has become a near-obsession for many political junkies, particularly bloggers on the left and right.
There have been lots of excellent analyses on this race in high profile and low profile blogs of all persuasions. But one of the most fascinating has actually gotten some of the least publicity on weblogs.
You can READ IT HERE. It’s by Michael Meckler of Red State.Com
What makes it particularly interesting is that Meckler offers a detailed analysis — then goes out on a limb by making a flat prediction, based on the case he carefully lays out for readers.
Will he be right? You’ll know soon enough…
UPDATE: Crooks And Liars has THIS VIDEO of a Fox report on the race — and also of this Hackett fundraising video.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.