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William Smith, the invisible candidate (OH-2)
Cincinnati Enquirer:William R. Smith is the invisible candidate.
No one has seen him; no one has heard him speak. Outside of his home county of Pike, there is probably no Democrat who could recognize him on sight.
Tuesday, the Waverly resident won – barely – the popular vote in the 2nd District’s Democratic primary, while Brad Wenstrup was busy in the Republican primary upending a GOP incumbent member of Congress, Jean Schmidt.
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“William Smith could knock on my front door and I would think he was some guy trying to sell me something,’’ said Dave Lane, the Democratic Party chairman in Clermont County, the second-largest county in the 2nd Congressional District.
No one has seen him; no one has heard him speak. Outside of his home county of Pike, there is probably no Democrat who could recognize him on sight.
Tuesday, the Waverly resident won – barely – the popular vote in the 2nd District’s Democratic primary, while Brad Wenstrup was busy in the Republican primary upending a GOP incumbent member of Congress, Jean Schmidt.
...snip...
“William Smith could knock on my front door and I would think he was some guy trying to sell me something,’’ said Dave Lane, the Democratic Party chairman in Clermont County, the second-largest county in the 2nd Congressional District.
Nice to think we could pick up on Mean Jean's stumble, but it looks like we'll have an even nuttier Tea Partier in Congress...
