HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE - Thursday morning, across the country, liberals listened to NPR report on the incredible midterm election which resulted in Democratic control of both the Senate and the House.

Here in Ohio, the big winner was Ohio governor-elect, Ted Strickland.  T-Strick won handily, compelling Blackwell to concede the race at 8:50 pm before any vote counts were even released.  In his concession speech,  Blackwell said, "I say to you this evening in the midst of a political setback, to God be the glory."  Yes, thank you god.

Incumbent Senator Mike DeWine gave it up to god as well, losing to Congressman Sher... uh, SHER-rod... uh, Sher-ROD... uh, Congressman Brown from northeastern Ohio.    Though DeWine, a moderate and effective Senator by some accounts, did not employ the sure-fire campaign tactic of accusing his opponent of supporting the North American Man-Boy Love Association, he still lost.

In local races, Jean Schmidt - THIS IS NOT A MISPRINT.  WE ARE NOT FUCKING AROUND - beat out challenger Victoria Wulsin in the 2nd District.  Well, maybe.  Probably.  Most likely.  Less than 3,000 votes separated the two, with many provisional and absentee ballots still uncounted.  Wulsin has refused to concede the race, even though when you consider the already counted votes as a 99% sample size of the total and you have already lost in that count, you will most likely not win a super majority of the remaining votes.  Then again, Wulsin is a doctor, not a statistician. 

Wulsin of course in no way helped her cause when, at 10 pm on election night before all the votes were in and she was behind in the votes that were counted, she acted like a hysterical idiot who had already won, thanked the voters and said that she would "love to serve the people of the 2nd District."   Good one, Vic.

County-by-county results once again show Warren and Clermont counties carrying the water for Schmidt.  Thank you, Clermont county.  Schmidt lost most other counties in the district to Wulsin, including Pike County, where evidently, calling for nuclear waste from around the world to be stored in your back yard, only gets you 39% of the vote. (39%?! The hell?)

In the 1st District, West-side hero Steve Chabot narrowly beat out West-side zero John Cranley.  Cranley, a Democrat who was actually endorsed by the Enquirer, gave up his City Council seat to run for the House and is now unemployed.  This probably means he'll be on Hamilton County Commission within six months.

In the race for Hamilton County Commissioner, adding more Pepper was found to act as a Heimlich remover on the unchewed food stuck in the proverbial Hamilton County throat.  Ptooey!