RNC Claims Victorious In '07; Mysteriously Ignores Ohio

I just got done reading this memo from the Republican National Committee. While they claim they were victorious nation-wide (they were not), they mysteriously don't mention any "victories" in Ohio. That's strange. Because. Well. Republicans had lots of victories in Ohio. 

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I mean. Well. They won some stuff. Right?

Like a judicial race? What's that? They did win a judicial race in Ohio!

Well then, obvi they were extremely victorious in Ohio. 

RNC MEMO: Republican Results In The 2007 Elections

TO: Chairman Robert M. “Mike” Duncan
FROM: Bill Steiner, Director of Strategy
DATE: November 7, 2007
RE: Republican Results In The 2007 Elections

In 2005, the Democrat Congressional leadership claimed that the off-year fall elections were pivotal in gaining momentum heading into the following year’s Congressional elections. If Chuck Schumer and Rahm Emanuel were correct in 2005, then the results of this fall bode well for Republicans heading into 2008.

Two weeks ago, Congressman Bobby Jindal became the third Republican to be elected Governor of Louisiana since 1877. Governor-elect Jindal led a Republican ticket which has captured 5 of 7 statewide offices and sent a sixth into a November 17th run-off. In that same run-off, Republicans are within striking distance of capturing control of the Louisiana State House of Representatives for the first time in history. Governor-elect Jindal’s victory on primary day marked the first time an open gubernatorial election was decided in the state without a run-off since Louisiana adopted its open primary system in 1975.

Yesterday, Governor Haley Barbour won a historic reelection in Mississippi capturing 58% of the statewide vote. Governor Barbour led a near GOP-sweep of statewide offices with Republicans winning 7 of 8 statewide races on the ballot. Two of those offices – Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner – were previously held by Democrats. Republican gains in statewide offices in both Louisiana and Mississippi have resulted in the most GOP statewide officeholders in each state since Reconstruction.

Republicans in Kentucky were reelected to two statewide offices despite a fiercely contentious environment in the state. One of those winners – Commissioner of Agriculture Richie Farmer – was the top vote-getter in the state on Election Day. Republicans in Virginia retained control of the Virginia House of Delegates despite the best efforts of Governor Tim Kaine and an enormous spending advantage by the state Democrat establishment.

Voters yesterday also soundly rejected high-profile Democrat-led ballot initiatives in Oregon and New Jersey, opting for fiscal responsibility over tax increases and increased spending. In Oregon, voters decided that increasing taxes was not the solution to expanding government-provided healthcare. In New Jersey, voters rejected Jon Corzine’s $450 million dollar proposal for state-funded stem-cell research as well as an initiative backed by the Democrat-controlled legislature to use portions of a sales tax increase to offset property taxes. These were the first New Jersey ballot initiatives to be defeated in 17 years.

Across the country, Republican candidates also ran strong in local elections, highlighted by Republican Greg Ballard’s upset of a two-term incumbent to become the next Mayor of Indianapolis. Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory was reelected to an unprecedented 7th term by the voters of North Carolina’s largest city, and voters in New Hampshire’s largest city returned Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta to office as well. Republican candidates in suburban southeastern Pennsylvania also swept dozens of local offices in races that were highly targeted by Democrats.

These races follow last month’s special Congressional election in deep-blue Massachusetts where Republican Jim Ogonowski exceeded all expectations and narrowly lost his bid to defeat establishment candidate Niki Tsongas in the 5th Congressional District. Ogonowski received 46% of the vote despite a two-to-one voter registration disadvantage in his district and despite being outspent by a four-to-one margin. His share of the vote was the highest received by any Republican congressional candidate in Massachusetts in over ten years.

These results show that Republican candidates are providing solutions that the American people believe in. The Democrat formula of pessimism and negativity has been proven to be no substitute for an agenda in 2007. The same will hold true for 2008.

Nope, no matter how many times I read it, I don't see anything about Ohio. That's real strange. Because, according to the Ohio Republican Party, they were totally victorious here...or something.