Reply #15: Sure it does.

[MrUnderhill]

Or at least it easily could.

What's her story? Is the race partisan? Was she running against a tainted candidate? Maybe he made a controversial decision?

People may not even know the party affiliation of a judge in Ohio (I don't know). We had a couple Democrats win court spots here in NC despite Bush winning handily. Was this evidence Kerry actually won the state? Bowles outperformed him despite being a "down-ticket" race. What does this prove?

It's always possible that some Democrat is more viable in a particular state than the guy at the head of a ticket. Or it's a local thing - one candidate could have local popularity that another lacks.

There just isn't enough here to jump on.