Bellweather Election?

Don't know how many have heard about this, but a significant special Congressional election took place up in Ohio earlier this week. The election pitted an extremely well-funded Republican lawmaker against an upstart Iraq war veteran running on the Democratic ticket. Veteran Paul Hacket was a long-shot in the overwhelmingly Republican district, and he ran, in part, on the futility of our war effort in Iraq. Hacket lost, but just barely, claiming 48% of the vote. In a GOP stronghold, this is a very good sign for progressives, not only that the tide may be turning on the effort to bring home the troops, but for the 2006 mid-term elections as well. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
-G