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Last night John Boehner won his primary with 85% of the vote. A win for Boehner was all but guaranteed, but what makes it interesting is that the two challengers Boehner faced gained a cumulated total of 15% of the votes. These were two people who essentially did no campaigning at all and in a closed primary. So that means there are 15% of Republicans in OH-08 that wanted someone rather than Boehner.

This now sets the stage for November, where Boehner will have to defend his seat against Democrat Justin Coussoule. Coussoule is the first opponent Boehner has faced who is actively running and even embracing social media as a campaign tool. Boehner won in 2006 by about 30% against a Democratic candidate who basically didn’t campaign and only raised $5,000.

Now we got Boehner facing an actual challenger and that could make for a close race here in OH-08. Justin does have an uphill battle in this usually redder than red district, but given the low approval ratings of Boehner, we could maybe see a November miracle happen.

Once again Chuck Schumer has told the Democrats in Connecticut to go to hell. He was asked this morning if the DSCC will stand behind the primary winner rather it be Lieberman or Lamont. Schumer would not say that and instead said he would not speculate because they are supporting Lieberman in the primary.

What kind of message does this send to Democrats around the country? To this Democrat it tells me that the DSCC does not give a damn what I or any other constituents think. They will protect their own friends than the people who they depend on - us.

This is also going to become a great campaign tool for the Republicans. They talk about a divided Democratic party and there is no better evidence then this. Simple slogan for the Republicans - "We support who our people support". This also shows that Schumer would rather the Republicans stay in control as long as his buddy Joe gets reelected.

Since Schumer started showing his true colors on this, I have refused to send anymore money to the DSCC. I will not send anymore money until the DSCC shows that they stand behind Democrats as a whole and not just their "friends". The DSCC should not even be involved in the primary game, but only focus on the final outcome. In other words - the DSCC would rather waste money to defeat other Democrats then trying to regain control of the Senate.

I urge all my readers to spread the word and cut the DSCC off until either Schumer resigns as chairman or the DSCC lives up to their oath:

Our mission is to elect more Democrats to the United States Senate. We are the largest organization committed to electing a Democratic Senate in the country. From grass-roots organizing to candidate recruitment to providing campaign funds for tight races, the DSCC is working hard all year, every year to increase the number of Democratic Senators