Who had the worst week in Washington? Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio)

[ellisonz]

By Chris Cillizza, Published: March 9

Rep. Jean Schmidt never saw it coming.

The day before she lost her Republican primary race in Ohio on Tuesday, Schmidt was in Washington attending a meeting of the House Republican Conference and casting votes on the chamber floor.

Less than 24 hours later, she fell to political newbie Brad Wenstrup. Without running a single television ad, Wenstrup beat the incumbent 49 percent to 43 percent.

Schmidt had been flirting with political disaster almost since the moment she won a 2005 special election to replace Rob Portman, who left the Cincinnati area seat to become the U.S. trade representative in the George W. Bush administration.

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-had-the-worst-week-in-washington-rep-jean-schmidt-r-ohio/2012/03/08/gIQAcA6J1R_story.html?hpid=z7

Anyone else remember: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hackett_%28politician%29 - shades of democracy.

[longship]

1. In her case, the kiss of death

metaphorically speaking.

[Ian David]

2. OMG! How did I miss this? Mean Jean Schmidthead is gone! n/t

[riverwalker]

3. I'll never forget

when she called John Murtha a "coward" for his opposition the the Iraq war. Congressman Murtha was a former Marine and recipient of two purple hearts.