Learning the Wrong Lessons From Ohio 2nd?

Stuart Rothenberg, who along with Charlie Cook, is probably the best among all the analysts out there looking at OH-2's recent special election. Rothenberg calls the Democrats crowing "Hubris" which it no doubt is.

My hat is office to Paul Hackett, the defeated Democrat in the special election, for running a great campaign from what I have read. But that doesn't mean the Democrats are going to win in 2006.

Hackett’s race may well be an aberration rather than a model for the future.

While bloggers see the race as an indication that dozens of previously ignored districts can be competitive next year, Ohio offered Democrats an unusual opportunity to ambush the Republicans — a situation that isn’t likely to exist in a large number of districts for the rest of the decade.

Check out the rest of Rothenberg's analysis.

Learning the Wrong Lessons From Ohio 2nd?