Have You Had Enough... Yet? Mean Jean Schmidt Is Still Disgracing Congress

Joe the Plumber seems to be all smoke and no fire in Ohio, Polling shows Obama leading McCain 51-42% statewide.

[T]he Republican ticket's emphasis on Joe the plumber-- the Ohio man who challenged Obama on his tax plan and who McCain and running mate Sarah Palin are trying to turn into a symbol-- is not paying huge dividends, according to the poll.

While 68 percent of Ohio respondents said they recognized Joe the plumber, only 6 percent said that Joe's story will make them more likely to vote for McCain. An additional 4 percent said the tale made them more likely to vote for Obama; and 85 percent were not affected.

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There's no breakdown-- at least that I've been able to find, for Ohio's GOP heartland, the south and southwestern part of the state, Ohio's second congressional district, home of Mean Jean Schmidt.

In 2006 less than 3,000 votes separated first-time challenger Vic Wulsin (D) and lunatic fringe incumbent Schmidt (R) in a district stetching out east from Cincinnati. In that race Mean Jean spent $1,935,564 and Dr. Wulsin spent $1,021,186. Keep in mind that OH-02 gave Bush 64% of its vote in 2004, the second highest, by 1%, in the state. This year, as of September 30, Mean Jean had raised $1,079,960 and Dr. Wulsin raised $1,447,873. A Momentum Analysis poll 2 weeks ago showed them in a dead heat, with nearly 30% of voters undecided.

It's a very Republican district-- but there's another right-wing candidate in the race, David Krikorian, and he's sucking up significant support directly from Mean Jean's base. Two years ago Blue America created a one minute musical ad that was very popular online, Have You Had Enough. This year, along with our partners at SaysMe.TV, we've just reprised the ad-- as a 30 second TV spot-- and you can put it on the air in the Cincinnati cable market. Yes, you; with no ad agency, no consultant, no media buyer... just you. Here's how:

Step one: Go to the Blue America SaysMe.tv site.

Step two: Select Cincinnati from the drop down menu

Step three: Select either of the two Mean Jean ads, the "Had Enough" one or the one about how Mean accepted a bunch of money from Big Oil and then voted for their agenda in Congress

Step three and a half: type in your name so that when the ad plays on the networks you select, your name will appear at the end of the ads

Step four: Ignoring the annoying request for a zip code, pick the TV network and the times you want your ads to run. (The minimum is $100.)

As you can see, ads range in price from $7 a spot (SciFi channel in the morning) to $23 for ESPN in prime time. Prime time on CNN is $19 an ad and for MSNBC it's $13 a spot. MTV and VH1 are only $12 a spot. Here's the 30 second version. It will end with "Paid For By... your name."