GOP party thinning out

So they are playing The Killers, a great rock band, but the GOP supporters at the election night party here in Columbus don't look like killers. They look tired. And they're already starting to leave ... Two party goers were just overheard on their cell phones trying to decide where to go next.

The two top of the ticket races have gone the other way. First GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell conceded to Democrat Ted Strickland. Then, just now, two-term Republican Sen. Mike DeWine conceded to Democrat Sherrod Brown.

So... Franklin County Republican Party Chairman Doug Preisse -- apparently looking for some good news -- announced that Republican Rep. Dave Hobson, who had no real opposition, just won.

He also just introduced Columbus area Reps. Pat Tiberi, who is projected to win, and Deb Pryce, whose race a party spokeswoman said is too close to call.

"I say to you, we are going to win," Pryce told a cheering crowd of a couple hundred.