UPDATE: Ohio's second favorite corrupt politician (Taft is #1), Republican Rep. Bob Ney, will announce his intention to run for re-election. The New York Times has said that Ney's official announcement will be Thursday. Terrific! This is directed to everyone in and around Ohio's 18th district: Bring signs to every Bob Ney campaign stop and let him know that you don't approve of his dirty politics: Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho. Corrupt Bob Ney has got to go! OHIO CAN DO BETTER!
Many people are talking about who will lead the Republicans in the House of Representatives. Blunt, Boehner, and Shadegg are vying for Tom DeLay's old job. The Hill says that "...Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) could challenge Conference Chairwoman Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio-15), and Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) could also join that race." Interesting.
More on Boehner (OH-8th): It appears that Boehner has some baggage.
>Voted against the endangered species act.
>>Boehner's ethics problems detailed: Here
>>>Boehner Freedom Project: Republican John Boehner runs the Freedom Project PAC, which sends thousands of dollars out to help Republican congressional campaigns - and to buy influence for John Boehner within Republican circles. Now, in a striking parallel to Tom DeLay’s illegal schemes, it appears that indian tribes from California, Louisiana, Michigan and Mississippi have been major contributors to the Freedom Project PAC.
All of the indian tribes that contributed money to Boehner’s Freedom Project PAC are tribes that run casinos - just as was the case with the contributions taken from indian tribes by Abramoff and DeLay....
Wow! Looks like we have another Ohio Republican with ethics problems. Surprise!
The Hotline Blog has the results of an Ohio poll for the U.S. Senate: "...In Ohio, Mike DeWine is trailing Rep Sherrod Brown 41%-37% and is losing to Ohio-2nd nominee Paul Hackett, 42% -- 35%..." Who do Ohioans prefer...Sherrod Brown or Paul Hackett? Our household is split. I'm supporting Hackett and my spouse is supports Brown.
State Auditor Betty Montgomery, a Republican, has withdrawn her candidacy for Ohio governor. She could not raise enough money and she couldn't find any moderates in the Ohio Republican Party. This leaves Republicans with two extreme right wing candidates for governor, Jim Petro and Kenneth Blackwell. Petro and Blackwell are hoping to restore Ohio to the same social climate of the Middle Ages. But that is just my opinion.