Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Pryce Vulnerable: GOP Worried

It looks like the Ohio Republicans are getting very, very worried about the possibility that Rep. Deborah Pryce (OH-15-R) may lose the November election. According to the Columbus Dispatch, the Ohio GOP is trying to keep a former Republican challenger to Pryce, Charles R. Morrison II, off the ballot as an Independent candidate. Here are some excerpts from the article:

...Pryce’s campaign manager, John DeStefano, had no comment on the GOP challenge.

Kilroy said it’s a sign that Pryce is vulnerable.

"It’s an indication Deborah Pryce has problems with her Republican base or they wouldn’t be worrying about an underfunded challenger," she said.

The board of elections is split between Republicans and Democrats. If the vote on Morrison’s candidacy is tied, the issue will be decided by Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell.

I also found some information (Irregular Times) that indicates that Deborah Pryce's votes indicate she is more conservative than she says.

# By voting “no” on the Farr Amendment, Rep. Pryce voted to keep Section 102 in H.R. 418, giving a Bush administration bureaucrat the ability to nullify any law without judicial review of that decision. Where I come from, they call that dictatorship.

# By voting “no” on the Scott Amendment, Rep. Pryce voted to keep language in H.R. 27 that allows organizations to engage in government-funded religious discrimination in hiring. We had thought that bigotry was old hat, and that the separation of church and state was secure. With this vote, Rep. Pryce has helped to weaken the constitution and bring bigotry back in style.

# On September 29, 2005, a slim majority of member of the United States House of Representatives voted for H.R. 3824, an attack upon the Endangered Species Act, alandmark law that brought the American bald eagle back from the brink of extinction...

I hope that the people in Columbus, Dublin, Upper Arlington, and Worthington, Ohio see that it is time for a change. We can no longer afford the price of having Pryce represent us.