Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce is very responsible for the mess that has been created in Ohio and our nation. As part of the Republican leadership in Washington, DC, she helps set the agenda and works to get the Republican agenda into law. That is precisely why it is time to vote for Mary Jo Kilroy, Democratic candidate for the 15th congressional district. For too long, Pryce and the Republicans have taken this country on a dangerous course. Under the Republican leadership, there is no accountability and no oversight. The Republicans refuse to question the Republican president's policies and his ignoring of laws. Our national debt is staggering. Our national priorities (tax breaks for wealthy, defense of marriage act, removal of estate taxes, waging an unpopular war, not funding the No Child Left Behind Act) creating laws that benefit corporations (medicare drug act, gas producer tax cuts) have set this country back. If we really want to get this country back on the right track, Pryce has got to be voted out of office.
There is an article in the Morning Journal about Pryce and Kilroy. Here are some excerpts:
...Alexander Lamis, a political science professor at Case Western Reserve University who edits books on Ohio politics, said suburban voters are angry over the rise of cultural conservatism and less likely than in the past to separate Pryce from her party.
''She should be worried; despite the moderate image she's had, she's going to get caught up in the voter fury developing on the Democratic side,'' he said. ''She may hold on, but if you look at contested districts around the country, many of them are in these Democratic-trending suburban areas.''
...Kilroy says Pryce has stuck with the conservative line whenever moderate Republicans broke with the party leadership, as they did last year in rejecting Bush's plan for individual retirement accounts under Social Security. Pryce was out in front encouraging Republicans to stick with the president's plan....
We have a choice in the 15th district this November. If you really want change, you must work for it and back it up with a vote to change our representation.