Monday, July 24, 2006

Monday Morning Stuff

>The Ohio State Football Buckeyes are getting ready for the season with some new and improved facilities. The Dispatch has the story.

>The Washington Post is verifying that Republican Sen. Mike Dewine is in a tough election this year. Here is an excerpt from the article:

Are Ohio voters fed up with Mike DeWine's ethics problems? If so, it might not seem fair. After three decades in political life, Ohio's Republican senior senator has not been accused of any improprieties.

Nonetheless, DeWine is in a tough fight for a third term, and his race against Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown
is one that will test the potency of the corruption issue. National and state scandals have tarred members of Congress and even the governor, and Ohio is among the places where Republicans are most vulnerable to the charge that they are an entrenched party that has lost its ethical compass.....

>The Washington Post also has an article about some of the hot races in the House. Here is an excerpt:

In Ohio's 15th District, Rep. Deborah Pryce, a member of the House GOP leadership, is trying to keep her race from being about anything but the president...