Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Pryce In the News

*There is a new site dedicated to exposing Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce and her support for the war in Iraq. Take a look at PryceWar.Org and you will see exactly how Pryce feels about the war, her president, and even Abu Ghraib.

*From the Open Secrets, we have these numbers:
Total Raised and Spent (Ohio's 15th District)
*Deborah Pryce (R)
PAC's 63%
Individuals 36%

*Mary Jo Kilroy (D)
PAC's 25%
Individuals 75%

The good news is that in the coming election, only individuals can vote. As you can see, Pryce gets more of her money from special interests and big corporation PAC's. Kilroy, on the other hand has a larger percentage of political contributions from people.

*Everybody is talking about Ohio's politics. The Washington Post had an article about the Ohio Republicans who are being closely monitored by Democrats and Pryce's name was included:

For much of the last year, Democrats have been touting Ohio as a key state in their hopes of winning back majorities in the House and Senate. The Buckeye State is seen as a strong playing field for Democrats in part because of ethics problems surrounding the GOP governor, Robert Taft. With Taft's problems hurting his party overall, Democrats are heavily targeting several prominent GOP incumbents, including Sen. Mike DeWine and Reps. Steve Chabot, Deborah Pryce and Bob Ney....