Columbus Dispatch:
House Republican Leader John Boehner of West Chester yesterday accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of going to Syria solely to embarrass President Bush, a charge rejected by an Ohio GOP lawmaker traveling with Pelosi.
Rep. David L. Hobson of Springfield, who joined Pelosi and other lawmakers in a meeting yesterday with Syrian President Bashar Assad, disagreed with Boehner that Pelosi "came here to embarrass Bush. I think she came here to reinforce certain policies, understand the region better and have the region understand her better."
Of course, Pelosi and the delegation did not strive to embarrass President Bush. Why? Bush embarrasses himself and all Americans every single time he opens his mouth.***Ohio GOP head honcho and Cuyahoga County Board of Election member Bob Bennett, must face an administrative hearing that could result in his removal from that board. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is fighting to make every vote count in our state, even in Cuyahoga County. Here is some info from the Zanesville Times Recorder:
The remaining elections board member in the state's most populous county must face a hearing seeking his removal from the board over problems with elections in the Cleveland area, a judge ruled Wednesday....
....The board's three other members, one Republican and two Democrats, stepped down under pressure from Brunner, who accused the panel of shoddy work, including elections glitches and cost problems.
For example, many poll workers weren't properly trained to operate touch-screen voting machines for the May 2006 primary, and testing of optical scan machines was performed too close to the elections and results were delayed six days when roughly 18,000 absentee ballots had to be hand counted.The board oversees elections for more than 1 million registered voters.
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge John Connor refused Wednesday to block the removal hearing against Bennett that Brunner plans for Monday. Brunner argues that the law allows her to oust county board members....
....Brunner' has cited problems with elections in 2004, 2005 and 2006, including unsecured keys to ballot storage areas; shoddy work checking voter names, addresses and signatures; failure to make sure the number of voters matched the number of votes cast and poor checking of ballots. Among other problems, two election workers were convicted last month of illegally rigging the 2004 presidential election recount so they could avoid a more thorough review of the votes. They were sentenced to 18 months in prison....