> The Springfield News has this:
...Democrats are energized by their 2006 wins and, therefore, organized, he said. Republicans, meanwhile, are having difficulty finding strong candidates in key districts such as Ohio's 15th Congressional District in the Columbus area, where Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Upper Arlington, is retiring at the end of this term. The list of Republicans who have turned down requests to run reads like a Who's Who in central Ohio: former Columbus Mayor Greg Lashutka, former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro and state Sen. Steve Stivers and state Rep. Jim Hughes of Columbus.....
> Last week I had a conversation with someone who once had a Bush bumper sticker on her car. She is embarrassed about having supported Bush. I think many Ohioans are tired of the failures of the Bush presidency, the Republican scandals, and the direction of the country.
> Ohioans have had enough of the "do nothing" Republicans who refuse to vote to bring the troops home. While the elected GOP men and women obstruct, vote against, and change the topic, our men and women continue to die in Bush's Iraq war.
A Cleveland native and graduate of Case Western Reserve University's medical school has died in Iraq from non-combat injuries, the military reported.
Dr. Roselle M. Hoffmaster, a captain in the Army, died on Thursday in Kirkuk, Iraq, and an investigation into her death was ongoing, the Department of Defense said in a news release Saturday...
What would Republican Rep. John Boehner probably say about this recent death of a Ohioan in Iraq? He'd probably say that it was "a small price to pay."