Dispatch:
With Republicans hurting for cash and still lacking a candidate in the 15th Congressional District, Democrats are asking: Will Mary Jo Kilroy get a free pass to Congress in 2008?
......Forty days after Rep. Deborah Pryce of Upper Arlington, the 15-year GOP incumbent, announced on Aug. 16 that she will retire at the end of 2008, Republicans still are searching for someone to run against Kilroy, the Franklin County commissioner who narrowly lost to Pryce in 2006.....
.....As of Sept. 1, the NRCC was $4 million in debt and reported $1.6 million in the bank, compared with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's $22 million on hand and $3 million debt. Democrats say anemic finances could limit the number of House districts in which Republicans can wage competitive campaigns....
The Republicans will find a candidate for Pryce's seat, but who will it be? Will he/she have enough time to raise money for a very expensive campaign?
Pryce has voted against HR 2693 Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act, according to the Washington Post.
With Pryce retiring and missing more and more sessions, how can the people get fair representation until Pryce is out of office? Has Pryce become apathetic about her constituents? Is she only interested in building up her pension and that is why she remains in the House until the end of her term?