Potential Republican candidates have given all sorts of excuses for not wanting to run next year for the 15th Congressional District. But the real reason they are running for the hills, instead of election, is simple: Mary Jo Kilroy.
Throughout a distinguished governmental career, first as a member of the Columbus Board of Education and currently as a Franklin County commissioner, Kilroy has fought for the average taxpayers and against the moneyed interests. She brought fiscal sanity to both Columbus schools and county government without forgetting the needs of average central Ohioans and the working poor.....
......Voters are learning that when she is elected to Congress, Kilroy will represent them, not the military-industrial complex, the pharmaceutical companies, the oil barons and other wealthy special interests.This letter to the editor from today's Dispatch, succinctly describes what is really going on with the Ohio GOP---- They are afraid of Mary Jo Kilroy, the Democratic candidate for Ohio's 15th District. Kilroy also has legions of volunteers and supporters who are ready, willing, and able to help her win the seat.
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Dispatch:
Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce of Upper Arlington is a likely yes vote on the $35 billion children's health-insurance bill the House is expected to vote on today.
Pryce's decision shows that the House GOP leadership could have a difficult time holding enough Republican votes to uphold a threatened presidential veto on the final bill agreed to by Democrats......
Lucky the vote will be held on a Tuesday because we know that Deborah doesn't do Mondays.