CQ Politics:
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of the Democratic Party majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, has announced its initial roster of candidates in a program that will provide them with enhanced fundraising and strategic assistance — most of them for efforts to take over Republican-held seats in this year’s elections.....
Mary Jo Kilroy, Ohio’s 15th (Western Columbus and suburbs). Kilroy, an elected commissioner in the county that includes Columbus, has a return engagement on the “Red to Blue” list: She nearly defeated Rep. Deborah Pryce in 2006. Several Republicans are running in the March 4 primary election, the best-known of whom is state Sen. Steve Stivers.
2004 vote for president: Bush 50 percent, Kerry 49 percent...
Sad but true----> Pryce did get some Democratic and Independent voters in the last election. Now that we've seen the disastrous results of the Bush administration and the rubber stamp support of his Republican lap dogs, the likelihood of crossover votes should be kept to a minimum.
Also, a large majority of the people in the 15th are very disgusted with Bush's war, the toll on our military men and women, the state of the economy, and our government's response to events/circumstances (Katrina, the inability of wounded war vets to get timely health care, the failure of Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, the lack of new jobs, etc.). People are looking for change and hope.
Speaking of our wounded vets--- Some wounded vets are being forced back into war after sustaining severe wounds, head trauma, concussions, and PTSD (see the Denver Post's article). Is this anyway to run a country? See Bush's sword dance.