Sunday, January 13, 2008

Updates on Ohio Politics

> Ohio Republicans are in deep oatmeal hoping for a savior for their fractured, corrupt party. According to the Plain Dealer, the Ohio GOP had a straw poll in Northeastern Ohio. Giuliani came out a winner (41 out of 103 votes), and McCain close behind with 30 of the 103 votes. It appears that, as reported in the article, 20 percent of these Republican leaders are undecided.

> If you are interested in reading some works of fiction, you need to visit the Ohio GOP website. Some of their fictional stories include that President Bush's "surge" worked in Iraq (Why are our troops still there? Why is there violence? Why haven't the Iraqis taken over their own security?), the No Child Left Behind Act is a success (LOL!!!! They must not be talking to public school teachers! All those charter school owners are getting rich.), and that the Republican Party is good for woman (I guess that is why all their presidential candidates are white men.).

> It is official! We now have the candidates for the congressional primaries. According to the Dispatch, Mary Jo Kilroy will be the Democrat running for the 15th congressional district. Republican candidates include Steve Stivers and Robert Wagner. Should be interesting. I'm waiting for Stivers to claim that he represents change!!!

> It appears that Republican Speaker of the House, John Husted, is doing a good job trying to cater to the public utilities. Here is an excerpt from Ohio.com:
.....Husted's plan at this point offers just the right combination of hope and fear to all the stakeholders involved to keep them actively interested in the political process, which means retaining lobbyists and writing hefty campaign contribution checks....

Ohioans need to get the Republicans out of control of the state legislature so that real people, not lobbyists, get what they need.