Monday, June 23, 2008

Ohio's 15th: Red to Blue?

Republicans are shaking in their boots. There is a distinct possibility that Republicans will lose more seats this November, especially in Ohio.
Dayton Daily News:

....Key among Ohio's endangered red seats are two of the state's three open seats: The seats to be vacated by retiring U.S. Reps. Deborah Pryce, R-Upper Arlington, and Ralph Regula, R-Navarre, are shaping up to be heated.

Pryce barely clung to her seat in 2006 thanks to Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy, a Democrat who is running again in November. She faces state Sen. Steve Stivers, R-Columbus. That district includes all or parts of Union, Madison and Franklin Counties....

....if apathy toward state Sen. Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek, combined with national Democrats' fundraising advantage, could help political novice Sharen Neuhardt of Yellow Springs....

Ouch! That information has to hurt the Ohio GOP. Of course, it doesn't help the GOP when their candidates say strange things. Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt (OH-2) said that the Chinese were drilling for oil off the coast of Florida. (Not happening.) With the combination of Schmidt's lack of popularity among her own colleagues and her dismal fundraising, there is a chance that her district could definitely go Democratic.

Stay tuned.