Ohio's Republicans Slowing Progress

* Former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine has announced he intends to run for Ohio Attorney General. Mike DeWine was one of George W. Bush's puppets. When former President Bush said jump, DeWine willingly jumped. I think that DeWine and another Republican out of office, Steve Chabot, seems to miss the perks of public office. Both DeWine and Chabot have nothing new to offer, but they hunger for power and a paycheck.

* Sen. George Voinovich stated the real reason for the Republican opposition to President Obama's health care......

Raw Story:

...George Voinovich (R-OH) said on CNBC Wednesday that a desire to prevent the Democratic president from scoring a historical victory with a public health plan accounts for at least 50 percent of the GOP opposition to the plan.

Squawk Box host Carl Quintanilla asked the senator: "How much of this disagreement with the administration is about the policy of health care and how to fix it, and how much of it is Republicans' ... desire to declaw the president politically?"

To which Voinovich responded: "I think it's probably 50-50."

Voinovich and his Republican buddies don't want President Obama and the Democrats to pass a bill that would help Americans and then be able to claim the victory. The GOP just doesn't want to give the advantage to Obama and the Democrats.