...While Republicans claim the enthusiasm to try again is a good sign of GOP momentum, it does have its drawbacks. Several of the repeat candidates face top GOP recruits in primaries, and their name recognition could threaten the party-preferred candidates....
Here in Ohio's 15th district, Republicans are happy that former bank lobbyist (now a "consultant" for what we don't know), Steve Stivers, has announced he intends to run again against Democratic Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy. Stivers apparently plans to run on the same platform he ran on previously. Many people expect Stivers to continue to support his banker friends, tax cuts for the rich, same old GOP mantra "cut capital gains taxes", blah, blah, blah, blah,..........
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy has released her reasons for supporting health care reform----
...In Ohio's 15th Congressional District, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" could:
. Improve employer-based coverage for 453,000 constituents.
. Provide credits for up to 165,000 households to help pay for coverage.
. Improve Medicare for 77,000 beneficiaries and close the "donut hole" that hurts seniors.
. Allow 15,900 small businesses to obtain affordable health care coverage and provide tax credits to help reduce local health insurance costs for up to 13,300 small businesses.
. Provide coverage for 41,000 uninsured constituents.
. With better coverage, central Ohio families won't go bankrupt due to unaffordable health care costs.
. Reduce the cost of uncompensated care for hospitals and health care providers by $220 million....
Obviously, Stivers and the Ohio GOP are against all of this because they are against any and all proposals put forth by President Obama and the Democratic Party. Stivers and the Republicans like the way things are in Ohio---- they have health insurance and they don't care if you do or not.