Republican Steve Stivers (R-OH) is back for a Rematch against Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH). Kilroy won the 2008 Race only by 2.300 Votes thanks to Barack Obama winning Franklin County and the City of Columbus by a 2 to 1 margin over John McCain. Again Obama isn’t on the Ballot this year AND to make matters worse for her she VOTED FOR the Health Care Reform Bill, Even more worrisome for her: Will those young Voters and College Students from the Ohio State University who propelled Obama to Victory turn out again this year? That’s highly doubtful. The PVI of this District is D + 1
Therefore My Call today: Leans Republican Takeover.
It does sound like Republicans and teabaggers are hoping that those college students in Ohio's 15th district don't show up to vote for Kilroy. Kilroy has done a lot to help college students, the American people, and recovery from the destructive, catastrophic Bush administration. Stivers, her Republican opponent, has worked to help banks. I'm sure it will be difficult for that massive block of college students to decide which candidate they favor.
>> >> This is from this blog from November 28, 2007. With what we know now about the banking problems, the Wall Street collapse, does Republican candidate for Congress, Steve Stivers, seem even more callous and out of touch with the needs of people?
Ohio15th.blogspot.com (11/28/07):
Steve Stivers: State Oversight of Mortgages A Bad Idea
Republican candidate for Ohio's 15th congressional district, Steve Stivers, worked as as lobbyist for Bank One (now part of Chase). In his capacity as a member of the Ohio Senate, Stivers worked hard to protect banks and lenders. Here is an example from the Dispatch (January 19, 2006):...Sen. Steve Stivers, a Republican and former lobbyist for Bank One, said Ohio should remain one of only two states that exempts the mortgage industry from the Consumer Sales Practices Act......
....Instead of expanding the consumer-protection law, the attorney general's office should coordinate with local law-enforcement agencies to create "strike forces" that can quickly go after and punish predatory lenders, Stivers said.....
.....But Stivers isn't finding much support in his own caucus, much less among advocates for the poor.Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, said the proposals would not address Ohio's mortgage lending problems.....
Wow! Stivers is against consumer protection laws? Sounds to me that Stivers continues to be a lobbyist!
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That was then, and this is now: Can you imagine what would have happened if Stivers would have worked for better consumer protection laws and state oversight of mortgages? People would not have had to face the difficulties of losing homes and protecting their nest eggs. The truth is that what Stivers said and did in the past is a predictor of what he'd do in the future. Stivers may have worked for banks in the past, but his heart, mind, and leanings are on the sides of banks. In the world of Republican Steve Stivers, banks and businesses are more important than people.