Republican Plans

* With Republicans salivating at the chance of controlling the both houses of Congress, some Republicans are making some inquiries.

Kentucky.com:

Signaling another partisan fight over immigration enforcement after next week's midterm elections, all seven Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee signed a letter last week asking the Department of Homeland Security how much money it needs to deport every illegal immigrant the government encounters.

The request came in an Oct. 21 letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and asks her to "detail exactly how much funding" would be needed "to ensure that enforcement of the law occurs consistently for every illegal alien encountered and apprehended." The Republican senators requested a response by Nov. 15, two weeks after the midterm elections....

You can see what the Republicans want to concentrate on if they are the majority party. They aren't interested in creating jobs- just creating complete confusion and spending millions on deporting people they deem dangerous (anyone not white and rich).

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***  What are John Kasich's plans for Ohio?  He won't tell us until after the election.

The Opinionator gave an example of how some of politicians avoid giving valuable information about their agenda:

Patient: Doctor what are the risks from this surgery?

Doctor: I'll tell you after the operation.

Are you willing to have John Kasich tell you after the operation election how he'll screw up Ohio?

We know that Gov. Ted Strickland has been fair with every single person in this state. When he has had to make cuts because of the economy, Strickland carefully balanced out the cuts.  Gov. Strickland has reduced the number of state employees, kept college tuition under control, and worked hard to move Ohio toward the emerging green manufacturing industry.

Kasich, on the other hand, has not demonstrated fairness and honesty in his career.  When he was in Congress, he tried to cut, and eliminate college grants and student loans.  He tried to eradicate certain programs for injured veterans, cut programs for the working poor, and remove job training programs so that he could fund tax cuts for the rich ("trickle down economics").

Kasich, who was not a banker before he went to work for Lehman Brothers, used his familiarity with decision makes to get more business for Lehman by using his contacts in the state. With Kasich's assistance, the Ohio public pension funds lost nearly $500 billion when Lehman collapsed.

How can we trust Kasich?  He wants to cut the state income tax but has provided no details on what he'd eliminate so that he can proceed with this plan.  If the state income tax is eliminated, how do we pay for school funding, road repairs, state government, libraries, funding for counties and cities, prisons, etc., etc.?

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When asked recently if he'd move to the governor's mansion, Kasich told the Dispatch:

"That's taking measurements before the election's over," Kasich said when asked if the family would occupy the taxpayer-provided mansion.
"We love where we live. ...Wait till the election's over, and my wife will say what she wants."

It almost seems like the Dispatch is giddy over the prospect of Kasich as Governor.

> You know those books Kasich "wrote" that Republicans buy like crazy?  It appears that Kasich really doesn't "write" them himself.
Dispatch:

One other thing about Kasich: He didn't actually write his last two best-selling books - Stand for Something and Every Other Monday - at least in the hunched-over-a-keyboard way that many folks might envision an author at work. At book-writing time, ghost writer Daniel Paisner visits Kasich for a couple of days and, according to Kasich, here is what happens:

"I talk into a microphone and he asks me questions. He pushes me on certain things to get my ideas out there. Then he will get it transcribed. Then he will put it down on paper and ship it to me. Then I will take a look at it and then I start marking it up. . .

Amazing.

*  Republican Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, has a big supporter in Sarah Palin.   Stivers is officially one of Palin's "Mama Grizzlies."  I don't know if that is such a good thing.

* Since Steve Stivers hopes to repeal the health care reform law.  Do you know which group stands to lose the most if the Republicans succeed with their plan to eradicate the bill?   Women.

Here is how the health care reform law helps women:

Spare Candy:

It will be easier for children and young adults to get and keep health insurance....
Women will have improved access to affordable preventive care...
Women will have new protections against harmful insurance practices...
And the law provides even more relief to women like making it illegal to charge women more than men for insurance.....


A vote for Stivers, Renacci, Ganley, DeWine, Husted, Portman, Gibbs, Boener, and the rest of the right wing GOP/Tea Bag people will turn back health care progress for women.
Women who vote for Stivers instead of Mary Jo Kilroy are hurting themselves and their children.