* If you haven't visited ProtectOhioFamilies, make sure you click over there to see how you can join the opposition to Kasich and Republican's SB5: ProtectOhioFamilies.
>>>>>OMG! Ken Blackwell appears to be the frontrunner for the GOP nomination for their candidate for U.S. Senator to run against Sen. Sherrod Brown. Plunderbund has the full details, including a completely incredible video that attacks Elmo......
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If Ken Blackwell is the GOP nominee, this should be interesting.
* Looks like Republican Josh Mandel has joined the jet-set. Mandel, who has yet to express his views on SB5, flew in and out of Hawaii for a quick dinner to meet with some big shot GOP power brokers, including Mufi Hannemann, former Mayor of Honolulu and Hawaii State Senate President, Shan Tsutsui.
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....Hannemann and Tsutsui weren’t the only politicians seeking a higher grade of steak and interesting company. Former Gov. Linda Lingle, who may be a GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 2012, was there with a small group of supporters including House Minority Leader Gene Ward and Senate Minority Leader Sam Slom.
They gathered at Lingle’s invitation to meet 33- year-old Ohio State Treasure and U.S. Senate GOP candidate Josh Mandel. Mandel, a former U.S. Marine who completed two tours in the Middle East and served on the city council in Cleveland and in the state legislature for two terms, has been described as a “young powerhouse” on the rise by the Washington Post. His would likely take on Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate.
Mandel met Lingle at a Las Vegas political event several months ago and she was so impressed with him, she offered to help his candidacy gain support. He was only in Hawaii briefly, picked up at the airport by Lingle in her new Nissan Leaf at around 6 p.m., escorted to the Honolulu restaurant and driven back in time to catch an 8:50 p.m. flight.....
Wow! I wonder which person bankrolled Mandel's expensive little trip?
>>>>>Here is an interesting list-----House Seats - Safe and Unsafe. Do you recognize anyone under the Unsafe list? This is posted at Firedoglake:
| Unsafe | ||||||
| Austria, Steve, Ohio, 7th | ||||||
| Chabot, Steve, Ohio, 1st | ||||||
| Gibbs, Bob, Ohio, 18th | ||||||
| Johnson, Bill, Ohio, 6th | ||||||
| Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, 10th | ||||||
| LaTourette, Steven C., Ohio, 14th | ||||||
| Latta, Robert E., Ohio, 5th | ||||||
| Renacci, Jim, Ohio, 16th | ||||||
| Stivers, Steve, Ohio, 15th | ||||||
| Sutton, Betty, Ohio, 13th | ||||||
| Tiberi, Pat, Ohio, 12th | ||||||
| Turner, Michael, Ohio, 3rd |