It is not a big surprise given the circumstances, and his lack of political experience, but Tom Ganley is clearly planning on running a populist anti-Washington campaign for the US Senate seat open thanks to George Voinovich’s retirement. His announcement speech today in Brecksville was not particularly polished but its message was that politicians in DC are threatening the American way of life and it | Read More »
As I noted previously, and as Politics Extra notes today, it looks like Rob Portman will have competition in the GOP primary to replace George Voinovich: Former congressman and Bush administration Rob Portman has a boatload of money and the support of the Ohio Republican Party establishment in his 2010 bid for the U.S. Senate. He even has the endorsement of the man he wants | Read More »
We are finally getting to the bottom of that mess up in Cuyahoga County: Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora on Monday accused the U.S. Department of Justice of launching its local public corruption probe two years ago in a conspiracy with Republicans to undermine the Democratic turnout for Barack Obama. Dimora said he and his lawyers will ask the Justice Department and Congress to investigate | Read More »
We have reached the moment I knew was coming. I said it when Strickland pulled his flip-flop on slots: I have a suspicion this is a setup. There will be a battle over gambling and when it doesn’t work, the response will be we have to raise taxes. This is a last ditch effort to avoid tax increases. If Ted Strickland was a leader he | Read More »
Because they are really ratcheting up the lame attacks on John Kasich. First, they offered this lame website making the accusation that Kasich’s job at Lehman Brothers somehow makes him responsible for the firms collapse, the housing bubble, and the general economic crisis. I thought Kasich handled that one best: “Blaming me for Lehman Brothers is like blaming a car dealer in Zanesville for the | Read More »
The basic problem underlying the Democrats general floundering on the state of the economy comes down to two things: Blame Bush/Taft is only going to get you so far. Granted they will push this particular meme to the breaking point and beyond, but at some point when you control the presidency and the governorship; are in the majority in Congress; and the majority in the | Read More »
Remember when Ohio Democrats charged into power accusing the GOP of being corrupt after too much time under “One Party Rule”? During those heady days Democratic politicians seemingly couldn’t talk about an issue without using the phrase “party of corruption.” But then their standard bearer and inspiration turned out to have some problems of his own. Those not blinded by partisanship, however, have long understood | Read More »
Cross posted to Ohio Politics Online. I think the Democrat Majority in the Ohio House of Representatives made a big mistake when they passed their bloated and unrealistic budget. Here is what I said at the time: I am not sure you can find a more uncertain economic environment than the current one in recent memory. So prudence requires that you limit future damage by | Read More »
These are difficult times. Everyone is having to tighten their belt and make sacrifices. Except for the federal government who under Barack Obama seems intent on spending itself into oblivion. Usually states can’t follow this route because their constitutions require a balanced budget. But in hard times states often push the envelope using one time funds, fee increases, and any other gimmicks they can find | Read More »
It seems Ohio’s economy is bad enough that even Democrats have to draw the line. The Obama supporting union SEIU has been pushing a ballot initiative which would require every business with 25 or more employees to offer seven sick days to full-time employees. Realizing that the last thing a struggling economy needs is more mandates, and the last thing he needs is to be | Read More »
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