OHIO Turns Democratic

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 2:21pm

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

CAMPAIGN 2006

A red state goes code blue for GOP

By Tim Jones
Tribune national correspondent
Published October 14, 2006

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In the color-coded, Crayola world of politics, Ohio is a red state.

But if one pays close attention--listening to the grumbles of unhappy voters, reading the poll numbers and catching the hang-dog expressions of Republicans--it's almost as if one can hear the drip-drip-dripping of the dye into the electoral paint can, changing the hue of the great state of Ohio ever closer to blue.

Ohio Democrats, who in recent years have shown all the organizational vigor of Chicago Republicans, have a strut instead of a limp in their step these days, less than a month before the election. And they know they wouldn't be in this position without the timely, bumbling generosity of the Republicans.

"The chickens are coming home to roost," said Rep. Ted Strickland, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate who actually lived in a chicken coop for some weeks as a child and is leading in his bid to become the state's first Democratic chief executive in 16 years.

Once again Ohio, credited with giving President Bush a second term two years ago, is the national battleground in miniature. The war in Iraq has left the veteran Senate incumbent, Mike DeWine, surprisingly vulnerable. Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty to felony corruption charges Friday, but has yet to leave office. And the Rep. Mark Foley congressional page sex scandal has damaged the campaign of the fourth-ranking Republican in the House, Deborah Pryce, who described Foley as a friend in a recent magazine article.

[MORE WONDERFUL COVERAGE AT LINK]
A red state goes code blue for GOP

[JLY's Jersey Gal]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 2:22pm

Oh my gosh!

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 2:43pm

Also keep in mind we've had a Republican governor here in Bob Taft that has raised incompetence to new levels.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 2:57pm

I really hope your Mr. Blackwell gets his corrupt ass voted out!

[Dakin]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 4:02pm

Updated On: 10/14/06 at 04:02 PM

[justagirl2]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 4:07pm

This is huge! I predict a great discussion in my politics class on Tuesday.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 4:09pm

Let us know what the discussion is like, JAG2.

[Dakin]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 4:12pm

No one will have to let us know what the discussion is like.

It'll go something like this: the democrats are gonna win everything in Ohio this year-just like everywhere else. And Jimmy Carter or Cindy Sheehan will win the Nobel Prize, Bill and Hilary can start measuring the drapes again, Jack Murtha will have the troops in Okinawa by Christmas (are we allowed to use that sacred word on this board), and Rosie will replace Pelosi as speaker of the house.

I wonder if they can spell delusional?
Updated On: 10/14/06 at 04:12 PM

[Mamie]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 4:27pm

As an ex-buckeye I'd have to say they were more Purple than anything else. Something like a very bad bruise.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 6:08pm

oh I think ohio turned democratic in 04. I just don't think diebold let it be known.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 6:43pm

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 7:38pm

That's funny since all of the Cincinnati attack ads focus on the preservation of "conservative" values.

[Yawper]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 7:39pm

despite chimpy's 'healthy economy' Ohio led the nation in job losses last year

[Dakin]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 10:07pm

That map of Ohio is hilarious.
It is as hilarious as Bill Clinton's nuke deal with Kim Jung Il.

It is as truthful and Murtha's "redeployment" to Okinawa.
Updated On: 10/15/06 at 10:07 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 12:15am

Mark Manley, DO stop chirping the names of your usual canards, or people will know you're you.

[InTheAudience]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 4:15am

Now if only Oklahoma would follow suit...at least we'll prolly keep our Dem governor

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 8:28am

So I guess you're right--Dakin is Chanticleer and not Rodney.

[jsrocks]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 10:27am

WOO for a Democratic Ohio!

[Dakin]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 3:12pm

I don't know who the hell Rodney, Chanticleer, or Mark Manley are or where they came from.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 3:52pm

Oh, Mark, come now.

[Dakin]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 4:46pm

It's really funny that you let Chanti get under your skin even when he's not around any more.

It seems like he got the last word over at the blog

Posted: 10/15/06 at 4:55pm

It does seem namo and joey are fighting with ghosts who might or might not be there. Joey, why not address the topics at hand instead of diverting attention with accusations you have no way of proving. It's rodney, it's chanti, it's jose. Please.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 4:58pm

Sure thing, Jose!

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:04pm

Got it. Are you saying you're Jose?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:44pm

The BWW version of The 4 Horseman of The Apocalypse

Chanticleer
JP Wintergreen
Jose
Rodney

Watch the sky for them