A Red state Goes Code Blue For GOP! From Buzzflash

[babsbunny]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0610140252oct14,1,2904226.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true





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.

[SaveElmer]

1. Requires registaration...can you give a summary?..nt

[babsbunny]

3. The link works for me

[Mabus]

4. The article talks about the "chickens coming home to roost"

Here's the crux of the article:

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.

(one subheading and one paragraph later...)

"They say they're the values party and they're the party that swept this under the rug," said Marianne Lannan, who runs a lampshade shop just north of downtown Columbus. "They knew about this for a while before they were forced to take action.

"I can't see that staying with the status quo would be any benefit to us," Lannan added.

Things have changed a lot in the two years since Bush won Ohio by about 119,000 votes, or 51 percent, over Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.). Values issues for conservative voters, such as a ban on sanctioning gay marriage, were big concerns in that election. Now, according to various polls, it is the uncertain economy and corruption.

[brentspeak]

2. Isn't Election Day three weeks from now? Keep working hard for

our Democrats, "in the field", or Ohio will remain Red.