OH-Sen: Brunner Won't Campaign for Fisher if She Loses

[ccharles000]

Jennifer Brunner says that she won't help Lee Fisher if she loses:

It's customary in a primary election for the losing candidate to campaign for their party's nominee in the fall.

But if she loses Tuesday's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner won't be telling Democrats to vote for the party nominee in November.

Asked by a Dayton Daily News reporter last week how much she would work for Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher if he wins and she loses, Brunner held up her hand and formed a zero.

No word yet if Fisher feels the same way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87nNhWK4j9A&playnext_from=TL&videos=JfS-SYGi5y4&feature=sub

[Botany]

1. She can't work for Fisher because she will still be Sec of State

b.s. story

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Does she only have to resign if she wins the primary?

[Juche]

3. Yep

I remember the conflict of interests when Ken Blackwell was a campaign manager for Bush.

[Jeff Coryell]

4. Response from Jennifer Brunner Committee

I'm the New Media Director for the Jennifer Brunner committee.

When Jennifer Brunner ran for Secretary of State in 2006, she
pledged that she would not endorse any issue or candidate
while serving as Ohio's chief elections officer -- unlike her
notorious predecessor, Ken Blackwell-R, who actively campaign
for George Bush and the anti-gay marriage constitutional
amendment.

Her primary opponent knows this yet is pushing the story that
by continuing to fulfill her pledge Jennifer Brunner is some
kind of "sore loser." Here is the official response
by the campaign to this unfair criticism:

"Jennifer Brunner has fiercely guarded the independence
of the office of Secretary of State.  She has said for months
that if she wins the primary she will continue the delegation
of authority she signed that shifted some of her
responsibility to senior staff. If she loses the primary, she
will resume all of her duties and continue to be an impartial
secretary of state."

"Jennifer has said all along that she is a Democrat and
will continue to be a good Democrat but she has never endorsed
in a race or publicly supported or campaigned for any
candidate – including President Obama - since she became
Ohio’s chief elections official. She has no plans to change
that."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Welcome to DU, Jeff Coryell!

I hope that you will remain a member and contribute to the political dialogue, no matter what happens in this election...

:hi:

[KingFlorez]

6. Thanks for the clarification

[Botany]

8. Please stick around ..... the best liberal minds in the game hang out here

Please tell Jenny not to gloat too much after she wins.

[Hippo_Tron]

9. That seems reasonable

The Secretary of State should be impartial.

[suffragette]

12. Welcome to DU!

So appreciate the work Brunner has done, especially with her needing to undo the wrong Blackwell did.

[Arkana]

7. Don't think she's allowed to legally.

She has to remain neutral.

[Hippo_Tron]

10. Legally she is, but she pledged that she would remain impartial when she ran for Secretary of State

And given the mockery that Ken Blackwell made of elections in that state I think that is a perfectly reasonable pledge.

[Arkana]

11. Ah.

Still, though, she should have just let her pledge speak for itself rather than digging the knife in--bad move on her part.