Ohio Republicans

It's a little embarrassing to be an Ohio Republican these days. We have Senator DeWine joining the cabal which has resulted in 14 senators deciding whether judicial nominees should be approved. So 14 equals a majority of 100 senators but 55 does not. Now we have Senator George Voinovich embarrassing the (formally) Great State of Ohio with some babbling speech where he stated that he opposed sending John Bolton to serve at the U.N. because he is afraid for his children and grandchildren. Does he honestly believe his children will be in greater danger if John Bolton speaks directly to the thugs running the U.N.? One could actually make the argument that many of the world's problems exist in their current today because we have been diplomatic with that cesspool rather than addressing its shortcomings.

Now, here's the funny part. Last night, I'm watching the season finale of LOST on TV when I get a phone call. It was the Ohio Republican Party spinning a tale of doom and gloom regarding Howard Dean's great skill at raising campaign funds and that he was targeting statewide races in Ohio. That was followed by a pitch to join the Ohio Republican Party Leadership Council. "All we are asking for today is a donation of 100 or 200 dollars." I turned him down and explained that the actions of DeWine and Voinovich the last week or so was the reason. If they hear that from enough people the word will get back to the clowns in DC.

Here is a NY POST article mocking Voinovich.

Just where Voinovich's damning indictment came from wasn't clear.

He hadn't, after all, troubled himself to attend the committee hearings where Bolton actually defended himself on the matter. (God help anyone who has the bad luck to have George Voinovich on his jury. The Ohioan will listen while the prosecution is up — and sleep through the defense.)

UPDATE: Billy Cunningham of WLW 700 just called into the Sean Hannity show and apologized to the nation for the two senators we sent to DC. During the conversation, Cunningham said he heard that John Kasich is considering a primary challenge to Dewine next year. Kasich was a long time congressman from Columbus who left office in 2000. Since then he has hosted a weekly show "The Heartland with John Kasich" on FOX News and taught some courses at Ohio State University. He was very popular in his district and his show on FOX has to help with name recognition state wide. I believe, he attempted to run for president in 2000 but his campaign ended quickly due to lack of money and lack of name recognition. Lets see what happens next.