Hardball In Ohio & The Lost Ballots

[babsbunny]

Hardball In Ohio & The Lost Ballots

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0903/S00321.htm

Thursday, 26 March 2009, 11:09 pm
Column: Michael Collins

Hardball In Ohio & The Lost Ballots

Democrats May Lose Big with Brunner Senate Bid

Michael Collins

Ohio election politics now rival the political hardball of Texas, Illinois, and Florida at their best. As a result, the state's Democratic Party may once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the 2010 election cycle. Through a bid for the open United States Senate seat, the self described election reform Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner puts two critical goals of Ohio Democrats at risk.
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The first is the Senate seat held since 1999 by Republican George V. Voinovich who announced plans to retire at the end of his term this January. This provided a short-lived advantage for a unified Senate candidacy by Democrats. But the unity ended when the candidacy of Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, the party favorite, was challenged by Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

[Botany]

1. This article is crap

Jennifer Brunner is damn good, a personal friend of mine (she has yet to call the state police on me),
and has every right to run for senate.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I'm hearing from a friend of mind that she has zero chance,

no money, and of course she has to resign her position as SOS to run. I really wish she would stay as SoS, and keep doing the terrific job she's doing there.

BTW, my friend lives in Cleveland, and knows Ohio politics.

:shrug:

[Botany]

3. Brunner has a very good chance .... the article is a hit piece end of story

BTW I live in Columbus and know both Jenny Brunner and Ohio Politics too.


Brunner has done an outstanding job as Sec. of State.

Look she knows that Ohio 2004 was dirty but if she had fought that fight she
could not have done what she did in 2008 .... paper ballots, open voting, early
voting, and shit canning a whole bunch of County BOE people who would not
get w/ the program.

Ohio still has a many dirty "good old boys" in power & a right wing media
Jennifer has to very careful on how she pushes certain issues ....

BTW

1) She is suing Diebold for faulty machines

2) She won the John F Kennedy profiles in courage award for her work on clean elections

3) Her Everest study on voting machines is the gold standard

4) She got death threats because she stood by the right for people to vote.

5) She gave up a very lucrative legal biz & judgeship to run for Sec. of State because she was sickened by Blackwell.


Once again she knows Ohio 2004 was very dirty but she has to deal w/ the politics of "the real."