Nothing I Am Jumping to See

Riverbend's initial schedule includes nothing I am really interesting in seeing. Some would be interesting, but I might be more up for a Pops concert way over seeing Toby Keith or Motley Crue.

DeWine vs. the CCV

It looks like the right wing of the GOP has made it known that they will not be supporting Pat DeWine to fill Portman's seat. Phil Burress is quoted, but I don't even think he lives in Portman's seat. How much influence does Burress the bigot wield out in the rural counties?

Mark Mallory's Blog

Mayoral candidate Mark Mallory has a campaign blog. It is just starting out, but should be an interesting place to hear directly from the candidate.

Si Leis to DeWine: Resign

There's and old sheriff in town and he's looking for attention. He is also looking for payback. I will surmise that Leis is hitting DeWine not only for trying leave his new office less than 3 months from taking it, but for also firing Krings.

I am really torn on this one. Leis is a theocratic fascist’s dream sheriff. Phil Burress must get off every time he sees the sheriff’s parade floats. On this issue though, Leis makes some sense. I didn't vote for DeWine, but they guy was elected just last year, and now is looking to skip town for the Hill. That should mean he would at least stay around for a few years. As far as Republicans go though, I feel DeWine is the lesser of evils. He showed some backbone in his criticism of the police. If I had a nuclear bomb to my head and I had to choose which type of Republican I could live with, which is enough to make me want the nuke to go off sometimes, I would pick a DeWine type over Chabot for sure and even over Portman. Portman was not the worst in the world, but he comes across as a yes man. Pat DeWine is at least less of a yes man.

If the Dems have someone who can beat him, no one seems to know who it is. Please, Please, Please make it someone credible (not Sanders).

Also, I have been getting two sets of answers as to the structure of the special election. One says primaries, the other says no primaries. If I had time, I would research it. If anyone has done that, and has links to support it, pass it on to everyone.

Lazy Peter Bronson

I get accused of being a one trick pony with my rapid fire retorts of Peter Bronson (like I am doing with this post) but, what with Bronson's Google tests? I think I get reamed for being all sorts of things, but a "professional journalist" sits on his backside and uses Google stats as props in his columns, not just once:

Google shows 127,000 hits for "Ashcroft racist," 141,000 for "Ashcroft Nazi" and 235,000 for "Ashcroft Big Brother."

But twice

Google found 12,500 hits for "Nixon stonewalling." For Rather, the count was 14,700. Talk about your irony - the comparison looks tighter than skin on a green apple.

within a month. Since when is Google the end all be all of opinion in the world? Peter should stick to a real Conservative Science, rely on talk radio. You can't go wrong if you want to know what the slack jawed Republican, greedy small business owner, or traveling salesman with time on his hand thinks. Just turn on 700 WLW and you get the mood. Leave Google out of it.

DeWine leads GOP Poll

Pat DeWine leads a poll of 400 Republicans. Why would you conduct a poll without including a Democrat? I thought, once again I don't know for sure, but still my impression is that there will not be a party primary, there will be an open special election. Brinkman looks bad in that poll. He is behind 3 other undeclared candidates. The only wildcard is the geographic make up of the polls. Was it all Hamilton County?

Also, the window is closing on the Dems. They need a candidate NOW! They could win a split GOP field. They can win if they don’t play, and as of now, they are not in the game.

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