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November 08, 2006

Politics

Discussion of Ohio Results

The results are by-and-large mostly in and as I had hoped, the current administration at State level has been clean swept from office. If you have listened to the national news, you only hear them discuss the atmosphere of politics in relation to the President and the war... but I really think this is misleading. I have heard some journalists pontificate about how Ohio switched based upon decisions in the war and a mandate upon the President and other national issues. I think they have missed the boat completely on that assumption. This election here was COMPLETELY about ridding the state of corruption, mishandling, abuse, and looking-the-other-way.

What the networks have ignored is:


  • Our current governor (Taft) has been found guilty of financial contribution issues.

  • The whole Tom Noe Coingate scandal in which millions of state funds were lost. (see previous coingate posts)

  • The fact that the current administration had strong ties to Tom Noe, or failed to handle it in a manner the public wanted.

  • The loss of countless businesses from the State under this administration

  • The diminishing of education funding in the State.


Why did everyone in office lose? Noe is the answer. You can't lose millions of State funds and survive the election, its simple as that. No one talks about it on the national side, but thats what we here have been talking about nonstop. What better proof of that than the fact that all the republicans in office lost. Wrath of the voters over all these issues. Clear and simple.

Why did Dewine lose the Senate race? Ads have been running here for weeks concerning money connections from Noe. That name is poison. Dewine's opponent also hit upon support for stem-cell research. Wake up Republicans... Stem-Cell research is the new flame topic.

Why did Blackwell lose the governorship? Because he is the current Secretary of State in this administration. Because he was in office during the last election when countless issues arised... machines not available, voters turned away, etc.

Open positions (Secretary of State election) suffered from party backlash. The republicans held a state majority in administratrion. The price is high.

I am relieved by the current administration's loss. Yes on a national level I am pleased... however on a down-home local level, this really is a turnaround my home-state so desperately needed. The cobwebs have been knocked loose. This was no referendum on Bush... this was completely a referendum on Taft and Noe.


Source: Ohio Secretary of State

Precincts Reporting: 98.49%

Governor/Lieutenant Governor
Strickland, Ted / Fisher, Lee Democratic 2,256,872 60.25%
Blackwell, J. Kenneth / Raga, Thomas A. Republican 1,384,023 36.95%

U.S. Senate
Brown, Sherrod Democratic 2,089,130 55.84%
DeWine, Mike Republican 1,650,306 44.11%

Attorney General
Dann, Marc Democratic 1,883,984 52.36%
Montgomery, Betty Republican 1,713,881 47.64%

Auditor of State
Taylor, Mary Republican 1,820,876 51.04%
Sykes, Barbara Democratic 1,746,537 48.96%

Secretary of State
Brunner, Jennifer L. Democratic 1,948,237 54.74%
Hartmann, Greg Republican 1,450,819 40.77%

Treasurer of State
Cordray, Richard Democratic 2,058,170 57.54%
O'Brien, Sandra Republican 1,518,645 42.46%

Posted by Ravennacht at November 8, 2006 10:40 AM Posted to Politics