Minimum wage Issue could alter Ohio's political picture

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Democrats might ride coattails of Ohio minimum-wage proposal

Sunday, June 11, 2006
Diane Suchetka
Plain Dealer Reporter

It's the ace up the Democrats' sleeve.

That's what some say about the drive to raise Ohio's minimum wage.

If labor and anti-poverty groups can get that issue on the November ballot, some political experts contend, Democratic voters will be much more likely to go to the polls. They will pick their party's candidates to serve as governor and U.S. senator and in a fistful of other key positions. And, in the process, they'll wrest political control of Ohio -- maybe even the U.S. Senate -- from a Republican Party hampered by scandal and a president with a historically low approval rating.

But will the plan work?...

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1. Didn't work in Florida. People supposedly voted to raise the

minimum wage, for Betty Castor for the Senate and then for Dumbyah...Yeah, sure.

Ohio is as crooked as Florida.