Reply #29: Ah, geez. .

[eileen from OH]

it wasn't the specific positions, it's the whole package. I'm not speaking as a constituent (never said I was) - I'm from the area, not his district. He probably serves his constituents well, if not they'd vote him out. But his district ain't Cleveland, it ain't NEOhio, and it sure as hell ain't all of OH, which has some VERY conservative areas (particularly around Cincy). I can virtually guarantee that there is no way in hell he'd ever carry OH.

A lot of us who remember when he was mayor, and there was a lot of yelling back then, too. Cleveland was the national-butt-of-jokes for decades, and a lot of folks attribute it to him. He lost after one term, remember. And despite his bragging how he's beat Republicans, he leaves out that after only 2 years as mayor, a Republican beat HIM. Heavily Democratic Cleveland replaced him with a George Voinivich who kept the job through most of the 80's.

eileen from OH