Ohio Scandals May Give Democrats a Lift

[Judi Lynn]

Ohio Scandals May Give Democrats a Lift
Republicans' Standing In Key State Endangered

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 27, 2005; Page A05

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The scandal began as a curiosity. Tom Noe, a gregarious businessman and Republican Party leader in northwest Ohio, had been entrusted with $50 million in state money to invest in rare coins, with the idea of winning fat returns for the workers' compensation fund.

It seemed an oddity at most, but like a loose thread on a jacket, the more investigators pulled, the more the garment unraveled, revealing members of Ohio's Republican establishment who had been wined, dined and enriched by Noe.
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Last year, the GOP caucus in the state legislature was buffeted by reports of improper fundraising and self-dealing by two consultants working for the Republican speaker of the state House.

With Ney under a cloud and Taft's approval rating diving to a historically low 15 percent in a Columbus Dispatch poll, Democrats hope to harness the scandals as part of a national campaign to paint their opponents as purveyors of arrogance and greed.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/26/AR2005112600752.html

[NMDemDist2]

1. i like the sound of that, it has a nice ring......

....paint their opponents as purveyors of arrogance and greed.

[truthisfreedom]

2. ney and noe... such strange names.

weird.

[Tiggeroshii]

3. "Nay" and "No"

sound like synonyms for "no." Much like their names are synonymous with "criminal"

[rucky]

4. Aye. Indeed they do. n/t

[LittleWoman]

5. The tenacity of reporters for the Toledo Blade

is the main reason the Noe story came to light. They were on this story for a long time before others picked it up.

link to their ongoing series <http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SRRARECOINS2>

I believe that almost everything related to money in the government of the state of Ohio has been corrupted and it is only a matter of time before more comes to light.

[samsingh]

6. you think?

pretty sad that this isn't obvious given the magnitude of GOP corruption in the Ohio state.