NE Ohio Businesses Switch Donations from Blackwell to Strickland

[OzarkDem]

Very surprising considering the Ohio GOP has strictly enforced their ban on allowing Ohio businesses to donate to Dem candidates. Those who dared disobey felt their wrath in all parts of state government.

This also explains why the Ohio GOP and its minions have been producing bogus polling data in the governor's and US Senate race - to forestall the inevitable time when big donors read the handwriting on the wall...

"Northeast Ohio business people, including some staunch Republicans, are not flocking en masse to support J. Kenneth Blackwell, the GOP candidate for governor. And some of those who can’t make the long jump into the camp of Democratic candidate Ted Strickland are considering staying on the sidelines, wallets on hip.

The national Republican malaise isn’t helping Mr. Blackwell. However, the important forces behind the lack of business leaders’ enthusiasm for him are local.

To some degree, business people are expressing dissatisfaction with scandals involving prominent Ohio

Republicans and one-party rule of state government by the GOP. Others complain about the commercial activity tax enacted last year by the Republican-controlled Legislature and the proposed constitutional amendment Mr. Blackwell had pushed to put spending caps on state and local governments."


http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060605/REG/60602046/1008&Profile=1008

[MissWaverly]

1. This would be a good article for Ohio folks to print

and start leaving around, like in waiting rooms!

[snowbear]

2. If Blackwell loses.. I'm flying to Ohio to party with Democrats there!

Because they will be going CRAZY!!

[OzarkDem]

3. Come on over!

We'll probably all rent a limo and hit all the victory parties.

:party: :toast: :woohoo: :party:

Any time things get difficult, I keep reminding myself we'll probably have a new governor next year. I'm already picking his cabinet for him in my daydreams...

On edit: I'm not responsible for picking Ted's cabinet, (he probably doesn't even know who I am) but its fun thinking of all the talented people we have in the state who could really help turn things around.

[cmd]

5. I am curious, want to share?

And make sure your limo stops in Dover at Zack Space's victory party. Changing the subject, is Russo really gone? What will it take to get rid of the British Pound-er?

[OzarkDem]

6. We'll drop by Zack Space's party, too

I do hope he wins!

As per Russo (aka Democracy Guy), I've read in the NE Ohio blogosphere that he is closing up shop after the Plain Dealer ran the article that mentioned his past conviction as a pederast. While one hates to see a good career of a bright and talented person ruined, he has no one to blame but himself. People are willing to forgive a lot of mistakes, but unfortunately preying on children is hard to overlook. No matter how you parse it, its a definite political liability. As for the conservative British Pounder, who knows. Perhaps the whole dustup will help drain the cesspool that the Ohio "progressive" blogosphere was becoming. There are some good bloggers there and some who have just been misled.

[femrap]

4. Yep....we'll be

dancing in the streets!