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Buckeye State Implosion for the GOP?
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jul 18, 2005 01:23am |
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| News Date | Monday, July 18, 2005 07:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
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By Stuart Rothenberg
Roll Call Contributing Writer
July 18, 2005
Like a Moses in reverse, Gov. Bob Taft (R) is on the verge of delivering Ohio Democrats from years of pain and suffering.
Taft’s second administration has proven to be nothing short of disastrous — so bad that it has resuscitated the Ohio Democratic Party, which has been on life support for the last dozen years.
A Democrat last won the Buckeye State’s governorship in 1986, and the party hasn’t won a single statewide race (secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, secretary of state, U.S. Senate or president) since 1996, when incumbent President Bill Clinton carried Ohio in his bid for re-election.
But now, it’s hard to miss the signs that 2006 should be a banner year for Ohio Democrats. Taft’s policy blunders and scandals — involving both the governor’s office and a number of individuals who served on his staff — could easily cost his party not only the governorship, but virtually every statewide office that will be on the ballot next year.
The biggest scandal in the state right now involves the Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation, which has lost millions of dollars. State officials who were charged with approving and monitoring the investments are on the hook, and it doesn’t help that a major GOP contributor and coin dealer is a central figure in the mess. |
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