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[OH Rep] Schmidt’s rivals smell blood
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 29, 2005 11:09pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Peter Savodnik
Calling Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) “Mean Jean” and a “pathological liar,” a Republican former rival said yesterday she would almost certainly face a serious primary challenge next year.
“I don’t know who it will be,” state Rep. Tom Brinkman said in an interview with The Hill. “It could be me. It could be Bob McEwen. I think it’s important that she have one challenger to beat her. You don’t want two or three or four because it splits up the vote. I think she’s in serious political trouble.”
Schmidt beat Brinkman and McEwen, a former congressman, in a special, 11-candidate GOP primary in July for the seat vacated by former Rep. Rob Portman (R) and squeaked out a general-election victory against Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett (D).
Brinkman’s comments follow remarks made by Schmidt on the House floor attacking Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for calling on the United States to withdraw troops from Iraq. Schmidt also said at the time that she had spoken with a former Marine colonel who, she said, called Murtha a coward for backing a pullout. The former Marine colonel, state Rep. Danny Bubp (R), later denied mentioning Murtha, a former Marine himself, by name and said he would never call a fellow Marine a coward.
Referring to the Bubp incident, Brinkman said: “That’s typical Jean Schmidt. … It was a total lie. She will say anything that sounds good. That’s just her. People refer to it back here as ‘Schmidt stories.’”
Schmidt’s chief of staff, Barry Bennett, called Brinkman “the king of outrageous comments” and “a fringe player in politics in Cincinnati.” As for a possible primary challenge from Brinkman, Bennett said, “Bring it on.” |
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