Ohio GOP: Worst Day May Have Been Today
If the terminal patient - Ohio’s Republican Party - could take a turn for the worse it happened today.
First, amidst very little fanfare, Gongwer Ohio and the Columbus Dispatch reported around lunchtime that the elephants finally got themselves a candidate for Ohio Attorney General, D. Michael Crites. Crites, a former U.S. Attorney for Presidents Reagan and Bush 41 has not been heard from since about the early 1990s. His claim to fame is taking down Charlie Hustle on tax evasion charges.
That was his claim to fame until Plunderbund unearthed Crites’ own cronyism tinged with adultery scandal earlier this evening. You can read all about it here.
State Republican leaders would not confirm Crites’ appointment nor did he return calls from the Associated Press today. I’m wondering if this doesn’t go swirling down the drain with every other potential GOP candidacy. Tonight, given the revelations unearthed by Plunderbund, the GOP may be wishing they would’ve vetted this guy.
Crites wasn’t the only bad news for the GOP today. Governor Ted Strickland single-handedly won two Ohio House races today. If this wasn’t enough to fire up the Democratic faithful, then I don’t know what else Uncle Ted can do. He certainly proved that there is still some adult supervision of our beloved party. The last thing we heard from Boy Wonder was that we had a House Speaker before we had the House. I don’t believe Vernal G. Riffe (may peace be upon him) ever pulled one of those.
What the Governor did was appoint Republican State Rep. Jim Raussen to become director of the Insurance and Financial Services department at the Ohio Department of Development. Word on the street is that Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher was looking to add a Republican to the ranks at Development. Raussen’s campaign to retain his seat is over.
Next, Gov. Strickland appointed Sen. Bob Spada to the State Employment Relations Board. Spada, who was also running for the House due to a Senate term limit, is also dropping out of his race.
I’ll tell you what, this Republican Party is in disarray. I can remember when they were touted as the party of business, management, the rock-ribbed chamber of commerce, buttoned-down, fearsome organization. Now you’ve got to wonder if they’ll be able to field candidates in every House race – let alone Attorney General.
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Regis on
Wed, 23rd Jul 2008 10:12 am
My first thought was: Uhhh who is this guy? Given the collective yawn his candidacy is recieving, I doubt anyone will even care enough about him to bother to think about a scandal filled past.
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