http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Portman
Posted on 01/11/2009 1:56:04 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Ohio Republican George Voinovich is expected to announce Monday that he won't seek reelection to the Senate in 2010.
A two-term senator, former governor and Cleveland mayor, Voinovich has been a political fixture in his state for decades. But recent press reports from his home state have indicated the 72-year-old lawmaker is considering retirement, and a person close to him told Politico that the announcement will come Monday.
His retirement would give Democrats a shot at an open Senate seat in a battleground state that voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 elections and elected Democrat Sherrod Brown to the Senate in 2006.
A Voinovich spokesman would only confirm that he will make an announcement Monday on his future. But a Senate Republican leadership aide said that Voinovich’s planned retirement is “real” and an announcement will come soon.
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Voinovich is a RINO, anyway. Now, maybe we can get another conservative in the seat.
And OTOH, if this is simply “I’ll retire at the end of my term,” why declare your lame duckness so early in the cycle?
I have tried to tell people the same thing...and for God’s sake shut Shelby up. When GOP Senators go on TV and say Ohio and Michigan basically suck...it gets worse. We need to run candidates that have appeal in the states they run in...as another poster pointed out...even a RINO counts in committees and such.
However, they should appeal to the Central Ohioans who work for Honda and would like for the UAW to go straight to hell. Unfortunately, there are too many union zombies in Northern Ohio to overcome at the moment.
I don’t think it’s so odd, since he’d have to begin campaigning now for 2010. Martinez announced even earlier, as did Bond.
Well, we wouldn’t want your feelings hurt. Considering the blather that passes for ‘thought’ in your posts, I can see why you would be so protective of those ‘feelings’ of yours.
Not in Ohio...Voinivich may be weak but he has a chance...you don’t know the situation on the ground here. I live in North East Ohio...I don’t think a conservative could get elected. It has to do with job losses-look at the economic situation in the Mid West. I think many Ohioans are conservative, but they voted for Obama because of the job situation...don’t forget McCain went down to MI and said, ‘the jobs are not coming back’. There were commercials shown in Ohio that emphasized outsourcing of jobs and you should have seen the Obama campaign literature my neighbor showed me.
Wrong-I know people who work for Marysville Honda...assembly workers do not want to see the union destroyed...you are confused. They know that as soon as the unions are gone, they would get far less in terms of wages and benefits...Honda pays well to discourage unionization. If this threat was taken away...it would be a different story. Also, what you fail to understand is that we know that if the big three disappeared as almost happened, Marysville would certainly shut down-no suppliers. I would say there is a limited amount of support for the GOP in the part of Ohio that borders Kentucky-not enough to win statewide though if this anger persist.
Yes, I was right. You are a freakin idiot.
“A conservative can win in Ohio if he/she can articulate a conservative vision. John Kasich comes to mind.”
Fiscally perhaps, but Kasich handed the assault weapons ban to Clinton on a silver platter and took 42 RINO’s with him. For that, I’ll support whomever would run against him, as I did in his next election after that bill.
As far as Voinovich goes... good riddance! Same went for his side kick DeWine, another gun grabber.
Be nice?, no way!
Take your union members and go stuff it.
Snappy comeback.
With your intellect, I am sure that’s all you could handle.
I am living in New England at the moment. I think Arlen will be like William Roth and he is past his prime and will lose. If you have seen him recently he is clearly been hurt by the operation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Portman
But, if you're going to lose one, Voinovich is definitely expendable.
You may be right. But, I would argue that a nearly brain-dead 75% Republican is better than Chris Matthews.
My, once more Bronxboy projects his distaste for all things Southern. And he assumes that all Ohioans feel the same way.
In a polite audience, that is called "projection".
In an impolite audience, it is called "prejudice".
Hardly, my wife is a southerner. I lived in Georgia for years. I express the reality of what I see in Ohio. No doubt the bashing of autos and the Mid West in general left a bad taste in people’s mouth. Consider this, many have chastised me for my comments concerning the Southern Senators...how do you think those in Michigan and Ohio felt upon hearing his comments? Perhaps resentful?
I hear you...however, the problem is when RINOs lose,they are replaced with Democrats. We have lost the North East, having trouble in the West, lost two southern states (VA,NC), will we cede the Mid West as well...how will we win a presidential election? How much influence will we have in Congress if this continues?
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