[wildwood]

This is bad news for Ohio, although expected. Taft is an unpopular governor; just three months ago he demanded that all golf outings be disclosed. This is also part of a wider scandal enveloping the Ohio Republican Party, involving coin dealer Tom Noe.

[NeoCaveman]

What is it about RINO's and corruption? I hope Ohio doesn't go the way of Illinois.

[wildwood]

more can be found at the columbus dispatch http://www.columbusdispatch.com/

and the toledo (cough cough) blade.

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050817/BREAKINGNEWS/50817018

the blade's server is crap, though, and very slow, just like the paper.

[.cnI redruM]

He seems like Traffy w/o the sense of humor. Taft has been a liability to the GOP.

[Mikey_1962]

YAWWWWWWNNNN

Oh, sorry, did you say something?

[Eagle of Liberty]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1465249/posts

[jbwbubba]

"Investigators have looked for weeks at Taft's alleged violation of a law requiring officeholders to report all gifts worth more than $75"

What happened to all the furniture Hillary?

[Soul Seeker]

I'm actually cherring them on. The Ohio GOP is doing its best to sabotage the President and any conservative pro-American agendas from being implemented at the national level with the trio of Voinovich, DeWine and Taft (affects presidential & Senatorial elections).

My attitude is convict all their corrupted butts and put some real principled conservatives in there to clean up the mess (if any but Blackwell remain). Speaking of which, heard deWine may finally have a challenger in the primary the other day with an exploratory committee being formed. I'll be donating to DeWine's challenger should he make it official.

[ZOOKER]

I have to give the AP credit for extraordinary restraint --- they waited until the SECOND sentence to gloat over Taft's party affiliation.

Now, had he been a (D), you would still be waiting for that info.

[churchillbuff]

What a noble name - Robert Taft - to be sullied this way. Is this guy the son or grandson or Robert Taft, "Mr. Republican" of the US Senate and an implacable foe of FDR's tax-spend follies? Even if there are no charges, or they aren't true, Gov. Taft has sullied a great name by being a big taxer-spending. His ancestor Wm Howard Taft (is he the grandfather or great-grandfather? )is probably rolling in the grave, too.

[Las Vegas Dave]

N.E. Ohio pings....

[demsux]

Investigators have looked for weeks at Taft's alleged violation of a law requiring officeholders to report all gifts worth more than $75.

If greens fees are more than $75 in that part of the country, I'd be surprised.