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None so far. Schmidt wasn't supporting any liberal items in her first 1-2 years in the State House either. But by year 3, she shifted noticably to the left.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Schmidt's already proven she can't be trusted to remain a conservative. She'll turn into another DeWine if we give her the chance.

Schmidt the liberal wolf sartorially masked in mean Jean conservative fashions. Her red dress is a dead giveaway (that is the subliminal cue to her inner Marxist inclinations). OK. Whatever.

Spot on analysis. Schmidt isn't so much a moderate - it's just that she's just not that bright and she has a big mouth. That's a deadly combination. Especially when she's working with moderate leadership.

As a resident of the second district, I know Schmidt all too well.

She's an embarrassment down here. Chabot and Tancredo know it.

In 2004, she lost her own battle for State Senate, and when she tried to return to her township trustee seat later that year, they told her to get lost.

She has a knack for rubbing people the wrong way and that's why she's going to lose against McEwen.

Further, to all those who try and say McEwen has ethical baggage, I say prove it.

Don't just show me breathless newspaper reporting from 1992. Show me government documents that prove McEwen bounced a single check. The reporting in 1992 was flat wrong - over 350 people were accused of bouncing checks back then. Only a handful of people (less than 30?) were actually found guilty of anything.

McEwen was accused, like former Congressman and now Vice President Dick Cheney, of "bouncing checks." Both were exonerated. Unfortunately for McEwen, he lost his race in 1992 and Cheney won. So people erroneously believe McEwen "bounced checks" and Cheney didn't.

The fact is his Congressional District was re-aligned in 1992 and he had to fight it out with another long-time Congressman for the right to face Strickland. It was an ugly battle, and McEwen, weakened in the primary and facing a Democrat in a new district, lost (barely) to Strickland.

Those are FACTS.

A few other FACTS:

McEwen has a 12 year Congressional record that proves he's a strong conservative, especially considering his record was forged in a time when the House was controlled by Democrats.

Schmidt's record (which is dismal on the fiscal side), was forged at a time when Ohio controlled EVERY major Republican office and both sides of the legislature.

The best thing that can be said about her is that she's a fighter. But she's a dumb fighter with a big mouth and a lousy conservative record.

Prediction: McEwen 53%, Schmidt 47%, Kraus 0%, Constable 0%