[Wonder Warthog]

"portman wins ohio"

So, should we laugh, or cry. There "are" those of us, not from Ohio, who have no ideal who the heck "portman" might be. A bit more background would be helpful when making a posting such as this, like whether he's Republican or Democrat, running for House, Senate, or Governor.

[TexasNative2000]

Ditto.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Portman is a Republican running for Senate to replace Voinovich. A big improvement over V.

[backwoods-engineer]

Google is your friend. Republican. Senate.

[Genoa]

AMEN!! I wish I had a nickel for every post on FR these past few weeks that has named a politician without specifying the party affiliation (or sometimes even the race). Sorry to be ignorant, but I want to know whether the bit of news I’m being shown is being applauded or lamented.

[plain talk]

So, should we laugh, or cry. There "are" those of us, not from Ohio, who have no ideal who the heck "portman" might be. A bit more background would be helpful when making a posting such as this, like whether he's Republican or Democrat, running for House, Senate, or Governor.

Bingo. You touched on a pet peeve of mine as well. If the poster can't take the time to post context then they have no business posting or the post should be deleted by the mods.