Posted on 05/25/2005 3:59:18 PM PDT by FreedomSurge
There's a special election to fill a safe republican Congressional seat in Ohio's 2nd District on June 14th, three weeks out. State Rep Tom Brinkman is running. Against Pat DeWine. Senator Mike DeWine's son.
Though I do not favor visiting the sins of the father on the son, conservative primary voters who just watched DeWine the Elder throw some fine conservatives under the bus might not be as forgiving. DeWine the Younger is the favorite. If you are a Ohio voter in the 2nd, send me an e-mail as to whether this is an issue, and especially if Tom Brinkman makes it one. Send any info to hugh@hughhewitt.com.
Pat's a U of M Law grad, so he's got that going for him. Perhaps he can help his dad draft the next "deal" when he gets to Congress.
Update: Many e-mails on this wide-open race. Here's one:
"Hello Mr. Hewitt,
Based on the signs in my local neighborhood, it would appear Jean Schmidt ( http://www.jeanschmidt.com/ ) is the only candidate for the open slot. She is a former state representative and so has some name recognition. I do live in her old state house district and so I had assumed that all these signs could be a local bias. However, about two weeks ago I was driving Back to Cincinnati from Athens, Ohio, and based on the number of campaign signs I saw on that trip I would say she is the leading candidate. I saw one sign for former Congressman Bob McEwen, one for DeWine and about half a dozen for Schmidt.
-- John S."
Here's another:
"We live in Ohio's 2nd district. Below is a repeat, as best I can remember, of the email I sent to Mike DeWine. Senator,
(Some stuff about M. D. not getting any more of my support, etc.)
Then I told him I am in the 2nd district and that the fact that Pat DeWine's father is Mike DeWine would keep me from voting for Pat.
J.B.
Thanks for the heads up about Brinkman (I was wondering whom you would recommend.) "
Actually, I didn't mean to recommend Brinkman. I don't know enough about the race to have a recommendation. I was just curious if DeWine the Elder's mistake would hurt DeWine the Younger, and it has. How much we don't know.
Every republican on the radio is suddenly a Conservative Republican as of late i guess they think were just Ignorant voters and don't know the difference.
The "economic" and "fiscal" conservatives won't be voting for Schmidt.
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