Ohio 2012 Congressional Races

[Miles]

Barney Frank endorsed Kucinich in the 9th.

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Thats a shame.

He should be President.

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Another nudge to Dennis. Voinovich suggested that Kaptur would be a better fit for the district. Though, I'm not sure how much weight he'll have in a Democratic primary.

Is there any bad blood left from when Voinovich defeated Dennis for Cleveland mayor in 1979?

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  If we lose the spine of the progressive wing, the Democratic Party as a whole will only look weaker.  We already lost one of those heroes in the last midterm.

And Grayson will probably be back next year.

Look, I really like Kucinich, but I just think Kaptur is better for Ohio. She's more pragmatic, IMO, and she has a great seniority advantage.

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http://beta.wosu.org/news/2012/03/06/ohio-primary-election-news-turnout-light/

Joyce Beatty Defeats Mary Jo Kilroy In 3rd District Primary




As expected, the Republicans drew a favorable map for blacks in exchange for black support of the Congressional map.

Certainly it has worked as blacks now have 2 Representatives out of 18 16, rather than 1 out of 16 18!

The unholy alliance between black Democrats and Republicans makes me sick.

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Kucinich takes a last swing at Kaptur as he concedes:

I would like to be able to congratulate Congresswoman Kaptur but I do have to say that she ran a media campaign in the Cleveland media market that was utterly lacking in integrity with false statements half truths, [and] misrepresentations. I hope that is not the kind of representation she would provide to this community. And I don't think the people of Toledo have any idea of the kind of campaign that was run up in the Cleveland area.

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Kucinich has a survey asking whether or not he should run in Washington.

[Miles]

Kucinich has a survey asking whether or not he should run in Washington.

Wrong thread

Yeah, at this point, it kinda is the wrong thread!

[Miles]

Kucinich has a survey asking whether or not he should run in Washington.

Hm, I thought he ruled that out already.  Good to see, nonetheless.

It would be a cool thing if he ran in WA and won. I support him, but I don't know how badly local leaders would react.

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Good job TJ!