byJody
Rural NW Columbus
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In less than 11 months Ohio will choose a new U.S. Senator to replace the retiring George Voinovich.
The Candidates:
At this point there will be a Democratic Primary in the spring between Jennifer Brunner and Lee Fisher. The winner of the primary will take on Republican Rob Portman in the fall.
Who will you support?
What questions would you like them to answer?
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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no one yet. i still have 11 months...haha. plus, i am waiting for the DNC to ask Brunner to step aside.
not that it will matter, Robbie will win out.
coolbuckeye
South Clintonville
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Brunner will not step aside. No other candidate in the race has won the profiles in courage award. I really think she is the best candidate. She has a lot of good ideas.
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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"the best candidate" or the one who you agree with the most. she clearly doesnt have the experience that either Fischer or Portman have...
coolbuckeye
South Clintonville
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Sorry but your assumption that I agree with all of your views is incorrect. My "best candidate" comment was based on the fact that she is has fulfilled her campaign goals as a secretary of state. And clearly identifies her objectives as US senate candidate. I can't say that for the other guys in this race. I also think that you have to judge the quality of the experience that person has attained.
roy
Downtown
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coolbuckeye wrote >>
Brunner will not step aside. No other candidate in the race has won the profiles in courage award. I really think she is the best candidate. She has a lot of good ideas.
http://jenniferbrunner.com/index.php/
Her campaign sends out email 'letters' from her dog. Something about desperate sounding emails from the family pet fails to inspire confidence in Brunner as a US senate candidate.
berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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roy wrote >>
coolbuckeye wrote >>
Brunner will not step aside. No other candidate in the race has won the profiles in courage award. I really think she is the best candidate. She has a lot of good ideas.
http://jenniferbrunner.com/index.php/Her campaign sends out email 'letters' from her dog. Something about desperate sounding emails from the family pet fails to inspire confidence in Brunner as a US senate candidate.
I must have missed that one...tffsf.
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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coolbuckeye wrote >>
Sorry but your assumption that I agree with all of your views is incorrect. My "best candidate" comment was based on the fact that she is has fulfilled her campaign goals as a secretary of state. And clearly identifies her objectives as US senate candidate. I can't say that for the other guys in this race. I also think that you have to judge the quality of the experience that person has attained.
i never said you agreed with all of her views...i said the "one you agree with the most."
Sec. of State is supposed to be a very non-partisan statewide position and she was clearly one of the MOST partisan of the bunch. Her antics in NE Ohio are disappointing to say the least. And if i were to judge the experience of the 3 listed candidates, i would say Portman has the most, high-level experience.
berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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I think the "my Dem is less partisan than your Repub" was covered here:
http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/jennifer-brunner-vs-jon-husted
coolbuckeye
South Clintonville
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von wrote >>
coolbuckeye wrote >>
Sorry but your assumption that I agree with all of your views is incorrect. My "best candidate" comment was based on the fact that she is has fulfilled her campaign goals as a secretary of state. And clearly identifies her objectives as US senate candidate. I can't say that for the other guys in this race. I also think that you have to judge the quality of the experience that person has attained.i never said you agreed with all of her views...i said the "one you agree with the most."
Sec. of State is supposed to be a very non-partisan statewide position and she was clearly one of the MOST partisan of the bunch. Her antics in NE Ohio are disappointing to say the least. And if i were to judge the experience of the 3 listed candidates, i would say Portman has the most, high-level experience.
NE Ohio had one of the best elections in a long time in 08. I think Cleveland’s Board of Elections needed shaking up. She fired the D’s and the R’s.
I guess I do agree with her the most. She has consistently articulated what her views are on current issues we are faced with. I can't say the same for the other two. I think Fisher will try to drown her voice out with money through TV ads. And Portman is waiting until after the primary.
The quality of Portmans "high level" experience can be called into question. He can keep his bush appointee experience all to himself. Even if he had good ideas he would be in the minority in the senate and would never realize any of his initiatives that would presumably help our state.
Also the dog thing was a joke and was a very successful fundraiser. There are a lot of pet owners that got a kick out of that. I don’t think you can judge someone on their level of humor. No matter how bad said humor may seem. And I don’t think desperate is a good description. Win or lose, Fisher has outspent his opponents considerably in all his races. I think the last election Fisher won on his own was in the early nineties. That’s almost twenty years ago.
StowCbusCleveland
Jackson Township, Canton, OH
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I'm afraid that as politically interested as I am, I don't really know enough about any of them to render a judgment.
My valued qualities will be the same as always though: Who has the right combination of common sense pragmatism, ethics, and leadership to do the job right and to represent our interests well? Or, put another way, who seems the least like a partisan hack?
Rick Carraway
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Brunner will struggle to pull this out unless her base supports her in droves and Fisher's does not support him. That is certainly possible, but the chances of that happening will be hindered by Brunner's inability to raise money at a comparable clip to Fisher.
Fisher, in turn, will struggle to outduel Portman for the very same reason that Brunner will likely lose to him.
$$$ matters in elections, particularly when it's an non-presidential year.
labi
Weinland Park
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As I see it, Brunner has made some weirdly dumb mistakes in running her senate campaign, but she has successfully carried out a lot of LONG-needed changes in Ohio elections, just as she said she would when she ran for Sec of State.
I have not studied Fisher's record, but the fact that he felt it was ok to resign as Dir. of Development right when the going got economically tough for our state makes me wonder. And I heard him speak once this summer, and it was a random chain of anecdotes that had nothing specific to do with the audience or event. He seemed to bask in the glow of being an important politician, rather than communicate about anything of importance. So I kind of think "tool".
I do not think we need another Republican senator in Ohio (or in the country, I guess).
joev
Merion Village
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berdawn wrote >>
von wrote >>
"the best candidate" or the one who you agree with the most. she clearly doesnt have the experience that either Fischer or Portman have...she's certainly not as elderly as Fisher.
While you're technically right (Fisher is older than Brunner) it sounds like you think the age difference is significant: Fisher is 58, Brunner is 52. Or maybe I misread your Shamansky comment.
I think George Voinovich has been an excellent Senator for Ohio. I wish he'd stay on another term. But in this race, I'm backing the most centrist candidate, and that's Fisher. A centrist has a lot more chance for staying power, if and when the tides eventually change, Sherrod Brown could easily be unseated by a moderate Republican because he's so far left. If Brunner's policy platforms reflect how she would vote in the Senate, she'd be an easy target, too.
berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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joev wrote >>
berdawn wrote >>
von wrote >>
"the best candidate" or the one who you agree with the most. she clearly doesnt have the experience that either Fischer or Portman have...she's certainly not as elderly as Fisher.
While you're technically right (Fisher is older than Brunner) it sounds like you think the age difference is significant: Fisher is 58, Brunner is 52. Or maybe I misread your Shamansky comment.
I think George Voinovich has been an excellent Senator for Ohio. I wish he'd stay on another term. But in this race, I'm backing the most centrist candidate, and that's Fisher. A centrist has a lot more chance for staying power, if and when the tides eventually change, Sherrod Brown could easily be unseated by a moderate Republican because he's so far left. If Brunner's policy platforms reflect how she would vote in the Senate, she'd be an easy target, too.
WOW...I had no idea they were that close in age!!!!
I'm actually OK with Voinovich, too and would vote for him over Brunner, actually (or Fisher).
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