Dewine Ad has Local Flavor

Several area senior citizens are featured in Mike Dewine’s latest TV Ad. These ladies do a great job, and check out the familiar faces and voices. Way to go Phyllis Nickoson! She calls out Sherrod Brown for the fool that he is.

Dissention in Democrat Ranks

The current conventional wisdon is ridden with many faulty assumptions. According to the Washington Times, the Murtha democrats aren’t even sure who their leader will be if they win the house. Apprently, there are several democrats who realize that Nancy Pelosi and her views frighten mainstream Americans.

While the liberal drive-by media are always fixated on any dissention at all in the Republican party, the factionalized democrats have fissures of epic proportion in their liberal conclave:

Pelosi No Shoo-In for Speaker

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s prospects for becoming the nation’s first female House speaker depend not only on a Democratic victory in November but also on her ability to prevent any Democrats from voting against her — primarily centrists opposed to her liberal stances.
  At least one Democratic House candidate has pledged not to support Mrs. Pelosi, and others in conservative districts have refused to commit their support — potentially leaving Mrs. Pelosi shy of the 218 votes required for the chamber’s top post.
  Democrat Charlie Stuart, who hopes to unseat Republican Rep. Ric Keller in Florida, already has said he opposes Mrs. Pelosi and would prefer Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, the more conservative No. 2 Democrat in the House whose strained relations with Mrs. Pelosi have been well-chronicled on Capitol Hill.
  “He’s a centrist,” Stuart spokeswoman Sultana Ali said of the Florida Democrat. “His values really are more in line with Steny Hoyer than Nancy Pelosi.”
  At least three other Democrats contacted by The Washington Times refused to commit their support to Mrs. Pelosi, whose San Francisco district is far more liberal than the districts that are up for grabs in this election.
  Ordinarily, a party’s leadership structure is set by the caucus in advance, and all members are expected go along with the decision. In the eight years Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, Illinois Republican, has been speaker, he’s never had a protest vote cast against him.
  Mrs. Pelosi, whose voting record is considerably more liberal than many of her fellow Democrats, has never enjoyed that luxury. In last year’s election for speaker, one Democrat opposed her for the top post. Four Democrats opposed her in 2003, with three of them simply voting “present” as a protest.