Ohio Governor, Ted Strickland, has a very high approval rating. From The Youngstown Vindicator:
An Ohio Poll shows Gov. Ted Strickland with the highest inaugural approval rating for a governor in the survey's 26-year history.
Of those polled, 68 percent approve of the performance of Strickland, a Democrat formerly from Lisbon. Among the rest, 16 percent disapprove and 16 percent didn't have an opinion.
The Ohio Poll, released Monday by the University of Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Research, shows Strickland's approval rating among self-described Republicans at 64 percent.
The Ohio Poll is traditionally an accurate political gauge of state voters, correctly stating the winners in 2006 and 2002 statewide elections before Election Day.....
Strickland has brought honesty and common sense back to Ohio government!
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The Bad:
Have you noticed the large number of resignations coming out of the U.S. Department of Justice? Why are so many leaving, but Alberto Gonzales remains? Newsweek has a story on the recent resignations:
The White House was hit by two sudden resignations late Monday when Paul McNulty, a top Justice Department official, and Lanny Davis, the only Democratic member of the president’s civil liberties watchdog board, announced they were stepping down. Both resignations are likely to fuel allegations of White House political meddling in law enforcement and national security issues....
....McNulty was stunned last March to discover that Gonzales’ former top aide, Kyle Sampson, and White House officials—including deputy counsel Bill Kelley in a crucial March 7 strategy session—had failed to inform him and one of his deputies about the early White House role in the decision to remove the prosecutors, the associate said....
Who the hell is running the Department of Justice? How can the DOJ operate with resignations, firings, and political maneuvering? It looks like everything that Bush, Cheney, Rove, and this administration touches turns to garbage (Iraq, immigration, Afghanistan, homeland security, etc.).
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The Obscene:
Gasoline prices are positively obscene. In Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce's (OH-15) neighborhood, gas price range from $3.08 to $3.23 per gallon, according to MSN. Even though regular citizens are being hit hard with the rising cost of filling the tank, Pryce has enjoyed contributions from oil and energy. In some small but significant way, Pryce and the GOP's cozy relationship with Big Oil has contributed to the outrageous shockers at the pump.
