75 fiesty republicans tonite in Ashland Cty. #ohiogop
...My comment: Why are there only "75 feisty Republicans?"
Two dozen Ohio College Republicans meeting in Columbus today to share ideas with each other and the Party. I'll join them soon. #ohiogop
10:30 AM May 9th from TwitterBerry
...My comment: If there are only 24 Ohio College Republicans at a statewide meeting, their organization in in big, big trouble.
Very interesting.
** Have you noticed we hardly ever hear news about Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt (OH-2)? Ever since her ridiculous moment where she accused Rep. John Murtha, a highly decorated Marine and Democrat from Pennsylvania, of being a coward (see Washington Post), Schmidt has stayed out of the limelight.
Now Schmidt has an opponent in the upcoming election of 2010 --- David Krikorian. There is also some news about this Krikorian-Schmidt battle from several sources.
Observer-Reporter:
We have seen unlikely campaign issues in our time, but an Ohio Congress race from last year tops them all. U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt of Cincinnati is charging her 2008 opponent, David Krikorian, with violating election law by accusing Schmidt of being a puppet of Turkish efforts to deny the mass killings of Armenians during World War I constituted genocide.
A state Elections Commission found probable cause of a violation and ordered a full hearing....
David Krikorian, a candidate for Ohio’s second district House seat in 2010, stands by his claim that current Congresswoman Jean Schmidt denies the genocide of 1.5 million Christians in Armenia despite Schmidt’s attempts to intimidate him with an Ohio Elections Commission (OEC) complaint......
....Schmidt filed the complaint regarding a flier Krikorian had circulated during the 2008 campaign, which stated: “Representative Jean Schmidt has taken $30,000 in blood money to deny the genocide of Christian Armenians by Muslim Turks.”
Krikorian’s flier referenced Schmidt’s continued denial of the Armenian Genocide—as she leads the U.S. Congress in donations from Turkish-interest lobbyists, the Turkish American Heritage PAC and the Turkish Coalition USA-PAC....
This Schmidt-Krikorian battle should be one to watch. It is no secret that Schmidt was a big supporter of the Bush administration and a big cheerleader for the Bush Iraq war. With Ohio turning bluer, does Schmidt have a chance of re-election???**** YAWN moments in today's headlines:
I guess they crowned a winner on American Idol last night. I can proudly announce that I did not watch any part of the program this season.
Mrs. Patti Blagojevich is going to participate in a TV game show, according to an AP/Philly story.
