Wednesday - March 07, 2012

the Loonie and the Long Shot

It’s not just Ricky vs. Mittens in the primaries ...


Dennis Kucinich loses primary bid. Bye bye whacko!

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio lost his bid for re-election in the state’s Democratic primary Tuesday night to fellow longtime House Democrat Marcy Kaptur, CNN projects.

The two veteran lawmakers were drawn into the same district this cycle after a heated redistricting battle that followed the loss of two Congressional seats in the state.

Kaptur, now in her 15th term, is the longest serving woman in the House of Representatives. Kucinich’s 10th congressional district was eliminated and merged with Kaptur’s 9th district.

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Kucinich, an eight-term congressman, had considered running in a different district - even one outside of Ohio state lines - but decided in September to stay put in the northern edge of the state.

You have to wonder how many Ohioans would have voted for him if he’d run in a district outside his own state. Nutcase.



‘Joe The Plumber’ wins Ohio primary

Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber,” won Tuesday’s Republican primary in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, according to unofficial vote results from the Ohio Secretary of State.

With 100% of precincts reporting, Wurzelbacher bested opponent Steven Kraus to become the GOP nominee and will face Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest serving woman in the House of Representatives, in the fall.

Wurzelbacher gained fame when discussing marginal tax rates and wealth redistribution with then-candidate Barack Obama in his neighbor’s driveway in 2008. And he has parlayed that encounter into a high media profile — a blue-collar everyman with Tea Party cred.
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Wurzelbacher speaks more like a third way centrist than a Tea Party tribune. His agenda: tax reform, cutting regulation. “I believe we’re completely out of balance. There’s got to be a center here.” He’s opposed to green initiatives. He thinks the auto bailouts were an example of government overreach. “Most of my neighbors work at Jeep and GM, but most of them disagreed with the bailout,” he says. Neither party has been significantly aggressive on simplifying the tax code. He’d like to audit the Federal Reserve and go through the budget line by line. “They want to scare people and talk about cutting Social Security and Medicare,” he says. “Nobody talks about going through the budget line by line.”
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Toledo has traditionally been Democratic turf. The area has long been represented by Marcy Kaptur, a labor-friendly Democrat known for bringing projects home to the region.

Really? Sounds very Tea Party to me.

This should be an interesting race to watch. The union-happy Princess of Pork vs. a regular guy with years of experience cleaning out the crap. Keep an eye-o on Ohio.

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