DeWine’s Anti-ANWR Vote Moves Two Three Local Bloggers to Endorse GOP Primary Challenger Bill Pierce
Senator Mike DeWine’s vote against drilling in the Arctic Wildlife National Reserve (ANWR) has moved two three local bloggers to make early endorsements of GOP Primary challenger Bill Pierce:
- Steve Kelso at A Face Made 4 Radio, A Voice Made 4 The Internet.
- Large Bill at Large Bill Pontificates.
- (Just before midnight update) NixGuy, who also has a great roundup of reactions.
Read all about it at their links.
Yawn if you must, DeWine & Co., but I do not recall seeing anywhere near the hostility to a sitting Ohio Senator within his own party that I am seeing to you in as long as I have been following politics (going back to the early 1970s), especially 4-1/2 months before the primary.
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UPDATE: No word yet from Hugh “(DeWine) has never been other than a good senator and a solid Republican vote” Hewitt on the best condiments to use when eating crow (quoted comment was made at Hewitt’s blog on roughly May 24; Hewitt archives before July 1 are not accessible).
UPDATE 2: Atlas Shrugs has hit her limit: “Poach the RINOs”
UPDATE 3: In a 10:57 PM ET post, Hewitt hangs tough with DeWine (just because the condiments cover up the taste doesn’t mean you’re not eating crow, sir):
Senator DeWine of my home state is no Lincoln Chafee. He gets most big votes right, though today he stumbled badly. There is no coherent argument against exploration in ANWR, so Senator DeWine enters a difficult re-election year branded as the only GOP senator as light in the thinking department as Lincoln Chafee. It isn’t an enviable place to be. If DeWine helps Judge Alito, though, all will be forgiven, though not forgotten.
Speak for yourself, Hugh.
UPDATE 4: Porkopolis has some tough, and even personal (but necessary), questions for Mr. DeWine.
DeWine screwed up
Senator Mike DeWine seems determined to turn the grassroots GOP against him. There are too many bloggers weighing in on his latest vote to mention them all, and I’ve not seen one of them make a positive comment.
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Trackback by Project LOGIC — December 22, 2005 @ 2:02 am
DeWine ANWR Vote Drives Conservative Blogs to Pierce
I must confess that I was extremely surprised to see Mike DeWine's <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/21/ AR2005122101265.html">vote against drilling in ANWR</a>. It seemed like he's do…
Trackback by Ohio 2nd — December 22, 2005 @ 8:17 am
DeWine isn’t the only RINO that needs hunting.
Comment by CincyJeff — December 22, 2005 @ 3:42 pm