The Enquirer Wakes Up to the US Senate GOP Primary Race

The Enquirer noticed that there’s a competitive US Senate primary in Ohio on the Republican side of the ledger today. Better late than never, but nothing like cutting it way too close.

There’s an article (HT S.O.B. Alliance member Weapons of Mass Discussion), and an accompanying series of profiles.

Bill Pierce deservedly got good play with this quote:

“Basically, we’ve had three counties rebuke a two-term sitting senator,” Pierce said. “I think that says a lot. It says that there’s a level of discontent and dissatisfaction with the two-term senator.”

I’d make that four, because the Preble County tie, while it wasn’t a win for Pierce, it has to be seen as a rebuke of incumbent Mike DeWine.

Unfortunately, The Enquirer let Mike DeWine get away with a major misdirection on immigration. That’s not going to happen here.

First, it reported in the primary article that “He is supporting an immigration bill in the Senate that would create a guest worker program for illegal immigrants, something hard-line conservatives say is akin to amnesty.”

But in the profiles piece, they let DeWine say this about immigration:

I think any bill that we pass has to start with the idea of securing our borders … but we can’t stop there. We have to deal with the 12 million people who are here illegally and bring them out of the shadows.

Uh, excuse me, but the bill supported by DeWine that came out of the Judiciary Committee a few weeks ago did NOT address securing our borders, and tried to skip to “Step 2″ by proposing Amnesty-Lite.

That is NOT what Bill Pierce wants, and is one of many reasons why he correctly discerns “discontent and dissatisfaction” on the part of Ohio conservatives with Senator DeWine.

Bill Pierce wants a firm plan for physically secure borders as a precondition for addressing those who are already here illegally. That is what Ohio conservatives want, which is why Mike DeWine, though he voted the other way, pretended to want it in his Enquirer profile.

If you want a candidate who won’t try to fool the voters, Bill Pierce is the one.
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ADDENDUM — The Enquirer noted the following in its profile of that self-professed charismatic complete package “Mr. 362″:

“Political experience: Ran unsuccessfully for Ohio’s 2nd District, 2005; ran unsuccessfully for Tennessee’s 1st District, 2004; ran unsuccessfully for Utah’s 2nd District, 2002.”

Good thing The Enquirer published this, because you’ll never learn about his previous races by navigating through his home page; as noted previously, you’ll only find it if you remember this exact link from about 10 days ago.
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Note: I have endorsed Bill Pierce for Senate, and have provided nominal financial support for his campaign. BizzyBlog is a member of Blogs for Pierce.