tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post8685445460682580975..comments2024-03-06T05:30:41.694-05:00Comments on Pho's Akron Pages: Ohio Redistricting and the Future of CongressScott Piephohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849171870929674248noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-75312725417784407152007-07-25T08:14:00.000-04:002007-07-25T08:14:00.000-04:00My question is what happens if the Dems control th...My question is what happens if the Dems control the state house and the GOP control the state senate, which is a clear possibility come 2011.<BR/><BR/>It is vital that we get control of the state house and hold it through the 2010 cycle.<BR/><BR/>Up in your neck of the woods, the 42nd district can be won. We have at least 3 seats down here in Central Ohio which we should be able to take, if anyone pays attention (a big if).<BR/><BR/>There is the 92nd, the 85th, the 63rd which is the only one we lost last time and more.<BR/><BR/>The state senate is going to be a major challenge in the next two cycles, but we still must make the effort.<BR/><BR/>It is littered with seats won by the GOP by 60+% in 2004 but when you dig deeper, many of their challengers raised like $3,000 or so. The 20th hast to be a big target this year and we should put effort into the 16th and the 22nd.Paul Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516881221677288182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-30859645221302101622007-07-25T01:54:00.000-04:002007-07-25T01:54:00.000-04:00Honestly Pho, I think state level and regional pol...Honestly Pho, I think state level and regional politics (i.e. Cleveland/NE Ohio) are gradually becoming--and are going to become--more significant than national/federal level politics. Witness the large scale inability on the part of Congress and the White House to actually accomplish anything meaningful for the American people over the course of the past decade. The federal govt. is just too deeply mired in corruption to be of much use to us anymore, it seems.<BR/><BR/>I get the sense however that with our new Governor that there is a real shift in the way things are operating here in Ohio. At least we can see things taking shape, such as the tuition freeze for colleges, definitely a breath of fresh air for students and their families, as well as real attention being paid to the school funding issue. I think economic development is in the works, but reform of our government and taxing structure must come first, and I think that will take place over the next several years.<BR/><BR/>As far as I'm concerned, let the GOP have the congressional representation to the federal government that they've already pretty much run into the ground. The Dems can redraw the state legislative districts to take full control over the Statehouse, and then perhaps we can see real progressive action as the importance of state goverment grows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com