More confirmation of the Ohio GOP pullout

[BobcatJH]

Are they cutting and running from Ohio? Or aren't they? Here's more from the "Yes, they are ..." category. From the Online NewsHour:

ADAM NAGOURNEY (New York Times): Sherrod Brown, I'm sorry, and there's been public polls showing that. And I doubt you'll see the Republican Senate Campaign Committee put any more money in there.

The RNC, the Republican National Committee, had made some commitments to get some more money in there, but my guess is you will see no money beyond what they originally said they were going to do. And I suspect you'll actually see them take some money out.

I think what Mr. Mehlman said was very carefully worded, if you take a look at it. He was talking about Ohio. This is sensitive, because this is such a symbolically important state. Senator DeWine is such a key person, and I think they're concerned about not offending him too much.

But the bottom line is that it's somewhat of what Jim was talking about in the House. In the Senate, the Republicans have to protect, stop the Democrats from gaining six seats. And their strategy had been a firewall of three seats: Ohio, Missouri and Tennessee. And they are looking at polls which show that DeWine is now trailing Brown by as much as 10 points. And that is what their internal polls are showing.

It's just it's not rocket science here. They have to put their money someplace else.

(snip)

JIM VANDEHEI (Washington Post): Republicans are genuinely now worried that they could lose control of the Senate. It would be hard, because Democrats would have to run the table. They'd have to win states like Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ohio. You have to win in Tennessee. You have to win in Missouri, and then even in Virginia.

But what's interesting here is you have the Republican National Committee, which is effectively controlled by the Bush White House, and what they don't want is to end up after Election Day having Democrats in control of both chambers, so the RNC is directing almost all of its money now at the Senate races. And what they're doing is, at the very least, let's keep it so we at least have a two-seat majority.

And that's why you see them - Adam's right. His reporting is dead-on, as far as them moving money out of Ohio, because they have to put that into Virginia, which that race is much tougher now than anybody thought it would be three months ago.

Either way, the only true way to prove these stories right is to ignore them and play this race and others like it to win. That way, our hard work will make the difference.

[Doctor_J]

1. Will they thrwo Santorum away too?

He's pretty much dead on his feet as well.

[Zynx]

2. They've already given up on PA.

There's no more national money flowing there.

[OzarkDem]

3. WTF? "Sherrod Brown, I'm sorry.."

Adam Nagourney abandons all pretense of journalistic objectivity as he apologizes for the fact that an honest, uncorrupted Democrat with 14 years in Congress and a stellar record on trade and health care issues is beating Mike DeWine, a toady of the GOP who is up to his neck in pay to play politics?

What kind of crooks and liars do we have posing as "journalists" these days? Looks like they're not unbiased or professional anymore.

[OnTheOtherHand]

8. check the transcript

He's apologizing because he referred to "Brown" without saying who "Brown" was. That's all.

[LA lady]

4. Seems bogus

GOP Denies Pulling Out of DeWine Race
The Republican Party moved quickly today to deny a New York Times report that the GOP is pulling out of embattled Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine's re-election bid to focus on Senate races in which it faces better odds of winning, like those in Missouri, Tennessee, and possibly Virginia.

"The evidence of our commitment is that we're putting our money where our mouth is," Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman said on a call with reporters this morning. "No state will receive more resources from the RNC than Ohio."

Saying he'd "never done this in many years of campaigning," Mehlman disclosed the general contours of the RNC financial plan in DeWine's re-election, pledging to spend "millions more on turnout and millions more on message" in the next three weeks.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/campaign_diary/ohio_senate/archive/2006/10/gop_denies_pulling_out_of_dewi_2.htm

[liberal N proud]

5. Supporting Brown, we can not let him down!

Hows that for a play on their slanderous rhymes.

Even if they do pull funding, we must push forward, 10 points is not enough to Diebold proof the election. 20 points would be comfortable and 30 would be a message from the Ohio voters.

We can not let up in this push to retake the Congress from this criminal regime.

[jumpoffdaplanet]

6. Why doesn't anyone state the obvious

it's because the Ohio machine knows it's all rigged.

They have practiced the rigging for years now. They know they don't have to spend any more money when the system for denying votes in in place.

[OzarkDem]

7. We're working on a bigger margin

The momentum is very strong towards the Dems in Ohio right now, and it will probably continue. That said, Sherrod, Ted and the rest of the ticket are working around the clock, campaigning and raising funds.

By the way, here's a photo of my next senator

http://www.andrewwarner.org/uploaded_images/brown,sherrod-704325.jpg

Here is my next governor