Mike Dewine Strikes Out For Ohio

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Mike Dewine Strikes Out For Ohio

April 3, 2006
By: Phil Singer, DSCC
Dems Unveil Commemorative DeWine Baseball Card

Washington, DC - After months of dodging public appearances with George Bush, Ohio Senator Mike DeWine is scheduled to sit with the President during the first few innings of today’s opening game of the Cincinnati Reds.

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Mike DeWine Has Rubberstamped Bush’s Agenda Despite Ohio’s Disapproval of the President

Ohio: 64% Disapprove of Job Bush Is Doing. In Ohio, 64% of Ohioans disapprove of the job Bush is doing as president. In the SurveyUSA poll track going back to May 2005, Bush’s approval has never risen above 40%. In this recently released poll, his approval rating was only 34%. (SurveyUSA, Ohio Bush Track)

DeWine Supports Bush 92% of the Time. According to Congressional Quarterly, DeWine has supported Bush 92% of the time. (DeWine Congressional Quarterly Profile)

DeWine Voted With Bush for CAFTA, Even Though It Would Hurt Ohio Workers. In July 2005, DeWine turned his back on Ohio’s working families and voted to adopt the Central American Free Trade Agreement. (HR 3045, 7/28/05, #209; Akron Beacon Journal, 6/29/05)

DeWine Voted With Bush to Keep Tax Incentives for Offshore Companies. In March 2005, DeWine voted against repealing tax incentives for domestic companies that move their manufacturing plants to offshore locations and use the resulting revenue to reduce the federal deficit and debt by $3.2 billion from 2006 to 2010. (S Con Res 18, 3/17/05, #63)

DeWine Voted With Bush Against Full Funding of Veterans’ Health Care. In 2005, DeWine voted against fully funding veterans’ health care. According to the Census Bureau, there were 1,004,602 veterans living in Ohio in 2004 (Vote #251, 10/5/05, U.S. Census Bureau, Ohio Fact Sheet)

http://www.dscc.org/news/roundup/20060403_dewine

[UrbScotty]

1. They should do that for all Repub senators (nt)

[blm]

4. Agree - this is one of the more clever approaches I've seen in recent yrs.

Hats off to the Dem strategist who thought of it - where were you in 2002 and 2004?

[TomInTib]

2. Batshit-Crazy Bunning is sitting with The Threat Seer now. n/t

[chaumont58]

3. I think repukes will lie, cheat, steal, do anything they can to 'win'

If Dewine stays in office after November, kiss the republic goodbye. Or maybe that should be good buy. If the repukes can steal this up coming election, there will be no stopping them untill they get tired of stealing.

I also think chimpie just might run again in 2008, saying the 22nd Amendment doesn't apply to a wartime president. He doesn't think the 4th Amendment applies to him.

[sendero]

5. Ever the nit-picker..

.. am I the only one who'd have rather that last line read "Bush Approval Rating 34%" ?

[Botany]

6. So that means he will be re-elected by 51% of the vote

We need clean machines and a paper trail.

[gizmo1979]

7. So how did Bush win Ohio?

If his approval was never above 40%?

[espera17]

8. weakness

of john kerry and successful republican spin