Deb Pryce not running again - Jim Petro will go for her seat

[cmd]

According to Cleveland channel 8 the annoucement will be made tomorrow.

[geiger]

1. Go, Mary Jo!

[MeDeMax]

2. that is a tough one !

Petro has a few, but not too many, negatives.

He does have very high name recognition.

Resource wise this would be a very expensive fight for the dems,
unless Mary Jo decides not to run and we can field some one with
a name recognition to match.

[geiger]

3. Just interviewed on NPR

she has a five year old daughter, and previously lost a nine-year old daughter to cancer while also serving in Congress.

??? I thought she was a dolt; maybe she's just been in a permanent state of exhaustion.

Not that I agree with her politics one iota.

[WCGreen]

4. Petro is a carpet bagger from Cleveland...

A career politican just looking for another job...

[Kolesar]

5. Petro is just making use of his name recognition from being AG in Columbus

Locals probably don't know he is from Cleveland (area).

[MeDeMax]

6. and name recognition from being State Auditor prior to that...

and from engaging in a bitter divisive primary fight with ("will be convicted someday") felon Blackwell.

[geiger]

7. the latest--Petro running for Chief Justice, not Congress

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/

[Kolesar]

8. death-penalty pro-bono work?

From the "openers"

Petro, 58, said he'll continue doing what he's doing -- practicing law, including death-penalty pro-bono work

Death penalty is not "my issue", but I surely don't like the way it is administered in this country. White suspects seem to be able to escape being killed.

[semillama]

9. According to an article in Columbus' Other Paper

The State GOP is scared shitless of Kilroy. Kinda warms your heart, doesn't it?