OK, I've agreed with Redfern twice recently.....

First he asks for Athens County democrat chair, Susan Gwinn, to resign. Which, of course, she should have, and did.

Second, he says what we've been saying all along about Dave Yost and Mike DeWine:

Dispatch story here

"Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern said Yost was "strong-armed" out of the attorney general's race.

"Yost clearly wanted to be attorney general but was forced to play second fiddle to Kevin DeWine's second cousin and the second choice of the Republican base," Redfern said."

What they've done is allow the dems to keep the Attorney General office for another four years. This office could have been won by Yost.

Yost is the one that fits the Attorney General role. DeWine fits a Methodist minister role....in their new liberal teachings.

As detailed in these posts here.

Cordray should be re-elected as Attorney General as he is more conservative then DeWine!

These back room deals and schemes are what has turned folks away from the ORP. Taylor should have ran for Auditor again.....especially since it's very important for the gerrymandering that our 2 parties do after the census.

I am now convinced (I know, I must be a little slow) that the GOP is afraid of their own voters. They'd rather hand pick their candidates before the primary than let their conservative base pick it for them. The conservatives will abandon them again if they keep it up. The difference now is, their base has a place to go.