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December 2, 2008 - 7:46am
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DeWine reacts to Strickland's budget announcement
By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com ReporterThe Ohio Republican Party reacted to Gov. Ted Strickland's announcement of looming budget defecits with a mix of credit and blame.
"It's good to see the governor finally got off the campaign trail and started paying attention to Ohio's economic challenges," Deputy Chairman Kevin DeWine said in a statement. "Unfortunately, he spent much of his first term blaming everyone else for the spilled milk rather than finding a way to clean it up."
Strickland said Monday that the 2009 budget faces a $640 million shortfall due to the national recession. The next biennial budget covering 2010 and 2011 will have a defecit between $4 and $7 billion.
DeWine said the governor deserves credit for cutting the budget already and continuing GOP tax reforms. Still, DeWine said Strickland has been insufficently bold and has not made good on his campaign promise to turn around Ohio.
The burden is now on Democrats who've gained power, DeWine said.
"Republicans stand ready to work together, but with a Democrat president, a Democrat Congress and a new Democrat House, he's running out of people to blame."
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I am a Republican, a proud
I am a Republican, a proud Life Member of the RNC. As much as I will agree with my fellow Republican Mr. DeWine on his assessment of Governor Strickland's performance, I have a question of him.
Where is the leadership? Why is it that the Ohio GOP only offers criticism. A true leader would criticize, and then say here is the Ohio GOP solution that puts Ohio's people first.
This can be said for nearly every major issue the past two years. Perhaps that is why we the Ohio GOP did so poorly in elections the past two years.
The people of Ohio want to vote for a person/issue, not against it. They grow tired of the criticism/Monday morning quarterbacking. They want a party that proposes bold ideas, not merely talks about being the party of ideas, but whose sole ideas seem to be sound bites that criticize the opposition without offering a solution.
We heard our fill of "change" the past year, maybe the Ohio GOP needs a bold change at the top. Perhaps the State Central Committee will realize this and vote in new blood.
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