Ohio Dems Smack Down in 2012

I'm really sad to write this.  At first I kind of thought it was a joke.  I mean look at the new Ohio Congressional District map.  But it is true one district will snake around from from Toledo to Cleveland.  What does this mean for voters?

1. This area is packed with democrats, life long dems actually.  This are the old steel towns going up the lake.  So we're going blue, but now we have to choose between Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich.  I'm hoping the campaigns are civil, and they should be give these two are friends.
2. A non-representative government.  I like Kaptur; she's great and a good representative of her district.  However, Toledo is not Cleveland.  The demographics alone demonstrate the differences in Cleveland we are 2 to 1 black.  I think Toledo is 70% white (that may be a dated stat).  Kucinich has always been good to Cleveland's poor.  My first memory of this man is when he came to Mound Elementary School (on the corner of Mound and E 55th) to keep it open after the roof fell in.  He rallied with a neighborhood with one of the lower income tax rates in a recession.  My family became life long supporters.  I'm sure Kaptur has done for her district the same sort of things, but I also know some problems are regional.

To sum this up: gerrymandering.  Ohio republicans think they are redistrict and keep their seats after the voter suppression and anti-worker bills they are forcing through the Ohio Assembly.  No friends.  Not going to happen.  Vote these sons of bitches out of office.  

The Cleveland Plain Dealer ran an interesting article laying things out for us.  Particularly interesting is their list of "winners" and "losers"
And the "winners" are"
1. Republicans, of course.
2. Steve LaTourette (14th District), he's gaining a lot of ground in Cuyahoga county, but only where there are no democrats.
3. Steve Stivers (15th District) and Pat Tiberi (12th District), more suburban landscape on top of Columbus.  No need to fear the democrat is one of the Klan strong holds is voting.
4. Columbus Democrats, there are a lot of Dems in Columbus and this will give them a chance to get back in there.
And the "losers"
1. Dennis Kucinich (10th District), see above.
2. Betty Sutton (13th District), loses her home town and Akron.  She won't win, which will make that ass who told her to go back to the kitchen happy.
3. Steve Austria (7th District), he will have to run in a primary against Republican Mike Turner (3rd District).

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/09/new_remap_will_give_democrats.html