Comments on: Who Will Replace Disgraced Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann

By: Dannsadouche

Dannsadouche — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:25 +0000

Ron O’Brien is the best choice. He would beat Cordray. Outside of Columbus, nobody knows Cordray. O’Brien cuts into Cordray’s base, as no one else would. As others have said, O’Brien has tremendous generic name ID. O’Brien has to be retirement age anyway…retire and take the chance! O’Brien wins.

For the record, Grendell is a horrible choice…I would rather see any of the others that were mentioned.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:20:34 +0000

Kasich isn’t a lawyer.

By: Eric Kephas

Eric Kephas — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:27:03 +0000

Is Voinovich stepping down after this term?

If not, I say we plug in one of our potential ticket-headers in 2010: Portman or Kasich.

By: Glass City Jungle | Chandra not even on the list? What am I missing?

Glass City Jungle | Chandra not even on the list? What am I missing? — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:17:56 +0000

[...] was about to go to bed (yes, 1:00 a.m. almost early for me) then I noticed a post from Matt which had this link from WKYC. I noticed immediately, Subodh Chandra is not on the list. Why? He [...]

By: Nope.

Nope. — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:36:52 +0000

Ron O’Brien is not going to give up his county prosecutor seat (which will then flip to the Democrats, resulting in all of his staff being fired and jobless) just so he can lose to Cordray for AG, when he can run safe in 2010. Sorry guys.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:18:11 +0000

For what it’s worth, Ron O’Brien has a pretty good name recognition down south as well…at least among the people who know how to GOTV.

By: The Bad Guy

The Bad Guy — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:24:29 +0000

I am for anyone who won’t have Mark Weaver on his/her payroll.

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:14:32 +0000

Ron O’Brien is the smartest and logical choice. Go back and look how many votes Sandy O’Brien received in 2006 (and by the way, she spent $30,000 on her statewide election). The name O’Brien plays very well up north. Ron is a no nonsense career prosecutor that can restore trust and integrity to the office.

Yost is not a bad choice, but he has ZERO name ID outside of his county. The name O’Brien will win 10 times out of 10 in Cuyahoga County. The Columbus TV market (specifically, 10TV runs all the way down to the Ohio River). features Ron O’Brien interviews several times a week. He has been on TV so much, that I am willing to bet he has more statewide name ID than Cordray.

Now Mark Weaver will try and piss all over Ron because Mark can’t make any money off of Ron (as they do not see eye to eye on anything). Mark Weaver will continue to push his “meal ticket” Betty Montgomery to all of the talking heads at ORP.

The key is, what kind of commitment will the ORP make to whomever the candidate will be. What finances will be available for the candidate? The greedy lawyers/special counsel will dump their $$ into Cordray and so will the banks. Where will a GOP candidate for AG raise money?

If the ORP is serious about taking the office back, they will have to step up big time with resources.

By: bhhillyer

bhhillyer — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:47:04 +0000

I think Ron O’Brien has the stuff to beat any democrat in Franklin County. Richard Cordray has a lot of support from the Columbus banks and has been shinning as Ohio Treasurer. We would need someone who could take a stand on crime with a proven track record.

By: JK

JK — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:37:09 +0000

The Honorable William Batchelder is the logical choice. A true statesman, Batchelder is the only true conservative among the aforementioned candidates.