Waning DeWine is getting waxed

Plain Dealer

What matters now is that Sherrod Brown has had pretty much a politically perfect 2006. Not only has Brown led DeWine in the polls for more than a month now, but DeWine is still nowhere near 50 percent in any of those surveys.

For a 12-year incumbent, that's an ominous, usually fatal, sign. DeWine clearly knows he's about cooked. Some of his comments at Friday's City Club debate smacked of desperation.

Memo to Mike: Sure it's frustrating to run against a candidate who will say virtually anything that might benefit him politically. But members of your party have been doing the same thing for years. Plus, it's pathetic for a sitting U.S. senator to allege that in the 1980s, an employee of Sherrod Brown may have eaten a banana laced with marijuana. If you're going down, go down with some class. Don't go down the Ken Blackwell way.

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