Bob Bennett needs a room with a Vu

It’s kinda-sorta old news that Michael Vu, the embattled executive director of the Cuyahoga Co BoE was fired this week. But what about Ohio GOP Chair and Cuyahoga County BoE chair Bob Bennett? As noted in the MSM write-ups, Vu’s tenure included the tough transfer from punch-card to electronic ballots. But it also included the following –

…the mishandled recount of President Bush's narrow 2004 win in Ohio that gave him a second term… a botched primary last May and … the convictions last month of two workers who rigged the presidential recount so they could avoid a more thorough review of the ballots.

Fair enough. Should have been fired after the “mishandled” recount in 2004.

Here’s what I don’t get, though. Why in the hell would Democrats stand by while the Chair of the Ohio GOP also chairs the Cuyahoga County BoE?! Seriously. It’s the Democratic breadbasket of Ohio. Now, I’m not saying Bennett has broken any law or acted unethically, but the very appearance is enough to send this Democrat into partisan fits.

If we’re serious about fixing election problems in Ohio, I have a simple first step – if you’re the chair of a party (state or county), you can’t serve as chair of any BoE in Ohio. We should start with Bob Bennett.  Might ruffle some feathers, but voter confidence in our elections is just more important.