That is is the problem.

Nov1976 — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:31:17 -0700

That is is the problem. This state id filled with people too easily manipulated by fear and that means that sometimes qualified individuals are passed over for Bozo's just because they reflect the will and character of the populace. marc Dann's hypocracy is no different from the average hypocracy of the average joe. I suggest that you read Sinclair Lewis's novels to get an accurate portrayel of the United States aMiddle America in particular. After all most right wing pundits cheat on their wives as well. Most Ohioan's do the same while railing against strippers and gays. LONG LIVE LARRY FLYNT OUR MODERN DAY SINCLAIR LEWIS IN OHIO.

DDN

zygela — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:06:45 -0700

I've defended Dann in the past. Though it's hard to do that today, the DDN (and Modern) forget that Betty Montgomery also came from a small law office (Wood Co. Prosecutor - total of 4 attys.) and a State Senate Post. That, alone, does not portend doom. Betty, for all of her faults, and despite not ever having run a large organization, ran a pretty tight ship at the AG's b/c she, unlike Dann, surrounded herself with generally good managers. As for Nov1976's remarks, Subodh simply was not going to win in '06, for reasons I've explained in prior posts. Had he been the nominee, we might as well have just handed the office directly back to Betty and saved the people the hassle and expense of an election.

Still will offer the tiome at the range as truce

Nov1976 — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:45:58 -0700

Especially if you are ever in Columbus. I supported Subodh when i lived in the Natti. Passed Subodh lit out with the odp lit. A black sharpe took care of Dann's name. I was a part of a meetup group in Cincinnati and invited Subodh, Flannery, Frances to speak at our event. Leo sounded like Mafia when I spoke to him on the phone. Dann backed out of our event for a state senate picnic. I think the ticket should have been Strickland/ Tom Roberts or Peter Lawson Jones, Subodh, Hackett and everyone else who ran. That would have been the ticket for me. I hope Bill Mason isn't considered for Dann's replacement. He would be dann chapter 2.

Strike Three: Dayton Daily News says Dann should go...

modernesquire — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:40:36 -0700

From the Dayton Daily News editorial pages:

Our view: This has to be the end for Marc Dann
When Marc Dann likened himself to Eliot Spitzer, this is not what he had in mind.
But the Ohio attorney general's story should have the same outcome: a premature departure from office.
Mr. Dann has become a laughingstock. He deserves to be. This time, the image is the reality. He has made his own reputation.
Ohio cannot be represented in legal disputes outside the state — or inside — by a laughingstock or representatives of one.
Mr. Dann's 15 months in office have resulted in a long list of indefensible, unprofessional incidents. The last straw is not a straw, but a great big bundle of hay:
He has been discredited by an investigation done by his own office, an investigation Mr. Dann had no choice but to order.
Two top employees have had to be fired and a third has had to resign. Their leaving stems from allegations of sexual harassment and involve events at a condo that Dann shared with the two who've been fired. In short, one of his own guys was using a pad the three shared — and the power Mr. Dann gave him — to his sexual advantage.
As if that were not tawdry enough, the attorney general has had to admit to an extramarital affair with a close employee. At one stage, they were planning to go to a conference together in Turkey, before a staff person killed that idea.
Even before now, the two fired employees have caused all manner of embarrassments. One — whose domain included the office cars — kept getting in trouble as a driver.
As for other embarrassments: Mr. Dann has had to fire his "top cop," who was still working for the Youngstown Police Department while working for the AG. The AG also had to fire his driver, who turned out to have served time for manslaughter.
Mr. Dann found himself on YouTube shouting an expletive across a street at a reporter. He also used a state plane for a political trip and a state SUV to go to campaign events.
There was more.
As to policy issues, he seemed bent on making a headline a day for a while. He nurtured a populist — Spitzer-like — image. But sometimes he went decidedly astray. He found a role for his office in a dubious battle against charter schools, a role theretofore unseen by others.
Now, in discussing his problems (outside the realm of policy), he says, "I was not as well prepared for this office as I should have been."
Duh.
His hiring decisions — right at the heart of the responsibility of any elected official — were ludicrous, sloppy, indefensible.
In arguing against resignation, Mr. Dann points first to the fact that he was elected. That's an important point, to be sure. In truth, if he were appointed, he'd be long gone.
Respect for elections — for the voters as the heart of the democratic process — requires tolerance of a lot. But even for elected officials, there comes a time.
When, for example, a crusading, moralistic governor — one who is proud of having gone after prostitution rings as attorney general — is found to be regularly frequenting high-price prostitutes, that's enough. After all, Eliot Spitzer was done for as governor, one way or another.
Similarly, Marc Dann is done for.
The name Bill Clinton arises. There were differences, of course. One is that Mr. Dann isn't a twice-elected president of the United States, just a novice in state office.
For old-timers, though, Friday morning — as the headlines were appearing fast and furiously on the Internet — brought back memories of another president: Richard Nixon:
Report Slams Top Dann Aides. Two Dann Aides Fired. Dann Aide Resigns. AG Admits Affair with Employee. Governor Asked about Resignation.
This wasn't the presidency, of course, and there was no constitutional crisis, but there were Watergate days like that, suggesting problems way beyond a mistake or two.
This time there's just a guy who demonstrated his lack of fitness for his job over and over.

Not only did the paper not endorse Dann in the general. It didn't endorse him in the primary as well. They got it right the first time, DDN endorsed Subodh Chandra.

Now, before you think that should discount the DDN's editorial now. Consider what the DDN said about Chandra at the time. It's practically prophetic:

The deciding consideration in favor of Mr. Chandra is his management experience. The attorney general's office is a large enterprise. Moving from a small law firm and Senate office would be a big leap for Sen. Dann who has shown a penchant for inattention to detail.

Yeah, they saw Dann for the potential trainwreck he became two years earlier.

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That is is the problem.

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