Deborah Pryce asked for it, Mary Jo Kilroy plans to give it to her.
Submitted by staff on Fri, 05/12/2006 - 12:02pm.
I hate it when election gimmicks come back to bite ya in the ass - Kilroy goes after Pryce
In 1994, Republicans led by Newt Gingrich told Americans that if they elected a Republican Congress for the first time in forty years, the Republicans would enact and honor a platform they called the Contract with America. It was a bold contract. It promised a lot of sweeping reforms. It made very specific commitments. It became the Republicans' ralllying cry.They ended the contract with the following: "On September 27, 1994, 300 candidates for public office gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and signed their names to document. Their pledge: 'If we break this contract, throw us out.'" [Foxes in The Hen House]
Of course now that they've been in power for the last 12 years the party that waged the "Republican Revolution" has become somewhat less revolutionary.
"It's hard to continue to revolt when you're in charge," says Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio, head of the House Republican Conference. [USA Today, "Republican Revolution fades" 1/22/2003]
Don't worry Deb - I have a feeling that Mary Jo is going to help you with that terms limits pledge you promised the voters.
Kilroy/Pryce Campaign News
Two of the three pieces under Campaign Notes in the Saturday, May 13 Columbus Dispatch refer to this campaign:
Kilroy enlists Emily's List in bid to unseat Pryce
Rep. Deborah Pryce of Upper Arlington is a Tom DeLay arch-conservative in the halls of Congress posing as a moderate Republican in her central Ohio district, Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy told a group of Washington reporters yesterday.
Kilroy was in Washington to attend a breakfast introducing the Pryce challenger to several hundred members of Emily's List, the organization that steers campaign contributions to pro-abortion rights Democratic women candidates.
Kilroy, a Franklin County commissioner, also met with reporters to discuss why she believes Pryce, the fourth-ranking House GOP leader, is vulnerable in November and why Republicans are in danger of losing their House majority.
People in the 15th District, where Democrat John Kerry edged President Bush in 2004, think Ohio and the nation are headed in the wrong direction on issues such as the economy, the environment, corruption scandals and Iraq, Kilroy said. Pryce has become more conservative, including scaling back her stance in favor of abortion rights, as she has risen in GOP leadership, and is a rubber stamp for the Bush administration, Kilroy said.
Pryce's record "is about as moderate as (former House Majority Leader) Tom DeLay," the Texas Republican who stepped aside in the wake of scandals, Kilroy said.
The Pryce campaign charged that it is Kilroy who is out of step with the district. Kilroy, who opposes the Bush-backed $70 billion tax-cut package approved this week by Congress, is trying to "divert attention from her extreme liberal record of supporting tax increases," said John DeStefano, Pryce's campaign manager.
Pryce chooses DeStefano as new campaign manager
Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Upper Arlington, has a new campaign manager for her race against Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy.
John DeStefano, who has worked for both Pryce's campaign and congressional staffs, has taken the helm. He replaces Jeff La Rue, who remains on Pryce's campaign team as a consultant.
-- Jonathan Riskind
jriskind@dispatch.com