You suggest that Turner will never be defeated in his gerrymandered district “unless he messes-up.” But the truth is, he has already messed up — over and over again — because his votes have empowered the whole mess-up called the Republican agenda. Since Turner has been in office, to cite just one example, the national debt has grown by $3 trillion. This huge increase in debt is a huge problem and Turner’s votes in Congress makes him part of the problem — his votes have empowered this disturbing and dangerous gigantic increase in debt.

I think many voters are sick of high handed Republican incompetence in Washington and in Columbus and in 2008, I believe, many previous Republican voters will be looking for a reason to switch their vote. And at the state level, I feel, voters will be looking for a way to support our popular governor, Ted Strickland, and will be more inclined than ever to vote Democratic for Ohio House and Ohio Senate races because they will want to support his leadership.

Regardless of gerrymandering, it seems to me, democracy in Montgomery County has a good chance of showing new vigor in 2008. Dayton OS will be doing a huge service to our community, if it can help recruit good candidates and if it can become the alternative media source that will help introduce these candidates to the public, and help create meaningful discussion / public education about important issues facing our state and our country.