The new Ohio GOP Chair-elect, Kevin DeWine, likes to talk about ideas. (See below.) He says, “The reason I got into politics and elected office was to advance Republican ideas.” And, he says, “Time after time, (Republicans) win the contest of ideas with the Democrats.”
DeWine is not so much talking about “contests of ideas” as he is talking about “contests of marketing,” and, he is saying that he has a lot faith in the marketability of the Republican “message.” He says, “I believe that when an Ohioan hears our ideas, ideas based on the traditional Republican principles that this party was founded on — traditional Republican principles of lower taxes, smaller government, free enterprise, individual responsibility, ethical conduct, moral character — we will win.”
