The DDN reports that, because of redistricting, two local Republican congressmen — Mike Turner and Steve Austria — will be required to duke it out in a primary contest to determine who will be the Republican candidate for a newly formed district.
A Republican slug fest might open the door for a Democratic candidate.
A supposed smart political strategy makes Democrats, again and again, choose a candidate that is Tweedledee to the Republicans’ Tweedledum. But the big problem any Democratic candidate must solve, in order to win, is somehow to get out the vote. Democrats need to be a little more daring than to choose a barely progressive Democrat to oppose the winner of the Turner / Austria contest.
I’d like to see the Democrats nominate someone, with credibility, who can articulate a liberal vision that will inspire and motivate citizens who otherwise may not even bother to vote. Rather than nominating a Democrat that is a shade more liberal than Turner or Austria, I’d like to see someone like Dennis Kucinich run.
The new 3rd District may be in luck. It looks like Kucinich will be looking for a job. According to The Hill,
The new lines would force Kucinich to run in an uphill primary against either African-American Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) in a majority-black district, or against longtime incumbent Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). But Kucinich has been considering another option: moving to Washington state, which is gaining a seat. Washington will release its draft redistricting maps later on Tuesday.
I wonder if Kucinich would consider moving to Dayton, instead?
Note: According to Wikipedia,
Helen Keller, the first deafblind recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree and a prolific writer and left-wing activist, said this of democracy in the US: “Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.“
