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[video] Brunner announces for 2010, would be first female senator from OH


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By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:16 pm February 17th, 2009 in Democrats, Jennifer Brunner, leadership, Ohio, Politics, senate 

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10 Responses to “[video] Brunner announces for 2010, would be first female senator from OH”

  1. 1 pantsuit politics on February 17th, 2009 5:19 pm

    It’s nice to see women slowly getting more political influence. I run a website called Pantsuit Politics that is based on the idea of supporting liberal women in politics….women who are “pantsuit politicians” per se…yes it’s modeled on Hillary Clinton. But we are real liberals at our site and still support Obama.

    Anyway thanks for posting this – I’ll post it at our site. :-)

  2. 2 Chuck Butcher on February 17th, 2009 6:02 pm

    I don’t know if this wasn’t inevitable after the last election and all the national media exposure but she handled herself really well under a lot of pressure. I was favorably impressed both with her processes and her presentations. If Ohio Ds don’t work this hard they’re missing the boat. This may be an open seat, but Voinovitch will try to annoint his R successor.

  3. 3 brass collar buckeye on February 17th, 2009 6:26 pm

    I think there’s no question the historic nature of Brunner’s candidacy helps her.

    With the party establishment lining up against her, it’ll be an uphill fight. I think she could win it, but it’ll be tough.

    My bigger question, Jill, is what we do now about SoS. Brunner wasn’t a lock to hold that seat, but I think she had a better than even shot at it.

    Now, I’m not sure who we run. Redfern is (allegedly) touting Bill Mason. I like Joyce Beatty (if she’ll un-retire). Still, is there anyone, anyone at all, we think can beat big, bad Jon Husted right now?

  4. 4 RightRunner on February 17th, 2009 6:28 pm

    Yeah, well, don’t go annointing her queen just yet. She has to get elected first.

    I love seeing you liberals so arroagantly confident….just like the Republicans were in 2004. My, doesn’t seem that long ago. How quickly the political winds change.

  5. 5 Jill Miller Zimon on February 17th, 2009 6:31 pm

    Pantsuit Politics – thanks very much for your comment (and for reading). I voted for Obama too, though I voted for Clinton in the primary (truth be told, I wasn’t hot about either one but that’s another story!).

    I’m pretty sure I’ve heard of your site and will take a look and try to remember to add you to the blogroll. I’m somewhat partisan in what I cover, mostly due to time constraints, but when it comes to women getting into and out of the leadership pipeline, I do feel that we need to see an increase of qualified women all along the spectrum – not just the liberals. I don’t like things lopsided at all.

    Anyway – thanks and maybe we can cross-link or learn more from one another.

  6. 6 Jill Miller Zimon on February 17th, 2009 6:40 pm

    Chuck – I think you’re on the right track but my observation of Voinovich is that he is just plain tired – and sounding/appearing cranky, kind of out of touch – it will be interesting to see what he does and frankly, I’d love for him to step out and slap the ORP around a little because they make no sense whatsoever. But – we’re still 20 mos out so…who knows what can happen.

  7. 7 Jill Miller Zimon on February 17th, 2009 6:47 pm

    Rightrunner – you know – saying it doesn’t make it so – this is just silliness:

    “I love seeing you liberals so arroagantly [sic] confident…”

    Honey, the conservatives and GOP in Ohio have a very very weak bench and they all look alike and none of them have been elected to a statewide office – EVER. Kasich, Portman, Husted, DeWine, Coughlin. Not a one. Now, if they brought Mary Taylor into it, we’d have a different field and I’d be following closely but the powers that be on the right side of the Ohio aisle are too entrenched in their own ambitions and have convinced themselves and Taylor, it appears, that she should play nice and sit it out. Whatev. In that contrast alone I give Brunner big time credit.

    How are they planning on winning, esp. in a year when Strickland will be up, and after increased registration in 2008?

    Anyone who says that it’s the Dems to lose is correct. But to say that that’s arrogance is puffery.

    The ORP and the Ohio conservatives need to get their act together. It’s only in comparison to their flailing about that the Dems look at all with-it and confident.

  8. 8 Jason on February 17th, 2009 11:03 pm

    Jill – I have to somewhat disagree with you. The democratic party in Ohio certainly should not be touted as very forward thinking in their approach to getting more women in politics. Of course there are some examples, but the examples are still far too few. Both parties need to get their acts together, and the democratic party in particular needs not to take the female vote for granted.

  9. 9 Jill Miller Zimon on February 18th, 2009 8:52 am

    Hi Jason – I’m not exactly sure where the disagreement is. I singled out the ORP just in terms of the contention that Dems are full of hubris right now. Redfern et al might be perceived to be projecting arrogance – maybe they are – I frankly try not to pay too much attention because it is in fact for show, even if he and the party do also feel it. My point was that the rank and file – and us netroots – overall, feel confident in the options we have, and will good reason. But with only a few exceptions I’m not seeing out of control arrogance, certainly not like there was with Obama. And this is because I believe most Dems truly feel fine with Fisher and with Brunner, again with exceptions, but as a general rule.

    As for the thing about the Dems and women – I agree with you 100%. But I haven’t written about that in this thread – so I’m a little confused (but yes – I agree with you completely as in where you write,

    “The democratic party in Ohio certainly should not be touted as very forward thinking in their approach to getting more women in politics. Of course there are some examples, but the examples are still far too few. Both parties need to get their acts together, and the democratic party in particular needs not to take the female vote for granted.”

    Hopefully Liz Shirey and others are warning them about what’s going to happen in the primary if the ODP isn’t careful. We’ll see if they pay attention or not over the next 12 mos.

  10. 10 Jason R. on February 18th, 2009 11:11 am

    Hmmm….it was late when I responded after teaching until 10:30 at night so who knows what I was thinking. :-P

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