Brunner begins to clean house

Something I enjoyed reading in the 20March07 Columbus Dispatch written by Mark Niquette:

Our new Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has issued an ultimatum to Cuyahoga County's board of elections: resign or be fired. The board chairman, Robert T. Bennett, is also chairman of the Ohio Republican Party. He says Brunner hit the wrong target and he won't resign.

Yada, yada, yada. Given everything that has gone on in Ohio regarding voting, Bennett should be glad he was given a choice.

We can read the story 'til the cows come home, and we'll never know for sure who did what, most likely. But we do know the voting system was highly suspect in Ohio, that recount volunteers met with hostility, that J. Kenneth Blackwell effectively threw up roadblocks that prevented examination of voting records and machines, that, well, we know the drill. At this point, like it or not, if you're a Republican in Ohio, especially a Republican who has worked your way up into a position of "importance" in the party, chances are you aren't a wrong target.

How about this. Mr. Bennett, if it helps ease your pain, consider yourself to be collateral damage…