Ted Strickland

State Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Price Hill) stood outside of a foreclosed home in his own neighborhood Thursday morning to fire back at U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Westwood) for an ad the Chabot campaign has begun airing that hits Driehaus on the foreclosure issue.

The Driehaus campaign pointed to his role on Gov. Ted Strickland's Foreclosure Prevention Task Force as evidence that Driehaus "has seen firsthand how foreclosed homes can have a tremendously negative impact on middle class families by dramatically lowering the value of neighboring homes, decreasing tax revenue for schools and municipal services and providing havens for crime."

"Congressman Steve Chabot has been absent for the 14 years he has been in Washington on not only the housing and foreclosure issue, but many others," Driehaus said. "Instead of launching deceptive attacks, our congressman should identify what he has actually done to help curb the housing crisis in the District.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Ohio Republican Party hit Gov. Ted Strickland for saying John McCain is mentally unstable while campaigning for Barack Obama earlier today.

Strickland, told voters in Piketon that voting for McCain would be worse than Bush because the senator from Arizona is not of sound mind after picking Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) to be vice president.

"If you elect John McCain, you're going to get exactly what you got with Bush, and maybe not as stable mentally," Strickland said, according to the Chillicothe Gazette. "Look what he's done with his VP pick."

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Ohio Republican Party hit Gov. Ted Strickland for saying John McCain is mentally unstable while campaigning for Barack Obama earlier today.

Strickland, told voters in Piketon that voting for McCain would be worse than Bush because the senator from Arizona is not of sound mind after picking Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) to be vice president.

"If you elect John McCain, you're going to get exactly what you got with Bush, and maybe not as stable mentally," Strickland said, according to the Chillicothe Gazette. "Look what he's done with his VP pick."

MINNESOTA -- Former U.S. Rep. John Kasich (R-Westerville) said Gov. Ted Strickland is man who fiddles as Ohio burns.

Kasich spoke to the Ohio Republican Party's delegation breakfast as the keynote speaker and tore into the governor, saying "he's not a leader, he's a caretaker, he's a politician," but is a nice man otherwise.

Check back for PolitickerOH.com's full story soon.

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The Ohio Republican Party struck out against Barack Obama's speech, portraying the Democratic nominee as more extreme on the economy than Gov. Ted Strickland. Chair Bill Bennett specifically called out Obama on mandatory paid sick days, which Strickland has opposed.

"Barack Obama's disastrous economic judgment was on full display tonight when he advocated for the same type of paid sick day policy that Ted Strickland recently called 'unworkable, unwieldy' and 'detrimental to Ohio's economy.'  When it comes to keeping and creating jobs here in Ohio, even Ted Strickland can't convince Barack Obama to abandon his failed plans that would put more Ohioans out of work and limit opportunity in this state.  At the end of the day, Obama's grand performance cannot mask his lack of experience and judgment to be president," Bennett said.

Gov. Ted Strickland said in a statment Barack Obama cleared the bar with Ohio voters tonight in his speech.

“Barack Obama showed Ohio and the nation tonight why he is the best choice to be America’s next president. His plan to grow the economy and create new jobs is exactly the approach we need for Ohio. Sen. Obama will be a president who stands up for Ohioans and puts our families first. Tonight, we saw that Ohio’s future lies with Barack Obama—not four more years of the same failed Bush policies under John McCain.”

Gov. Ted Strickland (D-Lisbon) responded to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) speech Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention.

“Barack Obama showed Ohio and the nation tonight why he is the best choice to be America’s next president," said Strickland in a statement. "His plan to grow the economy and create new jobs is exactly the approach we need for Ohio. Sen. Obama will be a president who stands up for Ohioans and puts our families first. Tonight, we saw that Ohio’s future lies with Barack Obama—not four more years of the same failed Bush policies under John McCain.” 

Gov. Ted Strickland was twice unable to address the nation at the Democratic National Convention this week.

Strickland's speech Tuesday, after being moved into prime-time, was not aired on several networks during the broadcast because of a commecial break.

And on Wednesday, Strickland and the Ohio delegation did not deliver its roll-call vote because the Democratic National Committee suspended the vote, at Sen. Hillary Clinton's request, and Sen. Barack Obama was nominated as the Democratic party's nominee for president by acclimation.

But had Strickland been called on to speak, this is what he would've said: