I Think the Worst Option Would Be a Democrat

Kasich Republican J.D. Vance: The Worst Option in Ohio's Senate Race – PJ Media

Most polls have shown upwards of a third of likely voters are undecided, with Mandel in the lead, Vance trailing behind him, and everyone else laboring in single digits. Donald Trump won Ohio by 8 points last November, so candidates have been pandering for Trump’s endorsement with varying degrees of desperation.

From 2012-2016, I worked full-time covering Ohio policy fights from a conservative viewpoint – I spent years highlighting the pluses of labor reform and the minuses of Gov. John Kasich’s Medicaid expansion. My opinion, for what it’s worth, is that the worst Republican Senate candidate is the pro-union, pro-Obamacare technocrat advised by Kasich’s longtime enforcer.

Vance has his flaws, but he is still a Republican. He might be the worst Republican candidate, but a Democrat in this seat would be far worse. This is Rob Portman’s seat, so having a Democrat in it would be a loss.

Nothing to See Here, Move Along

Attempted breach of Ohio county election network draws FBI and state scrutiny – HotAir

Federal and state investigators are examining an attempt to breach an Ohio county’s election network that bears striking similarities to an incident in Colorado earlier this year, when government officials helped an outsider gain access to the county voting system in an effort to find fraud.

Data obtained in both instances were distributed at an August “cyber symposium” on election fraud hosted by MyPillow executive Mike Lindell, an ally of former president Donald Trump who has spent millions of dollars promoting false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

I’m sure they were just doing it for fun. There was no intent to cause any election fraud here. And the fact that the same thing has occurred in both Ohio and Colorado is not at all worrisome. No need to suspect that this might be part of an organized effort to take down multiple states.

Everything will be fine. Don’t worry.

I Think This Makes 3. 47 More to Go.

Ohio School Board Association Blasts National Group For Labeling ‘Parents As Domestic Terrorists,’ Pulls Membership | The Daily Wire

Every single state needs to do this.

The Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) Board of Trustees voted to end its affiliation with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) after the latter requested a federal crackdown on recent “threats” to school board members.

“The Board of Trustees’ decision was prompted by NSBA’s recent letter to President Joe Biden requesting federal intervention at local school board meetings,” OSBA Chief Executive Officer Rick Lewis said in a statement.

The OSBA’s move is the latest in a wave of criticism and backlash against the NSBA over the letter, which the national organization apologized for last week. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association was the first state-level group to rescind its membership to the NSBA on October 14.

Really the entire leadership of the NSBA needs to resign and be replaced. Only one has so far. That’s not enough.

But at least the states can do something about it. We need much more like this.