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GOP leaders clash over Ohio House election results
Kevin DeWine, deputy chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, and state Rep. William Batchelder, R-Medina, who wants to be House minority leader, sharply disagree about one reason why Republicans lost control of the Ohio House in the Nov. 4 election.
Last week DeWine, also a state representative from Fairborn, cited a House Republic “caucus civil war” involving Batchelder and Rep. Matt Dolan, R-Novelty, as one reason the GOP lost control. Batchelder and Dolan both aspired to be Speaker but after the election Dolan said he would not seek the minority leader post.
Batchelder still is seeking the minority leader post and said on Tuesday, Nov. 11, that the decision by the caucus is expected to be made on Thursday, Nov. 13.
DeWine told reporters last week that the “civil war” “served to distract the staff, the candidates and the members from doing the task at hand.”
“They were more interested in many instances in trying to figure out their position on the totem poll and who they were best friends with than they were trying to put the resources and time and effort into electing as many Republican candidates as possible,” DeWine said.
Batchelder countered:
“I thought that was really out to lunch
“…Quite the contrary, I think we had people out there working who otherwise wouldn’t have been involved. We need to spread the responsibility for the campaign throughout the caucus.”
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By Paul
November 13, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
Civil war my patoot! GOP lost their butts across the country because of their own ineptitude. They’ve no one to blame but themselves!