Brown vows to help Senate move on

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS09/611090467

Winner says he's willing to work with Republicans

COLUMBUS - ..."We owe it to the voters to immediately put bipartisan legislation on the floor," Mr. Brown said.

Exit polls reported by the Associated Press suggested pocketbooks, not partisanship, steered voters to Mr. Brown.

The polls showed the economy influenced voters' decisions more than any issue, and that Mr. Brown - whose populist campaign included calls to restructure tax codes to boost the middle class and renegotiate international trade agreements to protect American workers - won by a large margin among voters who called the economy very important to their selection.

Mr. Brown said his economic theme struck a particular chord with rural voters who have not recently voted Democratic. "That's what won," he said. "In rural areas, we did very well because of our message."


Everybody loves Mike

http://www.clevescene.com/Issues/2006-11-08/news/firstpunch.html

A day before the election, U.S. Senator Mike DeWine and a batch of yes-men were hustling votes at the Tower City Rapid station. But senators aren't known to be on a first-name basis with a concept called work. As commuters hustled to their jobs, DeWine and his entourage blocked the escalators as they handed out literature, forcing decent Americans to take the stairs.

This, it seems, didn't sit well with those whom Senator Mikey hoped to sweet talk. When DeWine stepped in front of one woman to shake her hand, she yelled, "Get out of my way, you douche! You're gonna make me miss my train!"

Apparently being a U.S. senator doesn't have the gravitas it once did.

and a voter called you a douche, the writing would be on the wall.

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you lucky douche you