There's something to be said for a slightly irreverent, punchy writing style when it comes to reporting political developments in an online news venture. But is conjuring up the image of Ohio as flyover country a way to endear outside-the-Beltway readers to The Politico?
In "Flyover states lose another Republican," writers Josh Kraushaar and John Bresnahan see trouble for the GOP in the 2008 congressional races with the retirement of Rep. David Hobson.:
A nine-term member of Congress, Hobson, 70, announced his plans to retire Sunday. “I wanted to go out on top,” said Hobson, who said his health is good. In a telephone interview with Politico, he said he had been thinking about retiring for quite a while and “almost did not run last year.”
Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) will now face questions over the fact that three of the 12 Republicans (Hobson, Ralph Regula and Deborah Pryce) who have announced their retirement this year come from the Buckeye State, Boehner’s home.
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Grounded
October 16, 2007 - 00:30 ET by nkviking75If we Red Staters are in "flyover states", that makes us the ones with our feet on the ground.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Wow
October 16, 2007 - 02:21 ET by well99What part of 70 years old dont they understand?As far as fly over states well I happen to live in one..Thank God.As soon as I get a lobotomy and slobber cup I will go the left coast.
As soon as I get a lobotomy
October 16, 2007 - 09:33 ET by drillanwrAs soon as I get a lobotomy and slobber cup I will go the left coast.
OMG!!! You just explained Chris Matthews!
FLY OVER LAND...
October 16, 2007 - 03:59 ET by danybhoyI guess if you don't hang out in the Northeast, the Beltway, SoCal, or the Bay Area, you don't matter. The worst of what America has to offer come from these locals. I guess I would'nt care about being told I live in Fly Over Land, I do. I'm in Minnesota. But their corrupting influence is ruining things here too. The sad thing is, they ruin an area, usually big cities. Take Washington DC, years/decades of a corrupt, often criminal, demacrat controlled city gov't has made DC a crap hole. Those who are responsable for the policies that cause this then move to the suburbs. Northern VA is fairly liberal now because they are fleeing what they ruined in DC. This is happening everywhere, including my area here in the TwinCities, & needs to be stopped.
"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise" Mark Levin
Same
October 16, 2007 - 04:06 ET by well99All those crazy liberals from Cali are coming North to screw things up.They have dumped on Cali now time to screw some place else up.
From Flyover Country...
October 16, 2007 - 09:15 ET by inquiringmindGo Bucks and Go Indians!!!!
If I may add... Go
October 16, 2007 - 14:29 ET by stratmanIf I may add... Go Brownies!
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
Ohio
October 16, 2007 - 09:16 ET by Jason AslingerWe may be "flyover" country - but my state decides the presidency every four years. Next year, the guys at Politico will be in their offices pulling for their candidate, while I will be out making a difference in the state that will decide the presidency.