Coming Up Short

In this kind of situation one can only ask, "Could I have done more? Could those ten extra calls have made a difference?"

Peter Corrigan only lost  to Dennis Kucinich by nine points. That is a significant advancement. The best so far! We have moved the ball forward ten yards! ... actually, in these parts, that was a ten yard throw and thirty extra yards of run after the catch! A Corrigan win would have been big national news. I guess the rest of the country knows that Ohio's Grand Canyon of liberal acolytes is located on a swath from Cleveland, to Akron, to Youngstown. It's a tough place to forward conservative ideals. 

It was great to meet Mr. Corrigan. This is a super intelligent guy and a thoughtful individual. You sense that he is good hearted guy when you shake his hand. I suppose that this trait is the one thing that turns anyone into a natural politician. But Corrigan is not a "shake your hand, grab your elbow with his other hand" kind of politician. Not at all.

I appreciated his opinion on the repatriation of foreign earned profits. It's been all in the news that corporations like Google keep their foreign earned profits overseas. If they were to bring that money back, it would be heavily taxed. That money could be invested here in jobs and recapitalization. Instead, it gets parked overseas. The new House should slash the repatriation penalty down from whatever it is now down to five percent for two years.

It's too bad that Ganley, a pro business candidate lost to Betty Sutton. It's too bad that Corrigan, a pro business candidate, lost to the left wing statist Dennis Kucinich. This Northeast Ohio area is downright backward thinking. The word progressive is one of those nice sounding words with dubious underpinnings. You have been talked into a giant lie. Has the water been spiked around here?

Question to Peter Corrigan

Several years after FDR died, we passed a constitutional amendment limiting the terms of the presidency. As a citizen, observing the clear abuse of power by the current congress, I cannot accept unlimited terms in the house and senate. The congress people should be temporary stewards, not legacies of corruption. Will you  commit to getting the ball rolling (again) toward a constitutional amendment limiting the terms of congressmen, congresswomen, and senators?

Dedication

This blog is dedicated to the defeat of Dennis Kucinich in November of 2010. His opponent is going to be either Peter Corrigan, or Thomas Olschlager