Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Greg "No Reportee" Korte Catching Up on Mallory Move
So, Nick Spencer thinks my take on Mark Mallory's political announcement is "interesting if a little conspiratorial". (Look for more on Nick Spencer later today.) I wonder if he thinks the same thing about Greg Korte's story in today's Cincinnati Enquirer.
Vice Mayor Alicia Reece is still considering several options, including the mayor's office, said father and campaign manager Steve Reece. Other possibilities are Ohio secretary of state and Mallory's Senate seat, which comes open by term limits in 2006.That sounds an awful lot like what I wrote yesterday. There is nothing "conspiratorial" about it. Korte does have a few "new" pieces of information for a change. According to Korte, Judge Mark Painter said he probably won't enter the race if Mallory does. And David Pepper confirmed that he is exploring running and has sent out a fund raising letter.
I failed to mention two things yesterday. The first is the possibility that Catherine Barrett would move up to the State Senate and Alicia Reece would take her place in the General Assembly. This is highly unlikely for two reasons. First, Reece doesn't live in Barrett's house district, so to qualify, she would have to change addresses from Integrity Hall. (Does anybody believe she resides there?) Second, Yates isn't about to let Barrett advance to the State Senate. I don't think Mallory can pull this deal off. The second is that somebody needs to run for Hamilton County Commissioner against Pat DeWine. I can see Mallory agreeing to drop his Mayoral bid for enough cash and support to mount a campaign agaist DeWine. I can also see Reece, Pepper, or Cranley agreeing to make that part of the deal. And don't count out this scenario, Luken might feel like he can't win the Mayoral primary and gently agree to move to the County Commission if he felt like he could beat DeWine and come away looking like a "good" Democrat.
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Nate:
I think your theory is interest, but I'm just not sure I think this is a full-out game of musical chairs, at least not yet.
Actually, I do think Korte's story, and in fact, some of my own posts, are a lttle conspiratorial. that's part of the fun of politics-- figured out what scheme s are in place for people to keep power and/or move up.
So don't take it personally.
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I think your theory is interest, but I'm just not sure I think this is a full-out game of musical chairs, at least not yet.
Actually, I do think Korte's story, and in fact, some of my own posts, are a lttle conspiratorial. that's part of the fun of politics-- figured out what scheme s are in place for people to keep power and/or move up.
So don't take it personally.
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