...but not in Ohio, where it is business as usual up in Columbus.From the AP:
A growing number of Republican voters are frustrated by congressional spending and scandal, according to GOP leaders from across the country who worry that an "enthusiasm deficit" could cost the party control of Congress in November.Perhaps Ohio GOP will get a memo about this at some point...
Some rank-and-file Republicans wonder what happened to the party that promised to reform Washington after taking control of Congress in 1994 for the first time in 40 years.
"We've seen the enemy, and he is us," said Tom Rath, a Republican National Committee member from New Hampshire describing the sentiments of some GOP voters. "We have to get back to the basics. Let's talk about small government and reduced spending, and don't let the Democrats take those issues."
"I hear a lot of concern about increased spending and the need to reduce it — talk about getting back to the basics," said Kate Obenshain Griffin, chairwoman of the Virginia Republican Party.
