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RNC Chair Update Boehner Update Husted UpdateLINKS:
ONN: "Ohio Lawmakers Tackle Budget" -- Budget SCOOOOOORES! Middletown Journal: "There's a SLIMMER sheriff in town" -- Slow news day in Middletown...but I'll give our beloved Sheriff Jones a shout out and an "Atta Boy!" Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Ohio Medicaid audit: some work done, some left to do" -- Mary Taylor is doing a fine job. It was about time we had a CPA as Auditor... More from Columbus Dispatch here. ONN: "Cuyahoga Sheriff Raises Pay For Niece, Friends Amid Layoffs" -- Name That Party!OTHER STUFF:
AP News Alert:Minn. board certifies results showing Democrat Al Franken winning Senate recount.
The joke is on America... AP News Alert:Transition official: Obama picks former Clinton aide Leon Panetta as CIA director.
What? Sandy Berger wasn't available? (Thank you...you know who you are...for that one!)COMING ATTRACTIONS:
Another update on the HB57 fiasco in the Ohio Senate...MEANWHILE, IN THE US SENATE...
Jim DeMint is re-introducing the Broadcaster Freedom Act (our senior senator, george Voinovich, was an original co-sponsor) at some point today. As usual, Republicans are standing for free speech and Democrats are doing their best to crush it.OPEN THREAD IN THE COMMENTS...
