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Strickland appoints Nancy Hardin Rodgers to be A.G.
- Filed under: Ohio Government
- Date: May 28,2008
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced this morning that he has appointed Ohio State School of Law Professor Nancy Hardin Rodgers to be the interim Attorney General of the State of Ohio. Rodgers will serve out the remaining term until the special election in November. I think it was smart for Governor Strickland not to make a partisan appointment to the position and to allow an open seat race to replace Dann. It is another reflection of the new tone Governor Strickland has brought to Columbus.
I don't agree with what Kyle wrote here. See the first comment.
3 Responses for "Strickland appoints Nancy Hardin Rodgers to be A.G."
It was smart politically to do it. They obviously dont want to appoint Cordray to the seat and then have an election for the open Treasurers Office as well. That is about politics. It is still an "open seat" race in November if she doesn't run.
What new tone are you talking about. Can you cite other examples? I can't really cite anything they have even accomplished in Columbus since the takeover let alone discuss examples of a new tone.
This is nothing against Rodgers (a Democrat) - but this is all partisan. They have known for sometime now that they were probably going to have make a decision of some kind here once the Dann story broke. You can bet everything was thought in terms of November and they waited to figure out exactly how everything would look in November and probably even did some polling. Rogers' role as AG head is to try and clean up the reputation of the office while getting no negative headlines like the previous occupant, laying positive groundwork for the Democrat that is the new nominee for the office.
And it is fine to do this from a political standpoint…I am not saying it isn't…….but this not about "setting a new tone" or something like that. It is about trying to keep statewide offices in your column.
Taft was a terrible governor but Strickland has done not a whole lot of note. As of now I am not quite sure what he would run a re-election campaign based on?
A not be taft
B nothing else
C no school reform
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