So many people are enjoying this last desperate grasp for attention.

Whole. New. Ohio.

Worst. Campaign. Ever. Idiot.

Coughlin knows he's starting from scratch on money and statewide name id. Big deal. I love it when people try to run down candidates and the expectations. Those candidates tend end up winning. Ask Hillary.

Rep

Kasich 22%
DeWine 37
Coughlin 3

On top of that, Coughlin's campaign website which states is paid for by Coughlin for Ohio, his Gubernatorial campaign organization, lists his State Senate phone number and address for contact information. Coughlin also calls the website his "online" district office, but it also features his web post announcing his Gubernatorial candidacy.

So, I called Coughlin's State Senate office and asked if they knew where his announcement was filmed. Coughlin's aide said that although the aide had not seen the announcement clip yet (since it cannot be viewed on State computers and the campaign must be separate from the official office) the aide was "pretty sure" it was filmed at the Statehouse.

So to recap, within twenty-four hours of announcing his candidacy, GOP Gubernatorial candidate Kevin Coughlin has been revealed trying to promote a completely scripted and edited announcement speech as "unscripted." He's violated Ohio's campaign finance laws by using taxpayer-provided officespace for his personal political purposes. And he's posted that video on a website that is paid by his campaign but is presented as being part of his official office, including listing his state office phone number as "contact" information for him on his gubernatorial campaign website.

Coughlin's campaign launch isn't going so well.

BTW, when will any newspaper, radio station, or television station in Ohio report on this?

Why is it that no one seems interested in the issues regarding family rights and child [so-called] "protective" services? the take kids that don't need to be taken and billions of our tax dollars each year are poured into their "care", adjudacation, etc. all the while, children are abused, neglected, molested and even killed in foster "care" at a rate much higher than in their natural homes. we don't hear the majority of it on the news [maybe once or twice every 8-10 years] and our politicians [who claim to care about our kids] never respond to questions regarding these issues. WHY does no one give a damn about what our own government agencies and judicial system is doing to our children and families with our own hard-earned tax dollars?

anyone who is interested and does give a damn, please feel free to email me at: ohiofamilyrights@ymail.com we as a state need to grow awareness and push for some serious change for the sakes of our precious children.

thanx & God bless,
lynnette

Funny. I remember another candidate about a year ago who created an air of inevitability around her. Who was that? Oh yes, Hillary!

If Alex and his little band of gays and unemployable losers really think they are a threat to Kevin Coughlin, I want what they are smoking.

Scene Magazine

Volume 15, Issue 90
Published February 7th, 2009
News Lead
Mope
Summit County Republicans Throw Themselves A Pity Party

On the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, a splinter faction of the Summit County Republican Party met in a small conference room in Akron's Four Points Sheraton to discuss plans for the future. These were members of the self-titled "New Republicans" of Summit County, the upper-class junta that tried to unseat Alex Arshinkoff in an unsuccessful coup last year.

It was a somber event, though they tried to spin their increasing irrelevance as best they could. One man stood up to explain how Obama's victory was actually a failure, since he outspent McCain, yet only won by a "small margin." The only real issue discussed was how they needed to utilize e-mail and Facebook in upcoming elections, a point somewhat lost on the mostly geriatric crowd.

The meeting was much like the Festivus tradition of "the airing of grievances," as Arshinkoff's supporters called for unity while the "New Republicans" demanded inclusion. Don Varian, a loyalist to state senator and gubernatorial candidate Kevin Coughlin, got himself in a tizzy at one point, claiming Summit County's GOP was ruled by a "clique" which he had never been asked to join, so he wouldn't let them join his club either! So there.

Finally, Coughlin stepped up. With Coughlin, a "family-values" Ÿber-conservative, you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes he'll demand green license plates for sex offenders. Sometimes he'll talk about death certificates for aborted fetuses. Sometimes, as he did with Scene, he will tell you how Arshinkoff once made a pass at him at a Republican event. But on Monday, Coughlin blamed the media. Apparently, journalists never gave local Republicans a chance because we were too busy fawning over Obama and praising Ted Strickland.

You're right, Senator. Maybe it is time for us to pay a little more attention to you. – James Renner

On the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, a splinter faction of the Summit County Republican Party met in a small conference room in Akron's Four Points Sheraton to discuss plans for the future. These were members of the self-titled "New Republicans" of Summit County, the upper-class junta that tried to unseat Alex Arshinkoff in an unsuccessful coup last year.

It was a somber event, though they tried to spin their increasing irrelevance as best they could. One man stood up to explain how Obama's victory was actually a failure, since he outspent McCain, yet only won by a "small margin." The only real issue discussed was how they needed to utilize e-mail and Facebook in upcoming elections, a point somewhat lost on the mostly geriatric crowd.

The meeting was much like the Festivus tradition of "the airing of grievances," as Arshinkoff's supporters called for unity while the "New Republicans" demanded inclusion. Don Varian, a loyalist to state senator and gubernatorial candidate Kevin Coughlin, got himself in a tizzy at one point, claiming Summit County's GOP was ruled by a "clique" which he had never been asked to join, so he wouldn't let them join his club either! So there.

Finally, Coughlin stepped up. With Coughlin, a "family-values" Ÿber-conservative, you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes he'll demand green license plates for sex offenders. Sometimes he'll talk about death certificates for aborted fetuses. Sometimes, as he did with Scene, he will tell you how Arshinkoff once made a pass at him at a Republican event. But on Monday, Coughlin blamed the media. Apparently, journalists never gave local Republicans a chance because we were too busy fawning over Obama and praising Ted Strickland.

You're right, Senator. Maybe it is time for us to pay a little more attention to you. – James Renner

Kevin is a very talented, practical and reliable elected official, who has done an excellent job serving the people of Ohio as State Senator. If you remember, Coughlin authored the bill that created Ohio's Amber Alert System and his initiatives have cracked down on sexual predators.

As for your remark that "Kevin isn't even smart enough to try to mend bridges with AA," I must say that Senator Coughlin only had the best intentions. He had the moral fiber and the courage to take on corrupt leadership within Summit County's Republican Party, in an effort to better serve the GOP and the people of Ohio.