Ohio Democrats gearing up for 2006

Paul Miller, who not only runs Northwest Ohio Net (one of my favorite places for Ohio news) has an article linked above from the Williams County Democratic Dinner where many of the hopefuls for State-wide races attended.

In addition to the above linked news article Paul has written his thoughts/impressions on the event.

I also believe Paul is especially correct with this statement and found the quotes interesting:

To me, this encapsulates the challenge Democrats will face in next year’s general election. Republican office-seekers have already developed their various platforms to move the state forward and are out selling those ideas. Democrats seem trapped in recrimination mode. One speaker, gubernatorial candidate Bryan Flannery, addressed this directly:

“(Democrats have) gotten good at describing the problem, but we need to get better at describing the solution.”

U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown, hoping to challenge Sen. Mike DeWine next fall, agreed.

“Democrats deserve to win only when we provide those kinds of solutions.”

I've already pretty much gone on record as stating I believe Paul Hackett would be a better candidate against Mike Dewine, but I found that comment from Sherrod Brown to be one I can agree with.

Paul, while he leans more Republican/Conservative does a very good job at providing the facts and the commentary on this event that are especially thought provoking.