Statement on Fisher, Brunner Senate candidacies

(Columbus) - Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine issued the following statement today regarding the announced U.S. Senate candidacies of Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner:

"I can't think of two more unimpressive candidates than Lee Fisher and Jennifer Brunner.  Mr. Fisher brings to the table a dismal record of accomplishment as Ohio's lieutenant governor.  He was hired with the sole responsibility of creating jobs and helping to turn around Ohio's economy, yet in two short years he's managed to preside over the state's largest economic downturn in a generation.  

Jennifer Brunner offers nothing more than a widely criticized record of rabid partisanship and poor judgment.  She represents the kind of politics that her own party's standard bearer promised to change in Washington.  It's fitting that she wants to go to Capitol Hill just as her Democratic colleagues are preparing to shower millions of taxpayer dollars on her election fraud cronies at ACORN.  Brunner's excessive waste of taxpayer dollars to fund the radical agenda of a far-left band of election conspiracy theorists should fit right in with a Senate that knows no excess.

Ohioans want a leader who's respected on both sides of the political aisle and who offers a record of leadership on the economic issues impacting our state every day.  They want a senator with experience who understands our greatest economic challenges and knows what needs to be done to meet them head on.  Neither Lee Fisher nor Jennifer Brunner can offer those skills, but I'm confident that we will provide a candidate in November of 2010 who can."