Thursday, August 16, 2007
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
 Photo courtesy of here.
Bill Sloat at The Daily Bellwether has of Phil Heimlich’s crappy campaign web page for his congressional run against incumbent Jean Schmidt. According to Sloat’s analysis, Heimlich has spent too much time touting his anti-gay past, and not enough time taking stands on current issues important to Republican primary voters in Ohio’s 2nd District. Is Heimlich waffling, trying to sniff out the political winds instead of being the leader he hopes to make voters think he can become?
From The Bellwether:
For now, Heimlich is stuck in the past. He’s not speaking directly about national issues that face Congress. Eventually he’ll have to describe his stands on matters such as ethics, global warming, energy prices—and the war. Overall, Heimlich probably did a poor job of introducing his Congressional campaign to Web audiences. He mouthed old themes about old subjects, and offered nothing new at all. Indeed, he doesn’t sound significantly different than Schmidt—except for one important fact. She’s been loyal to the President, and has stuck with him during an increasingly unpopular war. That stand may aid her in the Republican primary because the polls consistently show a majority of party members agree with Bush. Heimlich’s Website could hurt because he didn’t say what his position was from the very beginning—Schmidt’s supporters can accuse him of dodging, weaving or testing the wind. Indeed, if you read Heimlich’s Web site, you wouldn’t even know there is a war going on.
I think that final point is Sloat’s most insightful. How can Phil Heimlich be so disconnected that he would run for national office and not even mention the most significant thing happening on the national political stage at the moment?
We know, however, that Phil was pro-war at least as recently as the summer of 2006: he sat on a stage in Blue Ash, right next to Jean Schmidt, holding a pro-Israel sign at a rally supporting the war. (I think we have a picture of him on stage, though, as I tried to get close enough for a good shot, some crazy Rabbi decided to try and tackle me because I had a sign quoting Moses. Who knew Rabbis hated the words of Moses?)
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