Recent events have brought security concerns to the political arena and Ohio's 1st District, where Republican incumbent Steve Chabot is in a tight race with Demcratic challenger John Cranley. Cranley got a boost Friday with a visit from Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, considered a potential 2008 Presidential candidate. Dan Sewell of the Associated Press reports for The Cincinnati Post:
"My opponent is not willing to tell George Bush and this administration to do a better job of protecting this country," Cranley said.
Chabot said he has a solid record of supporting efforts to strengthen national security and has advocated upgrading and expanding airport screening. He said the fact that this week's plot in Britain to blow up U.S.-bound planes was uncovered shows progress in anti-terrorism intelligence."It's unfortunate that once again, Mr. Cranley is playing politics even with something as important as our national security," Chabot said.
National security as an issue in this year's congressional campaigns has taken on a new focus this week in the aftermath of the foiled plot.
Read the rest at the link above, as Sewell relates similar crossfire in the Senate race between DeWine and Brown.
Cook Political Report rates this contest as "Lean Republican."
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