Ohio: Making a Frisch Start

National Journal: The Hotline

Ex-Paul Hackett spokesperson/ex-House Rules Minority Cmte spokesperson Karl Frisch “is the new press secretary” for the DSCC. “Frisch will speak for the committee on behalf of senate races throughout the country,” including OH. Frisch: “I’ll be working my tail off to get all our (Dem) candidates elected…including Sherrod Brown” (Naymik, Cleveland Plain Dealer blog 3/27).

March 28, 2006 | Filed Under DSCC, News Mentions | Comment 

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Hackett Supporter to Praise Brown

By Mark Naymik

Paul Hackett, the Iraq veteran who quit his bid for the U.S. Senate because he believed he couldn’t get by fellow Democrat Sherrod Brown, has yet to say anything nice about his onetime opponent.

But Hackett’s former spokesman, Karl Frisch, will have to start praising the congressman today.

Frisch, who once referred to Brown as “more of the same,” is the new press secretary for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which helps promote and defend the party’s senate candidates.

Frisch will speak for the committee on behalf of senate races throughout the country, including Ohio.

UPDATE: Frisch talks, and sure enough:

“I’ll be working my tail off to get all of our Democratic candidates elected to the U.S. Senate, including Sherrod Brown. Ohio needs him in the Senate.”

March 27, 2006 | Filed Under DSCC, News Mentions | Comment 

Cleveland Plain Dealer: DeWine and Bush Mug It Up

By Mark Naymik

U.S. Senator Mike DeWine, who’s been stressing his independence despite voting 92 percent of the time with President Bush, conveniently missed opportunities to be seen with the president during his last two public appearances in Ohio.

But the two-term senator, who faces a tough re-election battle this year, mugged with the president at his February fundraiser in Cincinnati. You can see the DeWine and the president here and a bunch of others here. (Hat tip: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.) See them before they’re scrubbed.

“They may not have been able to afford the $10,000 price of admission, but with the click of a mouse, the hardworking men and women of Ohio can finally see what voting with the President 92% of the time got Mike DeWine… lots and lots of money,” said DSCC spokesman Karl Frisch.

March 27, 2006 | Filed Under DSCC, News Mentions | Comment