Heimlich's future
Hamilton County Commissioner Phil Heimlich announced Monday he wouldn't run for lieutenant governor, choosing insteadchoosing to run for re-election as commissioner.
But that doesn't mean, Heimlich admitted, he will remain commissioner.
"Eventually, in the future I would like to serve at a higher level," Heimlich said, "whether it is for state-wide or other offices."
Heimlich wouldn't comment on questions about him possibly trying to take the Second Congressional seat from fellow Republican Jean Schmidt, of Miami Township.
Schmidt's short term in office has been highlighted by national criticism for her comments about 17-term Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a decorated Marine veteran of Vietnam. After Murtha called for President George Bush to start pulling troops from Iraq, Schmidt suggested that "cowards cut and run. Marines never do."
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at 5:03 AM, January 18, 2006 
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Post a Comment*The Heimlich story being told by the Petro/Heimlich camp is, as usual in politics, a story of spin and non-truths. The truth: Heimlich added nothing to the Petro ticket in that Blackwell has overwhelming support in Hamilton County and in this part of the state. Heimlich hasn't campaigned for Petro much at all. Petro has a personal dislike of Heimlich (easy to understand if you know the difficult jerk that Phil can be). The Petro-Heimlich marriage was doomed from the start.
What impact does this have on the Petro campaign? Probably little. Petro is running a solid second and even after a million dollars of advertising, he still trails Blackwell.
This race is Blackwell's to lose and Petro's running mate will have little noticeable impact on the race.
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