SOS candidate makes debut in Democratic podcast

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern previewed a new podcast and other video and audio on his internet web site today.

The party's media center is at: http://www.ohiodems.org/ht/d/sp/i/726198/pid/726198

Its debut video features Jennifer Brunner, former Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge and a candidate for secretary of state.

Brunner used the opportunity to criticize Secretary of State Ken Blackwell for his office's posting of Social Security numbers on business records.

The Enquirer first reported the widespread breach in usually private information Wednesday.

"I'll protect Ohioans' private information just as I'll protect their right to vote,'' Brunner says on the video.

Blackwell said Ohio law must be changed before he can remove the numbers from the Uniform Commercial Code filings.

"By having both audio and video on our website, it further enhances our availability to get our message out to the public,'' Redfern said in a prepared statement. "It will give us a vehicle to communicate to the public and media while we discuss ways to set a new direction for a state buried in the culture of corruption and failed policies."

The audio postings are in an MP3 format, so they can be downloaded by radio stations.

Actually, Brunner's podcast was making the rounds all over the internet Monday. If you searched for Blackwell-related news, you found Brunner's video posted on this Upper Arlington political site: http://www.uaprogressiveaction.com/ as well as on the so-called Blue Buckeye Blog, the "official blog" of the state Democratic Party: http://theohiodemocraticparty.typepad.com/my_weblog/