North Central Ohio Conservatives, Inc.

Last evening was a first for North Central Ohio Conservatives when they hosted Tom Ganley, candidate for United States Senate from the Great State of Ohio.  As a group organized to educate, I think it provided a wonderful opportunity to ask personal in-depth questions of a man who wants to go to Washington DC.

I am interested in hearing everyone's opinions as to where they believe he fell on the issues.  Here are some of my initial thoughts on what I think I heard when he was discussing some of the issues:

1.  Second Amendment - Almost perfect.  One of the first concealed carry license holder's in the State of Ohio and would not support limiting gun sales, ammunition sales, etc.

2.  Military - Almost perfect.  If we go to war, let them fight with everything we have, or don't send them.

3.  Illegal Immigration - Almost perfect.  We need to close our borders, send home the illegals we find, and fine the employers who hire them.

4.  Health Care - Almost perfect.  Not surprised to hear him say he was against the current bill.  However, there was no follow-up as to what if any changes need to be made - i.e. tort reform.  He did talk about opening up competition across state lines; however, if this a federal issue or a state issue?

5.  Taxes - Needs work.  At the begining of the night I think I heard him say we need to start lowering taxes but they need to stay in order to pay off the debt.  I think he also said something about employers getting tax credits if they re-hire people laid off, hire new people, or bring back jobs that were out sourced to foreign countries.  Later in the evening I thought I heard him say something about supporting a flat tax and eliminating a great portion of the IRS.

6.  Education - Needs work.  I think he really stumbled around his position on "no child left behind".  I think a true conservative would have said it is a state issue and the federal government should stay out of it.  We didn't get into a discussion on vouchers, etc.

7.  Balanced Budget - Almost perfect.  Because he is  a successful businessman, I think he conveyed the need to have a balanced budget.  However, he said he would support a Constitutional Amendment mandating the same.  Do we really need to amend the US Constitution to accomplish this?

8.  First Amendment - Almost perfect.  I think he has strong belief that God should be in our government, but no one's freedom of speech should be limited due to differing opinions.

Those are just some of my opinions on what I think I heard on some of the issues that stuck out to me. 

I think my greatest disappointment was to hear that he hadn't read the 5000 Year Leap.