Its not just dems using noe, rep challengers in primaries are using Noe.
Last week, Republican Sandra O'Brien said GOP state Treasurer Jennette Bradley failed to take steps to avoid the rare-coin scandal - a charge that Ms. Bradley's spokesman called "outright erroneous." Ms. O'Brien's gambit echoed attacks using Mr. Noe launched by Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell against his opponent in the GOP gubernatorial primary, Attorney General Jim Petro.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060327/NEWS09/603270324'In races large and small, the questions swirling around him - influence-peddling, integrity, and honesty - are forcing candidates to address whether they are connected to the scandal or how they would govern differently if elected Nov. 7'
"This is one of those things that strikes to the core of real people; it is something that they understand,'' said Jennifer Duffy, who analyzes U.S. Senate races for the Washington-based Cook Political Report. "There are some scandals that people do not understand. I don't know if people understood Iran-Contra. But this, involving losses in a fund for injured workers, goes to their pocketbooks."
John McClelland, a spokesman for the Ohio Republican Party, predicted that if Democrats "continue to make this election about Tom Noe and the culture of corruption they say is floating around Columbus, they will lose and lose miserably."
