Kilroy will not win. I think Pryce has moved back into line with her district (which I live in) and she will beat Kilroy by a slightly larger margin than she did in 2006. As the 4th ranking Republican Pryce was forced to pull the party line on several issues where she would normally have opposed her party. Now that she has left her leadership post she can and has been more independent. Democrats would be wiser to target Rep. Tiberi in OH-12 which is the other Columbus district. He faced a less than credible challenger in 2006 and if Democrats recruited a decent candidate this 51-49 from 2004 district would be more competitive.
As for the Wulsin v. Scmidt rematch in OH-2, who knows what will happen there. Hopefully the GOP will finally primary Scmidt out of office so the Democrats stop wasting money here. Or better yet, Paul Hackett will come back to save us all from the batlady.
But what about Paula Brooks? She seems like she'd be a very good candidate, provided she can get past Kilroy in the primary somewhat unscated.
Brooks would be an interesting candidate. She could erode some of Pryce's base in Upper Arlington which is where both women are from. Brooks served on the Upper Arlington city council from 1996-2004 and was Vice Mayor from 1998-2002. The fact hat Brooks isn't from Columbus may also help her in the rural areas of the district. Despite all that though, Pryce is a really excellent candidate for the Republicans to have and she will be tough to defeat.
