For Ohio Democrats, Marc Dann is like chewing gum, or worse, that gets stuck on the bottom of your shoe.  With over $300k still in the bank, ol’ “Sticky” Dann won’t be going away anytime soon.  As far the race to fill out the balance of Dann’s term, who do you think is grumpier over Sticky’s latest move – the Jeopardy champ Rich Cordray (that’s him in the middle), or the corruption busting former Federal prosecutor Mike Crites?

And for Sticky D – it’s not like his credibility is at stake in all of this – that’s already shot.  We say keep the accounts open, raise money, and run for office in 2010 – you can rehab your image.  Clearly Eliot Spitzer’s and Paul Morrison’s rehab strategies aren’t working for them yet – you’re smarter – you can make a comeback baby!

From the Columbus Dispatch:

Former Attorney General Marc Dann spent nearly the equivalent of a year’s salary in his unsuccessful bid to weather a sexual-harassment scandal, but don’t count him out of political life just yet.

The 46-year-old Democrat has filed paperwork with the secretary of state’s office to run again in 2010. While that doesn’t commit Dann to seeking a new term, it does allow him to continue raising and spending money from his campaign fund.

Campaign-finance reports filed yesterday show that Dann billed his campaign fund for trips even after stepping down May 14 when sexual-harassment allegations involving an aide mushroomed into a scandal and an impeachment threat.

After leaving office, Dann billed his campaign for a drive to Cincinnati, a meal in Chicago, a cab ride in New York and a meal in Philadelphia. In addition, he billed the campaign to attend a conference of state attorneys general in Rhode Island in June.

While the sexual-harassment scandal mostly dried up Dann’s fundraising, a few dollars trickled in during his final weeks in office. State Rep. Armond D. Budish, D-Beachwood, gave $5,000 on May 7, five days after Dann admitted an affair with his 28-year-old scheduler. Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, a former state legislator, chipped in $100 on June 7.

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