Ohio’s Democrat Attorney General Marc Dann is having a hard time
matching his campaign trail rhetoric with his record as an office holder.

About
a third of the lawyers that Attorney General Marc Dann has brought on to
represent the state have donated to his political campaigns, a Dispatch analysis shows.

Of the 151 lawyers green-lighted by
Dann as part of a new process designed to end "pay-to-play" in the
awarding of legal contracts, 51 have given to Dann's campaigns for state Senate
and attorney general, according to information provided by the attorney general's
office this week. Their political contributions to Dann, a Democrat, total
$29,814.

Also, 18 of the lawyers have donated
to the Ohio Democratic Party and Democratic campaign funds since 2005, the
analysis of campaign-finance data found. Their party contributions total
$71,230 since 2005.

Dann ran last year on a platform of ridding state government of political corruption. Among other things, he accused former attorneys general Betty D. Montgomery and Jim Petro, both Republicans, of trading legal contracts for campaign contributions.

Read on in the Columbus
Post Dispatch’s piece to see how truly blind and bi-partisan
these awards are.

Can you imagine if his campaign rhetoric matched his governing
rhetoric – he never would’ve won election.  Oh well –
the cameras continue to roll.