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“The Reverend” Ted Strickland (he’s a Governor to you know) doesn’t want to make the same mistakes New York’s Democrat Governor Eliot Spitzer made by doing something to potentially foul up the Presidential campaign of one of his allies (and maybe his chances of being the Dem Veep nominee).

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Things are numbingly slow at the Ohio Statehouse these days and politics can help explain why.Speaker Jon Husted (HYOO’-stehd) blames a lull in the Ohio House on Governor Strickland. Husted says the Democratic governor aspires to be the next vice president and accuses him of spending too much time on national politics and too little time bettering Ohio.

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This is a perfect example of why state and local Democrats CONTINUE to come up short on illegal immigration. Their first reaction is to make a cheap political point here and there – blame the current Presidential Administration, and hope for the best.  Democrat’s like Virginia’s Governor Tim Kaine, and New York’s Governor Eliot Spitzer (he finally got the message, only after negatively impacting Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign), have completely and thoroughly abdicated their responsibility to lead on this issue. Thank goodness the nation has leaders at the state and local level, leaders like Virginia GOP Delegate Dave Albo, Tennessee’s House Republican Glen Casada, and Colorado’s Republican House Leader Mike May who understand that illegal immigration is an issue that must be dealt with – regardless of what your political leaders tell you.

“I expect the governor will reject it,” said Albo, who helped the GOP make illegal immigration a campaign issue this fall. “He has consistently said he does not want to give [that] authority to state police.”Kaine’s position has not changed, said Gordon Hickey, the governor’s press secretary. “His position has been clear: The commonwealth is doing all it can,” Hickey said Tuesday. “It is not the commonwealth’s job to pick up the slack for the federal government.”

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On just what planet is the Democrat Governor residing on this issue? Talk about stubborn.  You know who’s been remarkably silent on this issue?  Democrat A.G. Andrew Cuomo.  You’d think he’d want to get in front of this issue in his run up to the primary campaign against Spitzer in 2010.

ALBANY – Senate Republicans yesterday returned to the state Capitol and sought to stop a new state Department of Motor Vehicles policy that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.In a direct rebuke of Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the Senate passed legislation that would require a Social Security number or other proof of legal status to obtain a driver’s license.

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