John Kerry's Ohio Campaign

(Cleveland, OH) They're ripping down the Dennis Kucinich for President signs and posters at the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party headquarters and replacing them with John Kerry promotional materials. Some think it's about time.

"We are getting deluged with letters and phone calls from people who want to help, but it's hard to give them something to do without a field office here," said Cuyahoga County Party chairman Jimmy Dimora.

Although the Kerry campaign still has not named an Ohio campaign manager, paid staffers are setting up field operations in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Youngstown, Toledo, Akron and elsewhere.

Kerry's hired mudslingers include Jennifer Palmieri, Ohio communications director and former staffer for Bill Clinton and John Edwards, veteran Kerry campaign worker Crystal King, and Beth Leonard, who led Kerry's field operations in Iowa. Apparently, there are no plans to hire any out-of-work volunteers from the Kucinich bait bucket.

The Bush-Cheney mudslinging team is headed up by state campaign manager Bob Paduchik.