DeWine, Brown final debate likely to be a rehash
2006-10-27
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
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rss feedBoth men use lines right out of their parties' playbooks, both give selective answers, and both stump the public by citing conflicting facts, figures and accusations that can't all be true.
Sen. Mike DeWine and his re-election opponent, Rep. Sherrod Brown, face off in their fourth and final debate today at the City Club of Cleveland. Based on their previous debates, each is likely to portray the other as extreme, asleep on the job or absent from it, and beholden to special interests.
Here, then, is a guide to probable plays, passes and tackles from two guys playing for keeps.
Tuition tax deduction: Brown, the Democrat, accuses DeWine, the Republican, of focusing on tax breaks for the rich to the exclusion of helping families with tuition. His proof: The Republican Congress left town without extending the expiring tuition tax deductions that help families afford college.
Congress did just that. It also left a majority of spending bills unpassed. It must come back after the Nov. 7 election and take up these issues. No one expects the tuition deduction to die.
DeWine notes that Brown voted against this very tuition tax deduction in 2001. That's true - because it was part of a tax package that, Brown said, disproportionately benefited the rich.
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