ProgressOhio

An article in today's Dayton Daily News features ProgressOhio as one of many liberal groups holding Senator George Voinovich accountable for saying one thing and voting for another.

Liberals have been criticizing Voinovich for saying he wants U.S. troop withdrawal in Iraq and then voting the opposite way weeks later.

But the criticism doesn't end there: Voinovich has to face criticism within his own party, too. Conservatives call Voinovich a "turncoat" for his hesitations about the war.

From the Dayton Daily News:

Voinovich under fire from both left, rightSenator called 'turncoat' by conservatives; liberals say he hasn't backed up anti-war stance.

By Jessica Wehrman

Staff Writer

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

WASHINGTON — — Sen. George Voinovich's next re-election campaign isn't for three years, but political opponents from both sides of the aisle are lining up to take their shots.

Liberal groups including MoveOn.org and Americans United For Change are banding together to criticize Ohio's senior senator for continuing to vote with fellow Republicans despite speaking out in July against the war in Iraq.

Other groups, including the liberal ProgressOhio, which has a grant from Americans United, have staged candlelight vigils outside his Ohio offices. Their refrain is that he talks one way but votes another.

He's been lambasted by conservative commentator Sean Hannity, whose July interview with Voinovich on the immigration issue ended when a flustered and frustrated Voinovich hung up the phone. Melanie Morgan of the conservative Move America Forward, referred to Voinovich as a "turncoat" for his hesitations on the war.

The conservatives' line: Voinovich isn't the true-blue conservative they would like for him to be.