Mehlman: Democratic Party only offers fear

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Mehlman: Democratic Party only offers fear

WHEELING - Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman told Republicans in Wheeling Wednesday that today's Democratic Party "isn't your grandfather's Democratic Party" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 1940s.

Democrats "used to tell people you have nothing to fear but fear itself," Mehlman said. "Now they have nothing to offer but fear itself."
Mehlman was the featured speaker at the Ohio County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner at Oglebay Park's Wilson Lodge.

His presence in West Virginia was thought by most political insiders to indicate the importance the RNC places on the state as the 2006 and 2008 elections near. Of special interest to Republicans is the race involving the re-election of long-time U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va. To defeat Byrd, state Republicans know money is needed. The most recent campaign finance reports show the West Virginia Republican Party is $202,000 in debt following last year's gubernatorial elections.