COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A Democratic political consultant is
questioning why Governor Strickland and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown
voted against impeaching President Clinton, but are now seeking to
force out state Attorney General Marc Dann.

Consultant Jerry Austin of Cleveland notes that Strickland and Brown both voted against impeaching President Clinton while they
were serving in the U.S. House 10 years ago.

Like Clinton, Dann is a Democrat who has admitted to an
extramarital affair with a subordinate and is being challenged for
inconsistent statements made under oath.

Austin says every case is different and perhaps Strickland and
Brown should be asked what the difference is in this case.

Congress impeached Clinton, as Democrats are now threatening to
do to Dann. Clinton, who was subsequently acquitted in the Senate,
never resigned.

Meanwhile, Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted says lawmakers determining whether Attorney General Marc Dann should be impeached over a sex scandal need help from an unlikely source: the attorney general himself.

Husted said Wednesday the House isn't equipped to investigate
whether Dann has committed any impeachable offenses. He says it
would be helpful if Dann appointed an independent investigator to
review all the information from the scandal.

Dann, the state's top attorney, admitted an extramarital affair with an employee that he said contributed to an atmosphere in his office that led to sexual harassment claims against an aide.

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