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Luck V. substance: John Engler would bomb on the comedy circuit, but he could give George Voinovich policy seminars. (Michigan governor John Engler and Ohio governor George Voinovich)

From: National Review  |  Date: 10/24/1994  |  Author: Polsby, Daniel D.

George Voinovich likes to say: There is no Republican way to run government and no Democratic way - just a right way and a wrong way. And he likes to say: I'm not liberal and I'm not conservative - just practical.

Everybody seems to like Ohio's governor. He combines the genial, self-assured bearing of a country-club Republican with the ethnic flavor of a son, or in his case grandson, of Slovenia. His political base is in one of the most Democratic areas of the country, ...

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