Ohio: Anti-democracy at work

Swing state Ohio mocks the very idea of democracy. As it so often does, Ohio reflects a national trend: this one the plunge toward corporate one-party state governments very much at odds with what the public thinks and wants.

But even an apparently absolute moneyed take-over of the Buckeye Heartland has its limits when it comes to workers' rights.

Like far too many sibling states, Ohio's ruling superstructure -- its governor, his cabinet, the legislature and the state supreme court -- is far to the right of the voting populace.