SENATE DEMS RESPOND--Sen.C.J. Prentiss, D-Cleveland, gestures as she joins Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy, D-Columbus, in reponding to Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State address, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000. Espy said that Taft's "honeymoon was over." (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)