PROUD HUSBAND--Gov. Bob Taft aknowledges his wife Hope during his State of the State address, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000. Also seen are Senate president Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, and House speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R-Reynoldsburg. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

STATE OF THE STATE--Gov. Bob Taft gestures as he delivers his State of the State address, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000. Taft emphasized education and technology in his second report to the state. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE--Brittany Smith, a third grader at Chambers Elementary School, in East Cleveland, speaks about the importance of education during Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State address, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

HOUSE DEMS RESPOND--House Minority Leader Jack Ford, D-Toledo, reponds to Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State address, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

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)