STATE OF THE STATE--Gov. Bob Taft is greeted as he enters the House chamber, for his State of the State Address, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

STATE OF THE STATE--Gov. Bob Taft, center, and House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, right, applaud Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, during the State of the State Address, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002. Taft recongnized Finan for his 29-year legislative career that concludes this year. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

HERE STANDS HAGAN--Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tim Hagan stands near a plaque titled "Here Stood Lincoln," as he listens to the Democratic legislative response to Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State Address, at the Ohio Statehouse,in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE--Democratic gubenatorial candidate Tim Hagan gestures as he responds to Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State Address, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002. Also seen are from left: incomming Senate minority leader Gary DiDonato, D-New Philadelphia, outgoing Senate minority leader Leigh Herington, D-Ravenna, and House minority leader Dean DePiero, D-Parma. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

INTERESTED SPECTATORS--Attorney General Betty Montgomery is joined by Sen. Jay Hottinger, R-Newark, left, and Sen. Randy Gardner, R-Bowling Green, as they look down on Democrats from the balcony of the atrium, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002. The Dems were responding to Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State Address. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)