O-H-I-O (good news)
Although many things are possible, Ohio remains the most likely state to determine the winner of the 2012 presidential election. Nate Silver lists it as by far the most likely tipping point state: the...
View ArticleGFHC: Rural Georgia, the 1950s, and Sherrod Brown
Genealogy doesn't just trace our ancestors, it also describes the history, family by family, of our country, and tells the story of how we became the people we are. I'm taking some license this time,...
View ArticleThis week in the War on Voting: The costs of voter ID
The American Federation of Government Employees Voter Protection Coordinator Mark Vinson details the union’s voter protection campaign and the need for all Americans to have an opportunity to vote. He...
View ArticleThe last time a Republican won the Presidency without winning ?
When was the last time a Republican won the Presidency without winning Florida ? or without winning Ohio ? or without winning Virginia ? Test your own historical / political knowledge - guess before...
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WYFP: ALL THE THINGS edition
WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think...
View ArticleSevere Weather Possible Tuesday, Discussion To Allay Fears
Given the large amount of hype racing through the Facebook/Twitterverse about the possibility of another "d word" Tuesday, I figured I would weigh in and lay out a few scenarios about what could...
View ArticleLoss for Labor CWA's Seth Rosen RIP
Seth Rosen, a old friend and a great organizer, died tragically on Friday July 20th. Seth drowned off Ocracoke Island in North Carolina while vacationing with his wife Kathi Thomas Rosen. Seth was...
View ArticleCo-chair of Ohio Women for Mitt didn’t vote for Romney
According to reports from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Mitt Romney will launch Ohio Women for Mitt tomorrow. This comes as Romney faces a massive 20-point gender gap in the latest Ohio poll. So who did...
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ALEC, the Koch Led CABAL & "The Amicus Project" - Fed Court Interference
This is a lengthy post. We cut it down and took out sections we intend to include in subsequent Exposé's on ALEC and in so doing realized that the single issue of ALEC's interference in our judiciary...
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Obama Nightly News: the wait for 1 complete final tax return from Willard...
Welcome Friends ! Thank you so much for visiting our Obama Nightly News© ! It is Voter Registration Tuesday ! Our states for registration today are Nevada, North Carolina, and New Mexico. We think...
View ArticleUpdated with less clutter :Voter Registration Information for 9 imp swing states
Huzzah ! If GOTV is important to you, please recommend this diary ! This has information on how to voters can get registered and what identification they need to bring on election day. This diary...
View ArticleOnce again, Voter fraud is a myth !
This fact has been well documented. The voter suppression laws that were passed by Republicans in state legislatures across the country are designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to help...
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Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Is it fair to call Ohio 'leans Democratic'?
A new poll out today from the GOP polling crew at We Ask America raised some serious eyebrows this morning, and it raises a very fair question: is there any reason why the pundit class should still...
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Mitt Romney's meth labs of democracy
Few phrases pepper the rhetoric of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney more frequently than variations of Justice Brandeis' famous quote that the states may "serve as a laboratory" for the...
View ArticleWho Knows If and When Voter ID Laws Will be Overturned or Upheld?
Thank you all for your comments; we’re happy that the voter ID issue has generated some great discussion! You may wonder why VoteRiders hasn’t addressed the validity of voter ID laws themselves. As a...
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Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: The Republican Right poised to claim...
I'm willing to make an educated guess here—Democrats are probably kicking themselves in the arse a little bit today as they gaze upon the Lone Star State. You see, tomorrow, in all probability, the...
View ArticleWhy We Need to Challenge everywhere (Oh-14)
Apparently tomorrow morning there will be a bombshell coming out of the Painesville, Ohio office of nine-term Congressman Steve “Family Values for You But Not for Me” LaTourette (Oh-14). The fake...
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Sherrod Brown's (and Obama's) surprising Ohio resilience
No other non-presidential candidate has suffered more negative Super PAC attacks ads than Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown. And the conventional wisdom is that he should be in serious trouble. He's a freshman...
View ArticleQuinnipiac (Pres) - OH, FL, PA: Obama +6, +6, +11
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has an early release of the Quinnipiac polls for Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. No internals available, but Obama leads in each state, by a margin of 6 in Ohio, 6 in FL...
View ArticleMitt 'let Detroit go bankrupt' Romney attacks Obama for saving auto industry
Mitt Romney is once again making a truly bizarre auto bailout attack on President Obama. This video invites us to feel sympathy for an Ohio car dealer who had to close when his credit was suspended by...
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