Autism: New York, Ohio, and Michigan set to expand coverage
On August 4, 2010 Massachusetts became the 23rd state to offer expanded health care for families supporting children with Autism. The bill (House Bill 4935 or Act Relative to Insurance Coverage for...
View ArticleI know David Vitter is disgusting and all...
...but this ad that aired during the Saints loss to the Cards yesterday really makes me wonder if he has any, and I mean any humanity. I couldn't believe he actually signed his name to it, as I figured...
View ArticleCongression Poll in OH-8: Results
Over the past week, HRC Legacy PAC conducted a poll of the Congressional race in Ohio’s 8th District. The poll was conducted from a random sample of 1000 OH-8 voters, from with 250 were randomly...
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Michigan State House District 52: The past week's news plus a Progressive...
Map of the Michigan State House of Representatives Districts in Washtenaw County. Democrat Christine Green is locked in a heated contest with Republican Mark Ouimet for the open 52nd State House seat...
View ArticleMore strange tales from the Republican war on science
Climate science is a major front in the Republican war on science. In fact, rejection of climate science is a policy requirement to be a Republican running for elected office. Ronald Brownstein nicely...
View ArticleA letter from Rabbi Herz to Josh Mandel
[STAFF POST] On Monday, Rabbi Leah Herz of Canton, OH sent Republican Josh Mandel an open letter in response to his latest attack ad. The ad has been called sickening, scummy, bigoted, racist and...
View ArticleCongressional races 2010, final update, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine
Summary: KY has 6 reps: 4 R, 2 D. LA has 7 reps: 6 R, 1 D. ME has 2 reps: Both D. Possibly vulnerable: KY-03 (D) KY-06 (D) LA-03 (D) LA-02 (R) VERY vulnerable. ME-02 (D) a little
View ArticlePlease help us film the 2010 Elections for our film on campaign reform: PAY 2...
Who's buying our elections? We're trying to film the 2010 elections and expose Citizens United, but we need help to reach our pledge deadline in the next couple days to be able to do it! Please help...
View ArticleEarly Democratic Voting EXPLODING in Ohio and IOWA
According to this article, the Democrats in Iowa and Ohio are on track to set a record in early voting. This fantasy about the democrats not being enthusiastic is pure HOGWASH!...
View ArticleConcerned about redistricting? Give a Progressive Kick to state candidates!
It seems like all of us here at the Big Orange are preoccupied with the upcoming midterm elections on November 2nd and the prospects of retaining control of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate for the last...
View ArticlePresident Obama visits Ohio State
At 5pm tomorrow evening, President Obama (and the First Lady) will address what may likely be the largest crowd he's seen since taking office (besides, you know, the inauguration itself). Where? The...
View ArticleRGA drops $354K ad buy on Maine
Maine Gov. John Baldacci (D) is term limited, and there are five candidates on the ballot (and several write-ins) vying to replace him. The ballot will feature: Eliot Cutler (I) Paul LePage (R-Tea...
View ArticleGigantic, Humungous rally in OHIO! WOW!!! Updated 9x live blog!
Look at all these young kids at the rally on OSU campus? Their has got to be 50k plus! Holy smoke, the camera just panned over and if the other side is as much, it may be as much as that Oregon rally...
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Pics from tonight's OSU rally
I see there are a few diaries about tonight's rally already. This one is just some photos I took at the event--not the best (it was very hard to get very close with the throng of people there) but just...
View ArticleOhio Sup Ct: Brown (D) Helps Give Hope to Ohio Homeowners in Foreclosure
Ohio’s been written about as one of the hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis – from the Wall Street Journal to USA Today and the New York Times. The housing crisis affecting Ohio families is not...
View ArticleOhio's battle to keep voting fair
by Erin Frautschy Barrows I’ll never forget what it felt like to wake up on November 3, 2004. The sadness and disappointment of Senator Kerry losing the presidential election was quickly replaced by...
View ArticleLess that $400 and two hours to send us to Ohio to follow the money this...
We are almost at our pledge point on Kickstarter.com for our doc on Citizens United, PAY 2 PLAY: Democracy's High Stakes"! With over 100 donors, this quest to expose the corporate money game in our...
View ArticleOhio Gov: Murdoch Cuts Another Check for RGA and Turns on the Fox Cash...
About a week ago, I wrote on Kos about Rupert Murdoch’s $2 million gift to the RGA and Chamber of Commerce aimed at buying the Ohio’s Governor’s race. Murdoch said as much when he told a reporter he’d...
View ArticleBarack Obama and 35,000 friends
There was a moment yesterday on the stage at OSU - right after she finished introducing the president and before getting a loving hug from him - in whice Michelle Obama made this quick gesture to her...
View ArticleDems are leading in OH,NC, IOWA, in Early Voting!!
Some of you all may want to save this link as a favorite to check out the daily stats of early voting. But according to this link, the dems are leading by 9 points in early voting in IOWA, 5 points in...
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