Today, I made my daughter register to vote in Ohio
My husband and I dropped our youngest child off at college today, officially making us empty nesters. This is a thrill in and of itself (yes, it is--I plan to luxuriate in my aloneness). But the best...
View ArticleVoter Registration in Florida -- my birthday present
Today's my birthday. A few close relatives and friends are coming over for dessert and we've told them -- No presents! But I got a wonderful present via TPM: Federal Judge Will Permanently Remove...
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No one thinks Romney will win, because he won't
Winning. Yesterday, Chuck Todd on MSNBC talked about how Republicans wanted to refocus on Wisconsin as they see Ohio slip away. They. See. Ohio. Slipping. Away. I'm not sure how Wisconsin's 10...
View ArticleDemocrats should use Paul Ryan's Janesville lie to push Ryan's approval...
Paul Ryan overreached when he said Obama is responsible for shutting down a plant in Janesville that actually closed during W's presidency. He handed Democrats a great tool to show that Paul Ryan is...
View ArticleCatholic University in Ohio Has Anti-Gay Pseudo-Science Course, Threatens...
I earned my bachelor's degree from a conservative Catholic university in the region where I grew up. A few months ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find out there is an unofficial Facebook group of...
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What Is Wrong With This Romney Photo Op?
ANSWER: The teapublicans yell TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! If only they weren’t so ignorant they would realize what that would really mean… The Corporatehood (with Romney and the other super rich at the...
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Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Few data points, little movement
It's certainly way too early to gauge the impact of Paul Ryan's banquet of bullshit vice-presidential acceptance speech, given that few pollsters would be in the field that late in the evening except...
View ArticleBreaking: Ohio early voting restored
Want to get this out right away, but here's the essence of the story: A federal judge in Ohio on Friday restored early voting rights in the three days before the election, ruling in favor of the Obama...
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Federal judge restores three days of early voting in Ohio
Rick Hasen says the federal district court decision today restoring Ohio's early voting in the three days right before the November election may not survive an appeal to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court...
View ArticleUpdate on Getting out the Vote
My first diary described my efforts in organizing my precinct for GOTV. I've recruited Block Captains to get phone numbers for voters in their block and then call those voters to remind them when...
View ArticleThree Most Important Days of Early Voting Restored in Ohio
Living in Ohio, especially Southern Ohio can be tough for a political progressive like me. The status Quo seems so Status Quo. I live in the 8th Congressional District and with John Boehner as my...
View ArticleDon’t Count Out the Labor Movement
by WALTER BRASCH Almost every conservative political columnist, pundit, commentator, blogger, and bloviator has written about the decline and forthcoming death of the labor movement. They happily...
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This week in the War on Voting: Victories for the good guys in Florida, Texas...
It was a spectacular week in the War on Voting, with the resistance winning back-to-back battles in Florida, Texas and Ohio. Everything is subject to appeal but, for the moment, American citizens came...
View ArticleWhen will the DNC get seriously behind the Needs of Labor?
Want to get discouraged workers on your side? Simple -- Stand behind Labor's very equitable demands. And then ask Sherrod Brown how powerful that coalition can be. Brown, Mandel offer sharp contrast...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Visits Locker-room. Fails.
Another day another crack in the 'normal guy' facade. Ryan showed for a pre-football game in the Ohio State locker room and delivered a 'speech'. And by speech I mean photo-op (note he keeps looking...
View ArticleObama vs. Romney is not a dead heat
Lots of us have seen the media breathlessly portray the election as a dead heat, or tied, or within the margin of error. As a fairly avid political junkie, the media is doing us a disservice. If they...
View ArticleOne Big Union
Of course I have to post this today. And probably will every Labor Day. No step towards a more civil society was ever taken without a people's movement demanding it. No king, lord or robber baron ever...
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Union election efforts get into gear with tens of thousands of activists...
It's not hard to see why union election efforts are so important. Working-class voters—especially the white working-class voters so coveted by Mitt Romney's campaign—are a key swing constituency....
View ArticleNow, at willard's high water mark, we would probably win in an electoral...
This week, willard is likely to post his best numbers of the entire election season. They had their convention. A candidate who is not leading the incumbent president after his own convention does not...
View ArticlePresident Obama Credits Ohio Resurgence and Says Ohioans Should "Punt" Romney...
My goodness, what will Andrea Mitchell say? President Obama marked Labor Day in Ohio by claiming credit for the state’s resurgent economy and panning his rivals’ economic “playbook.” Obama told the...
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