RGA Hires Obama Supporter To Bash Strickland In Kasich Ad
John Kasich, the former Congressman and Wall Street tycoon, is already under fire for hiring a paid actor to masquerade as a steelworker in a recent television ad for his campaign to become Ohio’s next...
View ArticleSouthwest Ohio GOTV Needs Our Help (UPDATED)
I'm sure that you've read the news about how the enthusiasm gap doesn't exist in Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Well, let me be the one to rain on your parade. As a Democratic activist and...
View ArticleOH Sup Ct: Doctors and Insurers Purchase their Policy at the Court
Although judicial elections tend to attract far less notice than top-of-the-ticket races, the scandalous "justice for sale" financing of Republican candidates to Ohio's top court cries out for...
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Furthermore!-Wrong answer John
I say, wrong answer, John, to former Congressman, VP of failed investment bank Lehman Brothers, and Fixed News commentator, John (Wall $treet banker) Kasich. He said we are "lazy and sloppy". We...
View ArticleCatholics United Stands Up To Susan B. Anthony List, As Anti-Choice NRLC...
The National Right to Life Committee "crashed" a Catholics United press call as groups await a U.S. District Court ruling on the false statements of the Susan B. Anthony List. Written by Amie Newman...
View ArticleAncient America: Maine's Indian Heritage
At the time of the first European contact in the sixteenth century, there were an estimated 30,000 Abenaki people living in northern New England and the Maritime Provinces. The Abenaki – a corruption...
View ArticleOH-GOV: New CNN Poll shows Strickland leading Kasich, 48%-47%
I'm not sure that this is much of a diary, but the latest CNN / Time Poll of the Ohio gubernatorial race shows that people proclaiming the political demise of Governor Ted Strickland may be a bit...
View ArticleElection Day Preview: Parsing Those First Results.
If you're like me, nine days from today you'll be unable to do anything except perch yourself on the edge of the Internet waiting for election results. Picture yourself Tuesday evening (or late...
View ArticleOhio Sup Ct: GOP Justice's Opinion Allows Speeding Convictions Without Radar
Imagine this -- it’s a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon. You are on the way to church, a football game or an afternoon with the kids at the park. You are driving the speed limit when suddenly you hear...
View ArticleOhio Republican Congresswoman Delivers Graphic Lecture on Abortion to...
Jean Schmidt, who was batshit crazy before the Tea Party made it cool, is back to reclaim her throne. OhioDaily (of which I am an editor) is reporting this afternoon that the controversial...
View ArticleMy letter to the editor on Kasich's NPR no-show
Interesting development in the Ohio Governor's race on Monday. John Kasich whiffed on national radio. Only minutes before a scheduled appearance on NPR's "Talk of the Nation," Kasich bailed. My...
View ArticleIf a public official writes in a diary that's fallen off the front page, does...
This is a piece I just wrote for Vermont's Green Mountain Daily. The back story here is that David O'Brien, an official in our Republican administration, has decided to actually get into an argument...
View ArticleNo-hassle early voting in Southern Maine
It was a lovely day for a walk. After lunch I walked downtown to go to the post office, vote, and run some other errands.
View ArticleIndians 101: Maine Indians & Early European Contacts
While the Indian nations in what is now Maine may have had some limited contact with Europeans as early as 1480, regular contact began in the sixteenth century and intensified during the first half of...
View ArticleOH Sup Ct: How An All-GOP Court & Sky Bank KO'd Your Grandma
Ohio's seven-member Supreme Court had been an exclusively Republican club until Gov. Ted Strickland appointed Chief Justice Eric Brown last April. Now the Chief Justice is joined by Appellate Judge...
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Furthermore!- OH-Gov John Kasich....pullin a Palin-UPDATE
Fortunately, or unfortunately, John Kasich is "pullin’ a Palin." That’s my term for acting like the quitter, radically, extreme Republican, Teabagger darling Sarah Palin. She is a true representation...
View ArticleWho's looking out for YOU Ohio? Think hard.
Blue America: Down the Home Stretch Howie Klein, huffingtonpost - Oct 22, 2010 It's very much the same story for Justin Coussoule. He's made immense progress, but he's up against a name-recognition...
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Ohio McDonald's Restaurant Tells Employees to Vote Republican
It's just the gift that keeps on giving. And I'm lovin' it. Paychecks weren't the only things these fresh, young McDonalds employees were about to receive after work. Along with it came a letter,...
View ArticleThe FIGHT to Restore Sanity
My name is Dustin White, and I'm a College Democrat here at Ohio State University. I'm writing to you today from our office on campus, which is bustling with activity today. I've been delegated a...
View ArticleLA TIMES: "Is Dennis Kucinich an Endangered Species?"
Dear Kos Community The headline from the LA Times says it all. The Cook Political Report also says that I am a vulnerable Democrat this Tuesday. This is a seat from which I've worked hard for my entire...
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