2012 Election: Wrong Date, Wrong Location
Meteor Blades reports: [L]ast week, the Republican-run Ottawa County Board of Elections sent a mailer to 2,300 voters in three northwestern Ohio precincts informing them that Election Day was November...
View Article+1 Voter
Today I opted to make good use of the early voting available in my state (the mystical swing state of Ohio) to both get it out of the way for myself and to make sure I didn't have emergency conflicts...
View ArticleTexan volunteer in Ohio part 2
Betty, 72 years young, is holding down the fort at the Obama campaign office when I walk in the door on Wednesday morning. A friend had invited her to a meeting on a Friday night a month or so ago...
View ArticleFlorida: Still the state to watch on election night
Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. I know... It's supposed to determine the election this year, right? Wrong. At least not for the first hour after polls close on election night. Florida is still tight, and with a .5...
View ArticleBig Dog to campaign with the President
from Mike Allen at Politico: BREAKING - AP's Julie Pace: "President Obama and Bill Clinton will campaign together next week in three of the most competitive battleground states. Obama and the former...
View ArticleOhio's Nightmare Voting Scenario
As reported by Cincinnati Enquirer Reporter Barry Horstman In an effort to convince the world that many if not most Republican politicitons are stupid: Under Secretary of State Jon Husted’s sent...
View ArticleMy Mother
When I was a child, I saw voter suppression firsthand. And it’s ugly. I was just a little girl and I wanted a new pair of shoes. You can’t get new shoes now, my mother told me, because she had to save...
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Josh Mandel says Richard Mourdock is 'a class act'
That's hapless Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel, refusing to comment on his fellow Republican Richard Mourdoch's assertion that pregnancies that result from rape are a “gift from God.” He hadn't seen...
View ArticleThe Republican Party has a lot of Brass
To quote the Big Dog himself. You know the Republican Party has a lot of Brass when it accuses Barack Obama of saying nasty things when they themselves have done it. Most of the latest Faux Outrage...
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PHOTOS - Obama & Air Force One, Cleveland tarmac rally
You can see all my campaign photography on my 2012 Flickr site. Prints are available on my website BrettMarty.com.
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I voted Today! (For PBO and Senator SHERROD Brown)- But Job is Not Over
Dear Kossacks: (CC: PBO, and Senator Brown) Thank you for reminding me, daily, why I never questioned my vote. Nor my need to vote. Nor my need to do more. With this in the Mail Box I think if I cant...
View ArticleCWA President Cohen: Beware of 'fairy tale capitalism'
Cross posted from CWA's Resistance Growing blog: CWA President Larry Cohen went on The Ed Show to discuss the campaign in Ohio, what CWA activists are doing to overcome voter suppression and the fight...
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Sherrod Brown, Josh Mandel meet for final debate, talk Social Security
Sen. Sherrod Brown Last night was the final Ohio senate debate between incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown and challenger Josh Mandel, and reading the reports you have to think Brown is wondering what in...
View ArticleFinding My Inspiration to Not Go Galt as a Liberal
So I am following my morning digital routine. Reading my email, checking for job opportunities, catching up on the headlines, and scanning my social graph via Twitter and Facebook. Over the past...
View Articleohio arg o-49 r 47
http://americanresearchgroup.com/... A gop leaning pollster and we are up by 2.
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Romney adviser dismisses auto rescue as 'one-trick pony'
Here's how Mitt Romney's political director, Rich Beeson, describes the auto bailout as a campaign issue in Ohio: They’ve dropped the auto bailout on us, but ... there’s only so long you can ride that...
View ArticlePurple Strategies: O+1 in CO, O+2 in OH, Tie in VA
Breaking on Twitter...I think they are supposed to have a bunch today so I will keep updating. CO President '12: Obama (D) 47.0% Romney (R) 46.0% (Oct. 25 - Purple Strategies) http://tpm.ly/... OH...
View ArticleAwaited Purple Strategies Polls Released - Winning OH, CO, Tied in VA
Its not great, but definitely not bad. It just shows how solid all the polls are on exactly what the state of the race is in these states: OH President '12: Obama (D) 46.0% Romney (R) 44.0% (Oct. 25 -...
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CNN Ohio: O 50, R 46 likely voters
BREAKING: New CNN-ORC Ohio poll of likely voters. Obama 50%, Romney 46%. +/- 3.5%. Party ID: D-35%, I-33%, R-32%. — Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) October 26, 2012 Edit: Link to CNN article now up According...
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