I Drove To Ohio Today
Funny story, not really, but I was supposed to be in the Bahamas this week. Hurricane Sandy screwed that up. So I drove to Ohio today - Youngstown. A seven hour drive to help with the ground game in...
View ArticleWinning Big November 6th: an optimistic approach
To date I have raised about $5000 for House and Senate races by nagging you all here at dKos and a few other places. The last time I plugged this particular effort I only got one donation, though it...
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Signs: Romney discouraged in Ohio & looking to Wisconsin
It was bound to happen at some point. With President Obama showing a consistent lead in Ohio for months now -- and buoyed by this week's CNN poll putting him up 4 points over Romney and hitting 50% in...
View ArticleOhio
Well, the pundits and power-brokers seem to think that the Buckeye state is the lynchpin of this presidential election. When I was in college, the events described below by thebacmaster caused Neil...
View ArticleRigged Elections for Romney (Updated With Ohio 2008)
Mitt Romney's candidacy has a magical ability to increase its percentage of the votes cast in every voting precinct in the nation. The amount that his percentage of the vote goes up is directly...
View ArticleHome rule on that ballot this election season: activists versus institutions
The fight against fracking has led several communities to seek a grass roots strategy to making their voices heard. Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
View ArticleCreate Ohio Green Jobs with your Franksenstorm prep
How can you build green jobs in Ohio (did I say OHIO?) while you make sure your phone is charged during Hurricane Sandy? Easy. The nPower® PEG is the world's first passive kinetic energy charger for...
View ArticleOH - EXPECT one or two Romney leads in polls next week
Note: The "Romney will lead some polls" argument is from Cohn at TNR. Short diary, but I want to get it out here because it might surprise some of us, and no doubt Republicans will be boasting about...
View ArticleChameleon Romney Repositioning "His Auto Rescue Plan" to Win Over Ohio With...
Now that polls show Mitt Romney seem destined to lose Ohio based on "perceptions" that he opposed President Obama's successful job saving rescue of the auto-industry, the Romney campaign is taking out...
View ArticleRomney can't win without Ohio, or else pigs have wings
I've mapped out Romney's paths to 270 electoral votes that exclude Ohio. My assumptions are that he wins all states for which Nate Silver gives him a 90% chance or better, and that he loses any state...
View ArticleI Got a Mailing from Americans for Tax Reform
Boy, they don't like Sherrod Brown. Apparently he is personally responsible for the entire national debt. And the solution? Call Sherrod Brown at (614) 469-2083. Tell him to help the economy by...
View ArticleTo Cleveland, Ohio 2012 from the Future
My name is William J. Hamilton, III. I am 52 years old, white and a supporter of Barack Obama. I am from the future. On Thursday, I will enter a powerful machine which will transport me to...
View ArticleSilver: Ohio is Not a Toss-Up (Right Now)
Nate Silver looks at the polls from Ohio over the past ten days and finds that the President has a +2.4 lead over Romney. He concludes: There are no precedents in the database for a candidate losing...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Science Saturday (Frankenstorm edition)
Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew, consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors jlms qkw, maggiejean, wader, Oke, rfall, and JML9999, alumni editors palantir,...
View ArticleNew OH poll - Even at 49-49
It's a high quality poll (landlines and cell phones), but should be noted that most of the calls took place before the 3rd debate. Here is the article.
View ArticleCanvass update from Hamilton County, OH
I wish to give a quick update from an Obama volunteer here in Hamilton County (Cincinnati) OH. The volunteers of the east side of Cincinnati have been working very hard to canvass the neighborhoods of...
View ArticleThere is a reason they want to hide this
video of Romney in Defiance, Ohio yesterday. See here. It is the coup de gras. Just minutes before this Romney told Ohio voters that Chrysler was moving all its domestic production to China, this...
View ArticleHas Romney Shifted to a "Wisconsin Plus" Plan?
It does look like Romney's team has realized that Obama's ground game and focus on early voting in Ohio makes Ohio so unlikely to win that they have switched to a "Wisconsin Plus" Plan. Also, the...
View ArticleOH tied? BULL! Help spin the Cincinnati.com poll! FREEP!
If you don't like the new OH poll from Cincinnati.com you can help spin it our way. They have an online poll accompanying their front page story on the "tied" race. Currently, the bad guys are winning...
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