Actually, in a state that has six major urban areas (if you consider Dayton, Toledo, & Akron as major)  it is suprising to me the GOP does as well as it does here....Ohio politics should be more like Michigan or PA or even Wisconsin, where the Dems are competetive....

Actually, in a state that has six major urban areas (if you consider Dayton, Toledo, & Akron as major)   it is suprising to me the GOP does as well as it does here....Ohio politics should be more like Michigan or PA or even Wisconsin, where the Dems are competetive....

 

Logically, you should be correct.  But then you gotta remember that Ohio did produce 8 Republican presidents (though they were all "Democratic" since they were all before FDR).

 

At liberal Kenyon College, where students had registered in record numbers, local election officials provided only two voting machines to handle the anticipated surge of up to 1,300 voters. Meanwhile, fundamentalist students at nearby Mount Vernon Nazarene University had one machine for 100 voters and faced no lines at all.(139) Citing the lines at Kenyon, the Conyers report concluded that the ''misallocation of machines went beyond urban/suburban discrepancies to specifically target Democratic areas.''(140)

 

My alma mater did me proud.

Obama, Biden in town to help fire up Democrats

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Joe Hallett

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Ohio Democrats turned their annual dinner into a revival last night, preaching the failures of Republican-controlled governments in Columbus and Washington and promising a better future if voters give them a chance.

 

Rallied by Sen. Barack Obama, of Illinois, who in his first term has gained rock-star status in the party, and Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., of Delaware, a 2008 presidential candidate, the long down-and-out state party oozed with optimism about its November election prospects...

 

[email protected]

 

http://dispatch.com/news/news.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/04/20060604-C1-02.html

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Article published Sunday, June 4, 2006

 

Dems warned not to yield values debate to GOP

Obama rallies party at fund-raiser in Columbus

By JIM PROVANCE

BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU

 

 

COLUMBUS - Democrats cannot afford to cede the debate of family values to Republicans if they hope to make gains this year in Ohio and nationally, rising Democratic star and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday.

 

"People don't have to be religious to be moral, and to be ethical, and to speak about the common good … ," he said before a party dinner expected to raise more than $500,000 for gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland and other statewide Democrat candidates...

 

Contact Jim Provance at: [email protected] or 614-221-0496.

 

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060604/NEWS09/606040419/-1/NEWS

 

 

 

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Kenyon?  Congratulations!  What was your major.

 

Kenyon is actually known out-of-state, in part for the Kenyon Review literary magazine. I have heard it has a great campus, too.

 

 

I don't think Warren, Clermont and Butler Counties are sparsely populated.

^ Ya, I was about to say that also! My guess in why people voted for some democrats and then voted for Bush was because Kerry was a joke. Plus, all those counties historically vote Republican FOR PRESIDENT, not for every position. Not everyone votes along party lines. And if Blackwell is governor, I for one will be looking for employment out of this state. F*ck that guy and his hidden agenda to take away everyones rights.

Logically, you should be correct.  But then you gotta remember that Ohio did produce 8 Republican presidents (though they were all "Democratic" since they were all before FDR).

 

Seven were Republican, but William Henry Harrison was a Whig, which was definitely different...but yeah, party affiliation up through Reconstruction was different from party affiliation in the early 20th century, which was different from party affiliation post-FDR...and I'd contend it's changing again today - Bush is really a Truman Democrat, to my mind.  But I guess that's neither here nor there...

It amazes me how little we care about the democratic process in this country.  Because of past indescretions, by both parties, most people have become appathetic about the voting process period and those of us who do vote don't raise hell if we think there might be even the slightest chance our vote wasn't counted properly.  Our vote is the most important tool we have in our democracy, yet we're more concerned about who's going to win the World Series then the integrity of our vote. 

An interesting rebuttal to the Exit Poll section of the RFK piece...part 1:

 

http://www.mysterypollster.com/main/2006/06/is_rfk_jr_right.html

 

...with links to other responses to the article...

Also, potentially of interest to those looking for another take on RFK's ideas:

 

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/03/kennedy/index.html

very interesting info, kind of what you always suspected.

 

still, in the end it does not add up to anything to me. the fact is both bush elections were just very very close from the outset and some people cannot deal with that, naturally mostly those on the losing end. i have not seen nor read about any irregularities that were any more or less than what has occured in every major election or relatively in any election. that ohio's results mirror the nation as whole so closely is proof enough of that to me. we just gotta suck it up and move on.

 

if i got anything out of this it is that election reform is constantly important, it needs constant attention and it can always be improved, but what a shame it takes such close elections to drive that point home. as to apathy, people are apathetic about voting in the usa, maybe we need to make voting mandatory like in india and i think a few other places?

From the AP, 6/6/06:

 

 

Taft signs bill, kills ballot issue

Legislation to limit state spending replaces unpopular measure

Associated Press

 

COLUMBUS - Gov. Bob Taft signed a bill Monday that kills a ballot issue some saw as the biggest hurdle to his party's candidate for governor.

 

The bill limiting state spending was fashioned by the GOP-controlled legislature as a substitute for Republican nominee J. Kenneth Blackwell's increasingly unpopular government-limiting issue that was slated for the Nov. 7 ballot.

 

Republican leaders feared the issue would drag down Blackwell -- and candidates further down the ticket -- against Democratic nominee Ted Strickland.

 

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/state/14750584.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_state

 

House race assuming national overtones

Outside groups work apart from Kilroy in bid to topple Pryce

Monday, June 12, 2006

James Nash

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

It was a motley group of Ohioans braving the rain and a security officer to wave signs denouncing U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce’s ties to defense contractors working in Iraq.

 

But to the Upper Arlington Republican’s supporters, the small demonstration symbolized an inescapable fact of her re-election effort: The campaign has gone national.

 

More at:

http://dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/12/20060612-B5-00.html

Kinda makes you think!

From the 7/5/06 Dispatch:

 

 

GRAPHIC: Districts by the numbers

 

Democrats face uphill struggle to gain seats

GOP’s legislative edge spread evenly in state

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Jim Siegel

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Though they hold just 39 of the 99 seats in the Ohio House of Representatives, Democrats are beating the odds, at least from a numbers standpoint.

 

New political indexes, which use election results to determine how many people are likely to vote Democratic or Republican, show that 68 of 99 Ohio House districts and 22 of 33 districts in the Ohio Senate lean Republican.

 

More at:

 

http://www.dispatch.com/?story=dispatch/2006/07/05/20060705-C1-02.html

 

From the New York Times via DDN, 7/16/06:

 

 

Boehner maintains close ties to lobbyists

By Mike McIntire

New York Times

 

U.S. Rep. John Boehner, R-West Chester, won the job of House majority leader amid a post-Abramoff clamor for an overhaul of lobbying and ethics rules. But nearly six months later, the reform proposals are still tied up in Congress. And far from trying to put the brakes on lobbyists and the money they channel into Republican coffers, Boehner, who has portrayed his ties to K Street as something to be proud of, has stepped on the gas. He has been holding fundraisers at lobbyists' offices, flying to political events on corporate planes and hobnobbing at a golf resort with a business group that has a direct stake in issues before Congress.

 

Full story at:

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/071606boehner.html

 

CITY COUNCILChief of staff resigns from post amid pressure from members

Habash protégé to be given consulting duties if OK’d by ethics panel

By Jodi Andes and Mark Ferenchik

The Columbus Dispatch

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:08 AM

 

Columbus City Council members have asked for — and received — the resignation of the council's chief of staff.

 

Four council members approached Council President Matt Habash last week demanding Melinda Swan's resignation. They told him they have grievances with the way she runs the office, not with his leadership...

 

 

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http://dispatch.com/election/election.php?story=199514

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/07/17/daily12.html 

 

Ohio political candidates ignore test

Business First of Columbus - 3:07 PM EDT Tuesday

 

The research organization Project Vote Smart said Tuesday nearly 90 percent of Ohio's 2006 gubernatorial, congressional or state legislative candidates failed to respond to a test that lets them answer questions about issues that are of concern to voters.

 

Less than 13 percent of this year's Ohio gubernatorial, congressional or state legislative candidates participated in the National Political Awareness Test.

 

More at link above:

PROJECT VOTE SMART

Politicians mum, fear poll will backfire

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Jim Siegel and Cathy Candisky

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Candidates for the Ohio legislature have set a dubious record this year: They are the worst in the nation at telling voters their opinions about issues such as taxes, abortion, education and guns.

 

Both Democratic and Republican leaders are happy about it; they encourage candidates to withhold the information.

 

A record-low 9 percent of candidates filled out the biennial surveys by Project Vote Smart, a widely respected nonpartisan national group that tries to provide vital information to people before they cast their votes.

 

More at:

 

http://dispatch.com/news/news.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/19/20060719-A1-04.html

 

Bad link in the second dispatch story - the webpage for Project Vote Smart is:

 

http://www.vote-smart.org/

 

Democrats eye Ohio in quest for House gains

 

By Andrea Hopkins 

 

ROSS, Ohio (Reuters) - The last time John Cranley ran for Congress, George W. Bush was on his way to the U.S. presidency and Cranley, a 26-year-old Democrat, did not come close to unseating the Republican incumbent in southwest Ohio.

 

Six years later, Cranley is facing the same opponent, Rep. Steve Chabot (news, bio, voting record), but the politics have changed. Republicans are burdened by bad news in Iraq, a gaping budget deficit and Bush's slumping popularity...

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/pl_nm/ohio_dc_1

And with that last quote we see that the Democrats' biggest competition in Ohio is...them own damn selves.

Democrats see an opening to grab control of Congress

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Sabrina Eaton

Plain Dealer Bureau

 

Washington - After a dozen years of trying to wrestle congressional control from Republicans, Democrats are tantalizingly close to their goal.

 

"There's gonna be a tidal wave" in the November election, predicts Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat from Niles. Anger over rising gas, health care and college tuition costs, and displeasure with the Bush administration's mismanagement of Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq war, are all signs of impending electoral change, he says.

...

 

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:

 

[email protected], 216-999-4212

 

© 2006 The Plain Dealer

http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/115485407676540.xml&coll=2

From the 8/3/06 Marietta Times:

 

 

Appalachian region to benefit from newly passed legislation

By Diana DeCola, [email protected]

 

Southeast Ohio stands to benefit from legislation that was recently passed in the U.S. Senate, authorizing the Appalachian region to receive more than $500 million to spend on economic and community development projects.

 

The funds are authorized for the Appalachian Regional Commission, a federal agency that oversees economic and community development in Appalachia. The funds are for the next five years, starting in 2007. It is the most the commission has ever been authorized to receive but the legislation still needs to pass through the U.S. House of Representatives...

 

 

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new44_83200674404.asp

 

DAYTON — Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Studebaker withdrew Tuesday, setting up a special primary to find a replacement to run against U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville.

 

Studebaker's announcement came after her arrest and the arrest of her husband, Sam, 39, on domestic violence charges after a Sunday altercation in their Washington Twp. home. Both were released from jail that day on bond and will be arraigned Monday in Kettering Municipal Court.

 

>snip<

 

The Studebakers' arrests came after both claimed they'd been hit by the other. Their two children, who were home at the time, were placed with a relative by Washington Twp. police and will not be returned home until Montgomery County Children Services has completed an assessment, said Ann Stevens, spokeswoman for children services

 

(from todays Dayton Daily News).

 

 

 

sexy!

she looks like a crystal meth addict.  Very East Dayton. 

 

There is quite a bit of hubris in running for public office and to have a screwed-up private life.

 

 

she looks like a crystal meth addict.  Very East Dayton.

 

Glad you hold my neighborhood in such high esteem.

^

Photos From the Streets of Dayton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^

Photos From the Streets of Dayton

 

yeah...and?  i don't really consider going out and selectively taking pictures of people and writing snide comments accurately painting a picture.  sure, there are bad/trashy parts, but let's not paint with too broad of a brush.

In that mug shot she looks like one of Drexel Dave's subjects.

 

In any case the tragedy here is for the Studebaker children, given what we might assume their home life is like, and that they may be taken away from their battling parents and placed with a relative or foster home. 

Not just Blackwell but other election officials.  I just couldn't fit that in the title.

 

From the 9/1/06 Toledo Blade:

 

 

Lawsuit questions Ohio voting rights

New case does not challenge ’04 outcome

By JIM PROVANCE

BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU

 

COLUMBUS — A federal lawsuit filed yesterday accuses Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and unnamed elections officials and vendors of conspiring to undermine the voting rights of urban, African-American, and younger voters in 2004.

 

The suit asks U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley to declare that disproportionately allocated voting machines, new provisional ballot rules, purges of registration rolls, and other practices targeted communities during the presidential election.

 

“Unless there are public findings and official acknowledgment of the manifest voter suppression and vote rigging in the 2004 presidential election, that experience and the continuing official indifference to it is likely to have a chilling effect upon those ... who were targets of such tactics,” the suit states.

 

...

 

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060901/NEWS02/60901017/-1/NEWS

 

From the AP, 9/8/06:

 

 

Judge orders ballots preserved

BY JOHN MCCARTHY | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

COLUMBUS - A judge ordered Ohio's county elections boards Thursday to preserve ballots from the 2004 presidential election in a lawsuit aimed at removing the state's chief elections officer from overseeing the Nov. 7 election.

 

The plaintiffs, from the Ohio Voter Rights Alliance for Democracy to the head of a Columbus neighborhood association, accuse Secretary of State Ken Blackwell of depriving large numbers of blacks of the right to vote in 2004 by distributing fewer voting machines per person in black neighborhoods. They also question how ballots were counted and whether punch-card ballots were altered.

 

Blackwell, who is black, is the GOP nominee for governor, running against U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland, the Democratic nominee.

 

...

 

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060908/NEWS01/609080380/1056/rss02

 

From the 9/10/06 PD:

 

 

Outside groups back in Ohio for election

Money channeled to key races to shape the makeup of Congress

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Sabrina Eaton

Plain Dealer Bureau

 

Washington - Outside political groups who invaded Ohio during the 2004 presidential race have returned to the state in force, hoping to sway this year's high-profile gubernatorial, Senate and congressional races with tactics that include advertising, robo-calls and voter registration drives.

 

If you haven't yet heard their television and radio ads, you probably will. They may knock on your door before Election Day or even call you on the phone.

 

Ohio is once again a top draw for outside groups because control of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives could hinge on its key races, says Evan Tracey, who heads Campaign Media Analysis Group, a firm that tracks nationwide political advertising. The groups have already spent millions on ads in Ohio this year, he says.

 

More at:

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1157888047258330.xml&coll=2

 

From the 7 September entry on http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/ :

 

 

After the November 2004 presidential election, this editor reported on massive vote fraud, particularly in Ohio. Sources within the U.S. Intelligence Community provided information on the financing -- via foreign funding sources, covert intelligence networks, and illegal pseudo-banking routes -- of programmers, election officials, and others to ensure that Bush and Cheney captured Ohio's critical 20 electoral votes.

 

Pursuant to a federal law that permits the destruction of ballots, including absentee ballots, 22 months after a federal election, ballots from the 2004 Ohio election were scheduled to be destroyed on Sept. 2, but the intervention of Columbus-based attorney Cliff Arnebeck and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights with the U.S. Court in Columbus resulted in a protective order being issued for ballots and voting records in all 88 Ohio counties. This decision upset the corrupt Ohio Republican Party and its gubernatorial standard bearer Kenneth Blackwell, the Secretary of State who helped engineer the 2004 electoral vote fraud coup in his state, who wanted to begin the document shredding process in Sept. 2.

 

Not only can the ballots and voting records now be used in a major civil rights case against Blackwell, in which he is accused of "inequitably distributing voting resources, suppressing votes, and spoiling ballots" in the 2004 election, but may also serve as major evidence in impeachment hearings against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney when Michigan Rep. John Conyers becomes the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, if the Democrats, as expected, win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Blackwell still clings to the fast-eroding stance that the 2004 Ohio vote was legitimate.

 

...

 

Here's the link to today's US District Court declaration by Mr. Phillips' (has many more details and photgraphs):

 

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/VotefraudOhio.php

I was watching last night's Daily Show where Jon Stewart was interviewing former US Senator Gary Hart.  Like most of Jon's guests, he was 'hawking' his latest book ('The Courage of Our Convictions: A Manifesto for Democrats'--now available at Amazon) but during their banter, he was sharing his personal 'long term perspective' of our current problems--something that you expect from an elder statesman.

 

That got me thinking...have today's politics become so partisan and insulated that this revered breed of citizen is now considered unnecessary or 'old fashioned'?  Could our 'culture wars' be turning possible modern-day Churchills away from mentoring the arena they once ruled because of a political 'yardstick' or social 'litmus test' of the current players?

 

Who might I be talking about?  Hart would be a good example.  During his interview, I was captured by his presence on the set (I believe if the sequence of personal scandals could've been reversed between him and Clinton, Hart might've been our 42nd president).  Since he left the Senate, he has served the public in a variety of roles (co-chaired the Hart-Rudman Committee that reviewed US homeland defense in the late 1990s, sits on several foundations extolling non-partisanship and international cooperation).  He also earned his PhD in politics in 2001 and has written several books on current events as well as historical retrospectives--all this while practicing law in Washington, DC.

 

According to answers.com, an 'elder statesman' (although masculine, the term has been used for both sexes) is "a prominent, highly experienced older man, especially one acting as an unofficial adviser".  Wikipedia.org states that "when a politician retires, he is often referred to as a 'respected elder statesman' by his supporters". 

 

Presidents used to transition to that role when they left office; however, in recent memory, I can only remember two in recent history (Carter and Nixon) who did something besides the 'rubber chicken circuit' and big-payday speaking engagements.  Of the other living 'exs', Clinton is probably next in line behind Carter (Bush I and Ford are octogenarians or nonagenarians respectively) with his disaster relief pleas (with Bush) and other philanthropic endeavors of his foundation.

 

Besides presidents, who else is out there?  Former presidential candidates (Dole, Dukakis, McGovern)?  Former senators (Mitchell, Nunn, Simpson--although their 'contemporaries' Byrd and Stevens are still slugging it out under the Capitol dome)?  Cabinet members (Albright, Powell, Kissinger)? 

 

I'm guessing that many of them opted out of this status elevation due in part to the rising resentment of politicans and partisan politics.  Career public servants often sacrificed the monetary privileges enjoyed by their private-sector constituents and the lucrative 'paydays' offered by the lobbyist industry are just too hard to ignore.

 

It's sad that in these troubled times we choose to shun those who from their past may have the solutions to today's problems...

 

Ohio has John Glenn.  He's left some fingerprints around OSU.

Candidates who pander to an increasingly "simplified" electorate win elections. People whose expectations and cultural values are shaped by cheap, abundant mass-media entertainment and a self-indulgent culture demand simple answers and quick solutions to what actually are complex questions and problems. They especially relish answers and solutions that absolve them of any personal responsibility for the messes they find themselves in.

 

Win-at-any-cost candidates promise to make their wishes come true, and then win reelection despite failure to deliver by blaming the opposition. Gullible voters, steadfastly believing in simple answers, eagerly embrace their excuses instead of making an effort to understand what really happened.

 

Although I sometimes disagree with his positions, I think think Richard Lugar qualifies as an elder statesman. He is intelligent and articulate and works diligently to acquire an in-depth understanding of the issues in which he becomes involved. Not a crowd follower or party loyalist, he speaks out on important issues. His colleagues respect him for his informed, well-thought-out opinions and for his personal character and integrity.

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/

 

Sep. 17-18, 2006 -- SPECIAL REPORT. On Jul. 14 and Aug. 8, WMR reported on convicted Ohio Rep. Bob Ney's longtime intelligence role for the CIA. More details are emerging about that role. The following is what WMR reported last month on the Ohio Republican:

 

"WMR has learned that covert Iranian backchannels employed by a current member of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of [Valerie] Plame's Brewster Jennings & Associates network were thoroughly compromised by the White House leak. The member of Congress, who, like Plame, had been an earlier CIA "non-official cover (NOC) energy consultant" in the Middle East during the late 1970s and early 80s, and who was familiar with the early weapons of mass destruction proliferation involving the A. Q. Khan network of Pakistan, Libya, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, was compromised and he and his connections to the Brewster Jennings & Associates intelligence network and Iranian government contacts were made known to adversarial intelligence agencies. The staff of the member whose covert Iranian contact network was compromised was targeted and tainted with Jack Abramoff money, putting the U.S. Representative in extreme political jeopardy...

 

Here's the link for the 8 August entry (scroll down through the postings) http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/2006_07250809.php

 

Here's the link for the 14 July entry (scroll down thorugh the postings) http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/2006_07040716.php

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/21/rep-tim-ryan-blasts-the-administrations-iraq-record/

 

From Crooks and Liars website:

 

Rep. Tim Ryan Blasts the Administration’s Iraq Record

By: Jamie Holly on Thursday, September 21st, 2006 at 2:26 PM - PDT  Submit or Digg this Post

 

 

Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH 17th)  is no stranger to delivering some powerful speeches on the floor of the House and today was no exception:

 

(video of the comments available on the website linked above)

 

Ryan: "This administration wants to talk about anything but the war and the economy. They want to change the debate whenever they can"

 

He was on fire today as he brought up all the problems going on with Iraq and how the White House refuses to acknowledge them. He finishes with providing a break down of the costs of the war in Iraq, right down to the hour - which is $11.5 million/hour...

stumping for sherrod brown:

 

 

Hillary, celebs set to stump for Sherrod Brown

ALEX M. PARKER, Morning Journal Writer

www.morningjournal.com

10/04/2006

 

 

ELYRIA -- Hillary Clinton and Dylan McKay want you to support Sherrod Brown.

 

 

Brown, who will begin a college tour across the state later this week in the race to unseat Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, will join Sen. Hillary Clinton, actor Luke Perry -- who played the angst-ridden Dylan McKay on Fox's ''Beverly Hills 90210'' -- Adam Brody, star of Fox's ''The O.C.'', and Ohio attorney general candidate Marc Dann, at a campaign rally at Austintown High School in Youngstown on Saturday...

 

 

Poll shows Space leading Padgett in Ney’s district

Bloomberg

Wednesday, October 4, 2006 1:16 PM

 

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) — Democrats hold leads in 11 of 15 races for key Republican-held House seats less than five weeks before congressional elections, a Reuters/Zogby poll shows.

 

Among those, Democratic candidates have the advantage in four of six seats that Republican representatives are vacating because of retirement, the incumbent is seeking higher office or because of scandal, according to the poll.

 

“If these numbers hold there could be very good news for Democrats this year,” Zogby International President John Zogby said in a statement. “No predictions yet because there are still many undecided voters.”

 

More at:

 

http://dispatch.com/?story=217124

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/sogoesthenation/trailer/

This film is now playing at the Cedar Lee, for those of you who are in Cleveland.

From the 10/8/06 PD:

 

 

Ohio's welfare surplus faces uncertain future

Next governor gets to decide money's use

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Reginald Fields

Plain Dealer Bureau

 

Columbus - Whether Gov. Bob Taft can eliminate a $199 million surplus of federal welfare money, which critics say should have already been dished out to the needy, could depend on the wishes of his successor.

 

Taft used an executive order in May to release the unspent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money, splitting the cash among three state agencies to help low-income families with education, housing and family care costs. The governor intends for the money to be spent over the next three years.

 

But because Taft is leaving office in less than three months, any welfare money promised through the executive order and not yet spent by Dec. 31 can be appropriated only if the next governor agrees with the order, state officials confirmed.

 

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Next up..yard signs.

 

Not sure who 4 is, but I doubt Pete Rose wants him "in" him...

 

From the 10/10/06 Dispatch:

Space is still ducking her in debates, Padgett says

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

James Nash

 

Republican congressional candidate Joy Padgett is chiding her Democratic rival, Zack Space, over Space’s refusal to participate in any debates with her.

 

Padgett, a state senator from Coshocton, blasted Space, the Dover law director, for declining to attend a televised debate scheduled for today and sponsored by the Ross County League of Women’s Voters.

 

The two are seeking to represent the 18 th Congressional District, which spans parts of eastern and southern Ohio.

 

More at:

 

http://www.dispatch.com/news/news.php?story=dispatch/2006/10/10/20061010-D5-08.html

 

From the 10/11/06 Chillicothe Gazette:

Padgett: Key for 18th district is newer technology

By LOREN GENSON

Gazette Staff Writer

 

U.S. Representative-hopeful Joy Padgett, R-Coshocton, visited Chillicothe Tuesday.

 

She toured Glatfelter Paper Co. and the Horizon Telephone Co. facilities. In talking with local laborers, Padgett said she gained some knowledge of what is important to Ross County voters.

 

"At the Glatfelter company, we talked about the impact of health care," Padgett said. "It's such a large and all encompassing issue."

 

An important goal of Padgett is to bring newer technologies to all parts of the 18th district she hopes to represent.

 

More at:

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061011/NEWS01/610110325/1002/rss01