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McCain's "Bad Memory"

2008-12-04T10:22:48Z

John McCain makes excuses for Bill Cunningham's slanderous remarks.

Election Turnout More Bad News For GOP

2008-10-18T15:30:52Z

Perhaps the real headline Tuesday night, was that once again Democrat's enthusiasm for their two inspirational candidates won out in a landslide over tired old Republican apathy. Even in Dubya's own back yard.

According to CNN election results, the Democrats garnered a record 4.3 million votes last night in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont, to the Republican's paltry 2.3. This included a 500,000 Democratic edge in the blood red Lone Star State.

The Democrats have consistently set records for turnout this year, voting in substantially more numbers than the Republicans. Gary Jacobson, a political scientist at the University of California made this comment about the primary season,

Turnout and various poll data suggest Democrats are more eager to vote and happier with their choice set than Republicans. I think it reflects an eagerness to get the Bush administration behind them.

It seems as if the winds of change are indeed blowing.

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Ohio GOP Holds "Secret" Meeting On Ohio's Voting System

2008-10-17T13:33:32Z

Worried yet?

Voting, as you may have read somewhere, is not supposed to be susceptible to partisan maneuverings. So it is a tad strange that Board of Election Members in Ohio would plan a meeting--of ONLY Republican members. Furthermore, when a member of the Democratic Party showed up, he was prompty kicked out.

This is why we need transparency. Does anyone really have any doubt that these guys will do whatever it takes to suppress, exclude and manipulate votes in any way they can? If you do, see Attorneys Scandal, New Hampshire Phone Jamming, Don Siegelman, Watergate, Florida 2000, Ohio 2004 and only about 10,000 other examples of the GOP's method of staying in power when people don't want them there over the past generation.

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$38 Billion in Bonuses for Wall Streeters, Home Foreclosures for Regular Folks. Really?

2008-10-21T09:29:51Z

Yes, really. More sickening greed for you from the Kravisization of Wall Street via the AFL-CIO:

While executives at the top five Wall Street firms are getting a record $38 billion in bonuses this Christmas season, millions of working families are worrying whether they will lose their homes in the New Year-in the wake of the nation's mortgage crisis.
The AFL-CIO called today for major mortgage lenders to impose a one-year moratorium on subprime mortgage foreclosures. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, in a letter to the largest subprime mortgage lenders and underwriters, writes:

Wall Street seems to be giving unprecedented cash rewards to the very people whose conduct threatens to strip millions of Americans of their homes and drive our country into recession, while at the same time refusing to take the actions necessary to address the crisis.

Yes, this is the America that has been created by Bush, his Republican cronies and too many corporate Democrats. You want more holiday spirit? Well, our friend Ohdave reminded me of this in the comments:

The Bush administration has thwarted Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to expand Ohio's popular children's health insurance program to cover middle-class youngsters.
"What this means is that thousands of needy Ohio children will be deprived of access to critical health-care coverage," Strickland said.
"I am appalled at the heartless decision of the Bush administration to reject Ohio's bipartisan plan to provide health-care access to thousands of our children. Sadly, this is an indication that the president and his advisers are totally out of touch with the struggles faced by so many Ohio families."
Federal regulators denied the state's request to expand eligibility to uninsured children in families earning up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. That's $51,510 a year for a family of three.

Yes, our fantastic populist governor in Ohio, Ted Strickland, is having his plan to help needy children rejected by our fabulist, pompous "President." Merry Christmas kids! Just avoid the outdoors, Chinese toys and meat not cooked really, really well!

Now, in comparison, take a look at what the One Campaign (people who are actually "compassionate" but thankfully not conservative) is doing. Compare the fight they are leading against global poverty (watch the video) to the perverted morality of the money changers known as the GOP.

Let's hope we can get more progressives in government this new year to empower organizations like the One Campaign that much more.

PS Just to feel that much better about money not going to give kids healthcare or solve global poverty issues, just look at how long the State Department has known definitively that Blackwater's been committing fraud, as it kept feeding them no-bid contracts after no-bid contracts for BILLIONS that could be going to kids in need.

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Happy Tuesday!!!

2008-01-12T20:41:37Z

Already hearing uber fun buzz about OH-05.

You've got to love this headline-

NRCC props up its pummeled Ohio candidate

And remember when you'd never hear the powers that be say this about Dems?

"We're dealing with an organization that has a lot more resources than we do," said Parker. "It's been our battle cry to fight back against them and to make sure our grass-roots support is strong."

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Ohio Republicans Fade From Power

2008-01-12T20:35:05Z

See what 6 months of Cliff Schecter can do?

In a look at Ohio's once-powerful Republican congressional delegation, CQ Politics notes "power shifts in the blink of an eye in the political world."

"The decline of the party within the large swing state - and the concomitant upswing for Democrats - mirrors the national change in partisan fortunes and the challenges faced by moderates within an increasingly conservative Republican caucus. It is getting tougher for Republicans to hold swing districts, and less attractive to try."

Wow, more dead elephant news.

2008-01-12T20:22:22Z

BPROVIDENCE, R.I. --Republican Gov. Don Carcieri was elected to office five years ago as a reformer in this heavily Democratic state, promising to bring efficiency and honesty to a government known for scandals and spending binges.ut lately, voters think it's Carcieri who needs mending.

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Analysis: Bush Unwelcome on the Trail
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidates can't be any more clear: President Bush isn't welcome on the campaign trail.

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Recent voting, polls suggest Ohio going blue.
The Ohio Democratic Party came roaring back to life last November, taking all but one statewide nonjudicial office and unseating an incumbent Republican U.S. senator.
Now, as the 2008 election heats up and the state once again promises to be a key to the White House, political experts are looking here and wondering: Is Ohio turning blue?
While the Buckeye State has shone a bright Republican red for more than a decade, a Dayton Daily News examination of federal election results from 2000, 2004 and 2006 shows Republican strength has eroded statewide.

So if the nation is radically tilting in our direction, why are the Congressional Dems such horrid wussies?

(h/t ohdave)

Like A Kid In A Candy Store

2008-01-12T20:11:29Z

Yes, that's what I feel like. Or like you're sitting in the movie theater about to watch the opening scene in that movie you've been waiting for all summer (for me, The Bourne Ultimatum).

Rumor has it that in my now-home state of Ohio--where I am loving life for a variety of reasons--that a member of the "Ohio House Delegation" has been uncovered for cavorting with Mrs. Palfrey's ladies (I'm sure it was just a massage) through those infamous phone records. I know who my bet's on, but let's wait and see.

Yes, just what the Ohio GOP needs, more scandal! Hopefully there is a warm cell open next to Bob Ney...