Can a liberal Democrat win in conservative southern Ohio?
The PD asks the question of Sherrod Brown in the form of a slide show.
They could have saved the slide show and just said no. Now before all the Brownies get their underwear in a twist, gimme a name of a liberal Democrat who has won down there in the last 4 years - and I don't mean city council or township trustee either.
They could have saved the slide show and just said no. Now before all the Brownies get their underwear in a twist, gimme a name of a liberal Democrat who has won down there in the last 4 years - and I don't mean city council or township trustee either.
Noe Your Candidates
Stole this from RAB
Notice the names, Petro and Montgomery - both unfit for office.
Notice the names, Petro and Montgomery - both unfit for office.We Seriously Gotta Elect This Guy!
Lisa wrote about Chandra earlier, the Cinci Enquirer Blog (How come all these papers are "blogging" now?) has a report from the Cinci DFA meeting
Chandra lit up the crowd with a rousing stump speech in which he filleted practically every Republican in the statehouse, starting with Gov. Bob Taft, Attorney General Jim Petro and the woman he is licking his chops in anticipation of facing this fall, Betty Montgomery.
Chandra said that as the father of two-year-old triplet boys, he is often sleep-deprived and prone to "bad dreams'' when he does get in a few winks.
"I've had this strange dream - a nightmare really - that there was this big Republican campaign contributor who managed to get his hands on $50 million that was meant for Ohio's injured workers and invested it in rare coins and beanie babies.'' Then, he said, he dreamed that Petro and Montgomery, as attorney general and state auditor, ignored the disaster.
"Guess what?,'' he said. "This wasn't a dream. It really happened.''
Chandra, a second-generation Indian, led the audience in an exercise in how to pronounce his name: "Subodh" (rhymes with "abode"), "Chandra (rhymes with "tundra); and told them that they shouldn't feel that "a person who looks like me and who has a name like mine can't be elected.''
"For people who think that, I have two words,'' Chandra said. "Barack Obama.''
Subodh gets reviews like this everywhere he goes. Everywhere. He isn't just a rhetorical superstar either, he has a real plan to fix real problems and the intelligence and experience to actually do it.
We simply have to elect this guy. Donate or volunteer here.
Strickland didn't show, although he sent his wife Frances, an educational psychiatrist. Neither did State Sen. Marc Dann, the party-endorsed candidate for attorney general
Dann didn't show at the Columbus Statewide candidates forum either.
Dad Rapes Kids
Sick bastard
Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor Mark Piepmeier told a judge Thursday there was only one way sexual predator and child molester Paul Kraft should leave prison
Governor Petro Would be Worse Than Taft
From the PD (they must be really working balls out for Kenny)
Columbus -- Attorney General Jim Petro said Wednesday that his decision to replace four law firms representing the University of Akron ultimately resulted in better service at a lower cost. University records, however, show that legal fees for UA's patent law work rose $246,842 the year after Petro made the change -- even though the work load remained about the same.Petro would take the governors mansion to a whole new level of cronyism and corruption. That's the good news. The bad news is that Blackwell is as incompetent as Bush
A link on the government Web site of Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell contains hundreds of Social Security numbers and birth dates on public documents stored there. The personal data are listed on nationally standardized forms submitted by citizens and corporations could be mined by any identity thief with Internet access. The specific forms aren
When You Are Down In The Polls
Apparently when you don't like a poll result the first thing you should do is doubt the poll, having done that you should get a statement rebutting the poll, and that rebuttal should come from the candidate who is down in the polls, that you're not happy about.
At least that seems to be the working theory over at the PeeDee Openers on Mike Dewine's popularity rating in Susa.
Of course if DeWine's numbers ever improve in those Susa polls, we can revist all this and discuss how super duper accurate they are and it's all because DeWine is such a swell moderate kinda down to earth guy - who likes puppies and kittens.
Meanwhile, Petro is making friends and influecning people in Lima. Not.
Kidnapped Bloggers
Until a short while ago I was on the verge of calling the cops. It looked like all of Brown's bloggers had been kidnapped as nothing had been posted at Groan Ohio for days, but I see at least Chris has managed to escape the evil clutches (or at least the staff shake up) with a post today. Phew !
Now I don't know who would have been responsible for this kidnapping, but I did notice that they had a link to that not-so-anonymous "blogger" High & Broad still on the site - maybe he is on the lamb with Drew and Phil gagged and bound in his trunk ?
Dann and Chandra Should Debate
Jill brings up the topic. I too think they both should do it. Nothing really left to add to it.
I'd also love to see Brown debate with the Kaiser - With Paul Hackett moderating. :)
Rescuing a half-dead cockatiel from the toilet (a metaphor)
Originally posted at Howard-Empowered People, but updated to include an action item at the end.
It's been a long time since I've had a dream that I could remember clearly, and that stayed with me long enough that I could think about it. The last time it happened was May 2005, when I had a rather jarring dream about a baby tiger. This one didn't pack nearly the same emotional punch, but I do remember it, and you might find it mildly amusing if there's nothing good on television. And there's a call to action at the end, about how to flex our netroots muscles, working together toward a success that is still possible in the upcoming election.
Now that I think about it, most of the weird dreams that stand out in my memory have animals in them. I suppose that makes sense, because I have always loved animals, and they manage to tug at my heart strings and gain my sympathy, even if they are behaving in a way that is, well, downright stupid.
My dream the other night was about a stupid little cockatiel. We had cockatiels as pets many years ago, before we had children. That's another theme with some of these odd dreams I remember--they often feature an animal I haven't had as a pet in a long time.
In my dream, a cockatiel flew (from where, I have no idea) into my bathroom and straight into the toilet. There it was, head down in that little hole, wet rump protruding. Not moving. It seemed like it could be dead, but it was also seemed like it couldn't have died so quickly.
Now what? No one is home but me, and there's a possibly dead cockatiel in my toilet. It's not getting out of there on its own, that's for sure. But it might be dead (ick) and it's (have I mentioned this?) in the toilet. Ick, ick. Realizing I really have no other choice, I plunge my hand into the water, grab the soggy bird, and drop him into the empty bathtub. At first, he doesn't move. Then I poke him, or something, and he starts to stir.
It's been a long time since I've had a dream that I could remember clearly, and that stayed with me long enough that I could think about it. The last time it happened was May 2005, when I had a rather jarring dream about a baby tiger. This one didn't pack nearly the same emotional punch, but I do remember it, and you might find it mildly amusing if there's nothing good on television. And there's a call to action at the end, about how to flex our netroots muscles, working together toward a success that is still possible in the upcoming election.
Now that I think about it, most of the weird dreams that stand out in my memory have animals in them. I suppose that makes sense, because I have always loved animals, and they manage to tug at my heart strings and gain my sympathy, even if they are behaving in a way that is, well, downright stupid.
My dream the other night was about a stupid little cockatiel. We had cockatiels as pets many years ago, before we had children. That's another theme with some of these odd dreams I remember--they often feature an animal I haven't had as a pet in a long time.
In my dream, a cockatiel flew (from where, I have no idea) into my bathroom and straight into the toilet. There it was, head down in that little hole, wet rump protruding. Not moving. It seemed like it could be dead, but it was also seemed like it couldn't have died so quickly.
Now what? No one is home but me, and there's a possibly dead cockatiel in my toilet. It's not getting out of there on its own, that's for sure. But it might be dead (ick) and it's (have I mentioned this?) in the toilet. Ick, ick. Realizing I really have no other choice, I plunge my hand into the water, grab the soggy bird, and drop him into the empty bathtub. At first, he doesn't move. Then I poke him, or something, and he starts to stir.Hillary's Moment
Hillary Clinton has been getting a lot of flak for a while now, especially from the Lefter Than Thou lefty blogosphere, for hanging in the background, putting her finger in the air, and doing what Clintons do...waiting for the right moment. Well, thanks to this moronic Dubai Ports World fiasco, Hillary may have found it.
I can imagine the scene at the Clinton house the day this deal started to break. Bill's sitting there in front of the fireplace, Hillary's watching the TV, they both look at each other. They nod. Hillary picks up the phone, calls her staff, instructs them to draft a bill outlawing foreign government ownership of US port operations. Hangs up. Looks at Bill who is smiling from ear to ear, and they start high-fiving.
Hillary has spent most of her Senate career forging a record strong on security. As a Senator from New York post 9/11, she had no choice, and took on the task with vigor. But in this single response to the Dubai ports deal, in its agility, in upping the ante to not just scupper this one deal but to propose a bill making all state-owned ownership of port operations off limits, Hillary is firmly planted at the water cooler conversations of average Americans, who scratch their heads over this deal and wonder what the hell is going on in DC, who wonder, "why the hell is ANY foreign government allowed to run our ports?" In short, Hillary Clinton has made herself the natural leader of the growing concern among both Republicans and Democrats, and especially independents, that the Bush administration is simply incapable of running national security.
That is a stunning transformation. Just think about that. Republicans who are expecting Hillary Clinton to be the nominee in 2008 must be apoplectic with rage that this woman, who they have spent more than a decade trying to demonize and label as some wussy liberal, can now legitimately claim to be a steadier hand on national security than George W. Bush himself. Their heads must be exploding.
Busy Day Open Thread
I have a real busy day today, so consider this an open thread to deposit your ideas and thoughts, and who knows maybe one of the other front pagers might show up with something.
Don't forget you can always write your own stuff in the forums.
I have had a very good response to candidates interested in doing the audio ad competition, including some top of the ticket folks. Still time for more candidates to enter of course. If anyone has a punchier slogan for this, drop it in the comments.
I do also want to say though, that listening to C-Span driving to work this morning they were discussing with callers the UAE port deal and I was astounded by the level of cognitive dissonance from the right wing callers. They really didn't know what to say or think on the matter.
BLACKWELL CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES...FOR CRIMINALS
From Flannery - it's a good one.
(Cleveland) As Ohio ranks 47th in the nation in job creation, one area in which Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell should be focusing is creating systems that provide opportunities for entrepreneurs. Instead, Blackwell has been creating opportunities for identity thieves who cost taxpaying Ohioans untold sums of money, time and aggravation every year. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bryan Flannery responded to security concerns with the Ohio Secretary of State web site.
Bob Ney's Tee's Hit TPM
Heh. Looks like Talking Points Memo picked up on Bob Ney's golfing chum. They, unlike us, also got a quote out of the campaign
When we called his campaign for comment, his congressional spokesman Brian Walsh wrote us back: "I think a few were handed out last night
Put Me In Pho's Camp
From Pho
Yes, Hackett was a loudmouth upstart who didn't understand how politics works. Yes, Brown is a policy nerd who got surprisingly sharp-elbowed as the campaign wore down. Yes, Hackett said Brown should wear a dunce cap. Yes, Brown shopped really lame oppo research to righty blogs. Yes, Hackett is continuing to trash Brown. Yes, Brown is continuing to trash Hackett. Get over it.Though I think Pho goes over the line here
You can do this. If George H.W. and Clinton could get together to raise disaster relief money, If Yitzhak Rabin could shake hands with Yassir Arafat, if I can live peacefully with my Steelers fan sister-in-law, you two get reach accomidation.I'm sorry buddy, but ya don't make peace with Steeler fans. Ever. Period. In the meantime I am sure operation "Blame Hackett : Blame Harder" will continue unabated, and this merry-go-round of the Senate race will continue to be blog fodder for quite some time.
