Last week, two election workers in Ohio got sentenced to 18 months in prison for rigging a recount in the 2004 presidential election. Now our new Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner has asked the election board members to resign or be fired: All four election board members for Cuyahoga County, troubled by recount rigging charges […]
I haven’t heard much on this, but it is very interesting. Last year all state offices in Ohio went to Democrats with the exception of the State Auditor. That was won by Republican Mary Taylor. Now that the Democrats have moved in, they are trying to go throw what the Republicans have done and found […]
I was flipping through the channels, when I came across FOX news. They were talking about Chavez’ comments to the U.N. today, but that wasn’t the biggie. The highlight was when they said he was heading to Harlem tomorrow to talk about poverty. The reporters on FOX of course blasted him because “he doesn’t address […]
You know you are one screwed candidate when you can’t even get your own state party to back you: The state Republican Party bluntly told Rep. Katherine Harris that she couldn’t win this fall’s Senate election and that the party wouldn’t support her campaign, a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press shows. Party Chairman […]
While the Republicans continue to stall on the Voting Rights Act, we are starting to see a new era of demand for equality. This time it is coming from the Latinos: Two Latino radio hosts credited for mobilizing hundreds of thousands this year in pro-immigrant protests said on Friday they would join the drive to […]
This is a very interesting decision: Fox News Channel is going off the air in Mexico in advance of Sunday’s presidential election to steer clear of that country’s restrictions on campaign ads and public surveys, cable channel executives said Wednesday. Fox News decided to temporarily halt transmission into Mexico because of concerns that the channel’s […]
While they are not concerned with churches that support Republican candidates or tell members to leave their church if they voted for Kerry, the Republicans sure do worry about the NAACP: Several Republican members of Congress sent letters to the Internal Revenue Service questioning whether the NAACP had veered into political advocacy and asked for […]
Last night I went on a little rant about Colin Powell and why he waited so long to come forward with his complaints regarding Iraq. I said I felt that he had some “internal pressure” that may have prevented it and that should be an enormous alarming bell to Congress. Now those feelings are even […]
When the GOP starts losing the support of the money makers then they are in serious trouble. That is exactly what is happening now: — Democrats outdid Republicans last year in attracting political donations from investment banks, brokerages and fund managers for the first time since 1994, helped by support from hedge funds and companies […]
Yesterday it was uncovered that Ohio’s top election official owned stock in Diebold during the 2004 election. Today we find out some Ohio election officials have been indicted for for skirting the rules to avoid a recount: After the 2004 presidential election, Cuyahoga County election workers secretly skirted rules designed to make sure all votes […]