John Boehner has constantly ignored stimulus projects happening here in Ohio, even when some of them are just a few miles from his own house. Now we have a big stimulus project coming to Ohio and I can bet that he will ignore this one also: Ohio is getting about $400 million in federal stimulus […]
While Republicans continue holding up the governor races in Virginia and New Jersey as evidence of some sort of revitalization, other indicators have been overlooked – ones that show the Republicans, and the tea party movement in general, are not doing too well. Remember back on Labor Day when there was a huge tea party […]
Here is John Boehner on Sunday claiming no stimulus is being spent in Ohio: But there’s a problem. Ohio has been spending stimulus funds, and now John Boehner has been called out on his lie and had to issue a “clarification”: When U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner told a newscaster Sunday that not a […]
To give you a taste of Ohio politics, here is something going on in my own backyard. I posted last September about the lockout at AK Steel, a prominent area employer. In that post I showed a picture of the new Butler County Republican headquarters, which came with a $800,000 price tag and donations from […]
And a face: Mike DeWine, who is now using his own incompetence from 12 years ago to attack Sherrod Brown: Expect fireworks this afternoon as Sherrod Brown’s campaign for U.S. Senate blasts the Republican National Committee and Sen. Mike DeWine’s reelection committee and demands that they immediately take down commercials with demonstrably false claims. This […]
This is some great news from the Buckeye State: Democrat Ted Strickland has surged to a surprising lead of 20 percentage points in the first Dispatch Poll on Ohio’s Nov. 7 race for governor. Meanwhile, Democrat Sherrod Brown holds an 8-point edge in his bid to unseat two-term Republican Sen. Mike DeWine. Strickland’s 47-to-27 advantage […]
Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 2nd) there will be primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and my own state of Ohio. I will be keeping the blog up to date on the returns here in Ohio. We have a couple hot races that are gaining some national attention. First we have Jean “Full Of” Schmidt running against former […]
This is huge news from my state: For the first time in Ohio history, the state Supreme Court ruled that the governor has a limited power to withhold documents from the public when the information is “made for the purpose of fostering informed and sound policymaking.” But in a 5-2 decision, the court majority said […]
Last week I posted a story of a soldier, Adam Shepherd, who died in Iraq from an unknown illness. His cousin is a friend of our families and was in attendance at his funeral. At the funeral, Fred Phelps had his goons fromgodhatesfags.com out in full force picketing and showing their lack of contempt for […]
This is some very troubling news coming from my own state of Ohio: Bill Would Allow Arrests For No Reason In Public Place Citizens Would Also Have To Show ID CLEVELAND — A bill on Gov. Bob Taft’s desk right now is drawing a lot of criticism, NewsChannel5 reported. One state representative said it resembles […]