Full Report: Ohio Inspector General Finds Fault With ‘Joe the Plumber’ Records Search by State Agency

November 20, 2008 by Ohio Clipper · Leave a Comment
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Click here for full report from State of Ohio Inspector General, Re: Joe the Plumber Record Search.

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Sunday Papers – November 9, 2008

New York Times Magazine

New York Times

Washington Post

Los Angeles Times

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Ohio Agency Director Put on Leave & Other News from the Buckeye State

Helen Jones-Kelley Coverage

Politics & Elections News

Other News

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Will Kevin DeWine be first ORP Chairman to Switch Parties?

Kevin DeWine sounded for one day like he might be a Democrat.

In a surprisingly frank, candid interview with Joe Hallett of the Columbus Dispatch, DeWine, soon to take the helm as Ohio Republican Party chairman, nailed the reasons for Republican decline right on the head. In fact, if you were to turn around the issues he blames on GOP demise, you might end up with the current-day Democratic Party.

DeWine’s comments are the first intellectual honesty I’ve heard from any prominent Republican, locally or nationally, for months. Here’s a list to sum up what he said are the reasons the Ohio and national GOP are ailing:

  • The party has become distracted and fixated on social issues.
  • The GOP has drifted away from its core conservative message of fiscal responsibility and limited government.
  • Republicans aren’t talking about issues that matter in people’s everyday lives.
  • A tired message has turned off younger voters, ages 18-29.
  • The party is not leveraging new media and fundraising opportunities on the Internet.
  • Then there’s Iraq, ethics concerns and an unpopular Republican president.

Then DeWine gets to the heart of the matter:

“We have to exchange a fiscal message and economic message in for a social message that has dominated the messaging of this party for the last decade. We have to re-engage the middle class, step up with an agenda that solves problems and puts people first.”

An “agenda that solves problems and puts people first” — Hmmm, sounds like Bill Clinton, Ted Strickland or Barack Obama.

I’d like to introduce Mr. DeWine to some friends of mine I’ll just call the Democratic Party. We’re not fixated on social issues; we prefer to stay out of folks’ bedrooms and uteri. Recent history shows that the last president in a generation to achieve a budget surplus was a Democrat. Here in Ohio, Governor Ted Strickland has brought accountability and efficiency to state government through regulatory reform, procurement reform and the strongest ethics policies of any governor. As for party organization and leveraging the World Wide Web for communication and fundraising, Barack Obama just finished what Howard Dean started – a new standard has been set.

If Kevin DeWine and the Ohio Republican Party are about good stewardship of public resources and putting people first in an agenda to solve problems, I’d suggest they just join the Democrats – we’re already there.

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Video: Carl Cameron dishes on Sarah Palin’s Shortcomings - Fox News

November 6, 2008 by Ohio Clipper · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Presidential Campaign 2008, Sarah Palin 

In this clip, Fox News eats their young.  Unbelievable.  I’m not surprised to find out Sarah Palin had some basic misunderstandings about how government works - but not knowing Africa is a continent and not a country?  Whoa.  How about what three countries make up NAFTA?  Couldn’t name a one.  Sheesh.  Man, oh man.  We dodged a bullet on Tuesday.

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Ohio Electoral Maps: Comparing Obama, Strickland and Bush by County

Editor’s Note: Data for these county maps came from the Ohio Secretary of State’s website.

 

 

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Text: President Bush Statement on Election

(Source: White House Press Office)

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Last night, I had a warm conversation with President-elect Barack Obama. I congratulated him and Senator Biden on their impressive victory. I told the President-elect he can count on complete cooperation from my administration as he makes the transition to the White House.

I also spoke to Senator John McCain. I congratulated him on a determined campaign that he and Governor Palin ran. The American people will always be grateful for the lifetime of service John McCain has devoted to this nation. And I know he’ll continue to make tremendous contributions to our country. Read more

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Ohio Election Wrap: Day After Clips from Ohio’s Newspapers

Presidential Coverage



Ohio Candidates and Issues

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Video: President-Elect Obama, Grant Park, Chicago | Victory Speech

November 5, 2008 by Pelikan · 1 Comment
Filed under: Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign 2008 

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Full Text: President-Elect Barack Obama, Victory Speech, Grant Park, Chicago | November 4, 2008

November 5, 2008 by Pelikan · 69 Comments
Filed under: Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign 2008 

(Source: Fox News)

PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA: If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

Its the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America. Read more

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Video: John McCain Concession Speech, November 4, 2008

November 5, 2008 by Pelikan · 9 Comments
Filed under: John McCain, Presidential Campaign 2008 

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Transcript: John McCain Concession Speech, November 4, 2008

November 5, 2008 by Pelikan · 20 Comments
Filed under: John McCain, Presidential Campaign 2008 

(Source: Fox News)

JOHN MCCAIN: Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.

(APPLAUSE)

My friends, we have — we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.

A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him.

(BOOING)

Please.

To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.

In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving. Read more

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A Corner Turned - Barack Obama Elected President

November 4, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign 2008 

Watching MSNBC at 11 p.m. tonight … Images coming from all over the country … Cut to Ebenezer Baptist Church.  This just blows me away.

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Ohio Election Update – 11 p.m. – Election Day

November 4, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign 2008 

Obama Wins Ohio

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MSNBC Electoral Map - Ohio - Updates Every Two Minutes

November 4, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
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