Full Report: Ohio Inspector General Finds Fault With ‘Joe the Plumber’ Records Search by State Agency
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Sunday Papers – November 9, 2008
Filed under: Barack Obama, Bush Foreign Policy, Iraq, Obama Transition, Sarah Palin, U.S. Congress, U.S. Economy
New York Times Magazine
- After the Imperial Presidency– Jonathan Mahler
- Payday Lenders, Check Cashers – Redeemed?– Douglas McGray
- Deprogramming Jihadists– Katherine Zoepf
New York Times
- Obama team weighs what to take on first
- Harsh words about Obama? Never mind
- Citing workload public lawyers refuse new cases
- How Merrill fell
- Pelosi, Reid want aid for U.S. automakers
- Op-Ed, Frank Rich: It still felt good morning after
- Op-Ed, Al Gore: The climate for change
- Op-Ed, Thomas Friedman: Show me the money
- Op-Ed, Nicholas Kristof: Obama and the War on Brains
- Rice visits West Bank
- U.S. electricity project in Afghanistan
- Back home, Palin finds landscape changed
- After push for Obama, Unions seek new rules
Washington Post
- Preparing for the Obama era
- Reid, Pelosi urge Treasury to extend aid to automakers
- Self-sufficiency evades Iraqi security forces
- Obama positioned to reverse Bush actions
- Medvedev calls Obama; Kremlin describes call
- Congressional Democrats say economy first priority
- Op-Ed, Rich Lowry: The right needs to get centered
- Op-Ed, Joseph Stiglitz: More pain to come even if he’s perfect
- Op-Ed, Ron Suskind: U.S. has power – it could use authority
- Op-Ed, David Broder: Governors know best
- Op-Ed, George Will: Democratic ironies and Republican Afflictions
Los Angeles Times
- Democrats set sights on Texas
- Public works on the table once again
- Obama relies on a close-knit inner circle
- Op-Ed, Norman Ornstein: The GOP’s deep hole
- Op-Ed, James Rainey: Right-wing media feeds its post-election anger
- Political blogger be nimble, be quick
- Election leaves gay couple feeling isolated
Ohio Agency Director Put on Leave & Other News from the Buckeye State
Filed under: Barack Obama, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Ohio Economy, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt, ohio politics
Helen Jones-Kelley Coverage
- Emails get state leader in trouble – Columbus Dispatch
- Jones-Kelley on paid leave pending investigation - The Plain Dealer
- Stivers event among topics of emails under investigation - Dayton Daily News
- Governor places family services director on leave – Dayton Daily News
- Agency chief put on leave -Toledo Blade
Politics & Elections News
- GOP’s grip on County’s suburbs slipping – Columbus Dispatch
- Editorial: GOP must make honest appraisal of its defeat – The Plain Dealer
- Obama’s victory in Cuyahoga was overwhelming – The Plain Dealer
- Obama won – so did shirt sellers – Columbus Dispatch
- Maureen O’Connor’s huge totals may lead to something else – The Plain Dealer
- Brunner calls summit on vote –Columbus Dispatch
- Ohio GOP to work on ‘identity crisis’ – Columbus Dispatch
- Dolan out of Minority Leader race – The Plain Dealer
- The new Ohio Senate and House – Columbus Dispatch
- Timing of Cordray’s start as AG uncertain – Columbus Dispatch
- Total state approach aided Obama – Columbus Dispatch
- No Treasurer replacement yet – The Plain Dealer
- Editorial: House Democrats in charge – Akron Beacon Journal
Other News
- Jobless rate highest in 14 years – Columbus Dispatch
- Hard recovery seen for Ohio – Associated Press
- Wilmington worried about pending DHL announcement – Dayton Daily News
- Glowing review earns Gee possibly $2 million – Columbus Dispatch
Will Kevin DeWine be first ORP Chairman to Switch Parties?
Filed under: Gov Strickland, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt, ohio politics
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.
Video: Carl Cameron dishes on Sarah Palin’s Shortcomings - Fox News
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.
Ohio Electoral Maps: Comparing Obama, Strickland and Bush by County
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, Presidential Campaign 2008
Editor’s Note: Data for these county maps came from the Ohio Secretary of State’s website.
Text: President Bush Statement on Election
Filed under: George W. Bush, Presidential Campaign 2008
(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
Ohio Election Wrap: Day After Clips from Ohio’s Newspapers
Filed under: Barack Obama, Jennifer Brunner, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
Presidential Coverage
- Obama Sweeps to victory as first black president
– Columbus Dispatch
- Obama, American voters make history
– The Plain Dealer
- Win restores blacks’ faith
– Columbus Dispatch
- Analysis: How Obama Won Ohio
– Columbus Dispatch
- Impressive showing but no Ohio turnout record
– The Plain Dealer
- Editorial: Obama presidency is break from the past
– Canton Repository
- Editorial: President Obama is change to cheer
– Dayton Daily News
- Editorial: Making History
– Akron Beacon Journal
- Voters rejoice at Obama’s election – Cincinnati Enquirer
- Obama wins Ohio, Michigan – Presidency in Landslide
– Toledo Blade
- ‘Joe the Plumber’ will take his politics online
– Toledo Blade
- Editorial: The View Forward
– Toledo Blade
- Editorial: Now time to unite behind message of hope
– The Plain Dealer
- Editorial: Not the day to be cynical
– Dayton Daily News
- Editorial: Election brings change to America
– Cincinnati Enquirer
- Election Problems? Not in Ohio
– Columbus Dispatch
- Day smoother than expected despite some glitches
– Columbus Dispatch
Ohio Candidates and Issues
- Dems wrest back control of Ohio House
– Columbus Dispatch - Stivers, Kilroy winner likely not know for 10 days
- Columbus Dispatch - Boccieri to replace Regula
– Canton Repository - Driehaus ousts Chabot
– Cincinnati Enquirer - Democrats reclaim Ohio House
– Associated Press - Cordray rolls to big win
– Columbus Dispatch - Editorial:
Payday Lenders Lose Big in Ohio – The Plain Dealer - Montgomery County results still being counted – Dayton Daily News
- Boehner will seek return to House leadership
– The Plain Dealer - Dems expand majorities in Congress but Ohio races up for grabs
– The Plain Dealer - Husted winning State Senate seat
– Dayton Daily News - Dems close to regaining control of Ohio House
– The Plain Dealer - Fudge, LaTourette, Kucinich win – The Plain Dealer
- Casino, Payday Lenders denied
– Columbus Dispatch - Voters choose no on casino – The Plain Dealer
- Payday lenders defeated at polls
– The Plain Dealer - Ohio defeats gambling, keeps lending limits – Associated Press
- Paper ballots hold up counts in Ohio counties
– Associated Press - Editorial: Ohioans wisely say no to casino
– Canton Repository
Video: President-Elect Obama, Grant Park, Chicago | Victory Speech
Full Text: President-Elect Barack Obama, Victory Speech, Grant Park, Chicago | November 4, 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
Video: John McCain Concession Speech, November 4, 2008
Transcript: John McCain Concession Speech, November 4, 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
A Corner Turned - Barack Obama Elected President
Watching MSNBC at 11 p.m. tonight … Images coming from all over the country … Cut to Ebenezer Baptist Church. This just blows me away.
Ohio Election Update – 11 p.m. – Election Day
Obama Wins Ohio
- Obama wins Ohio, takes big electoral lead – Associated Press
- Cordray wins AG Race – Associated Press
- Judge grants Brunner’s request to consolidate cases – Columbus Dispatch
- Celebrations begin among NE Ohio Dems – The Plain Dealer
- Age a bigger concern than race - The Plain Dealer
- Montgomery County coming in faster than expected – Dayton Daily News
- Reports: Ohio Casino Issue Failing – Dayton Daily News
- Ohio GOP Chairman congratulates Obama ‘president-elect’ – Dayton Daily News
- Brunner calls it a smooth election – Dayton Daily News
- Cordray promises “culture of respect” – Toledo Blade
- Boards of Elections set to deal with provisional ballots as polls close – Toledo Blade
- Exit Polls: Moderates, Women help Obama win Ohio – Associated Press
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