Just When I Start to Like The Arnold …
According to WOSU this a.m. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California is going to help McCain and Co. pull a play out of the Bush 2004 playbook – appear in Columbus, probably this Friday, with John McCain. The Los Angeles Times confirms. I wonder if Sarah Palin will be there. According to a website called the California Chronicle, the Governator’s endorsement of Palin is less than ringing.
What’s to like about Arnold? Mainly it is his forward thinking on energy policy and the promise of investing in a “green” economy. From afar, California appears to be years ahead of the rest of the country in the laws, policy and investment which will help the U.S. kick the foreign oil habit and clean up the environment. At times, it’s seemed downright refreshing to imagine Schwarzenegger as somewhat of a – well – maverick in Republican circles.
If Schwarzenegger cares about fostering the moderate or even progressive reputation he’s earned on some issues, appearing with McCain, a politician with policies rooted in the 1980s, seems a bit counter intuitive.
Time Out for News: Grand Jury begins in Cuyahoga Corruption probe, grading Ohio’s schools, Cleveland is pretty poor, Convention news from Dispatch
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Ohio News
- Federal Grand Jury begins meeting in Cuyahoga Corruption probe – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Cleveland is nation’s second-poorest big city – Associated Press
- Emotional start in Denver – Columbus Dispatch
- Grading your schools – Columbus Dispatch
- Columbus Mayor’s security not going to Denver – Columbus Dispatch
I would hope the Mayor’s security isn’t going to Denver – I mean outside of Central Ohio, who the hell is Mike Coleman? It would be pretty presumptuous and egotistical for the Mayor to drag his security and the taxpayers’ wallets around the country on political trips. Actually, does the Mayor even need security in CMH?
- State panel OK with Medicaid drug rule – Columbus Dispatch
- McCain tries to split up Dems – Columbus Dispatch
- GOP needs Ohio most: Dems – Columbus Dispatch
- Editorial: Silver Linings – Columbus Dispatch
- Paramount Studios seeks economic incentives from Ohio – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Buckeye Institute proposes dropping income tax – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thursday Evening Pt II: People are leaving Ohio (or at least many of her cities)
Columbus grows while rest of Ohio shrinks - Columbus Dispatch
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