Sunday Papers – November 9, 2008

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 Election Wrap: Day After Clips from Ohio’s Newspapers

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

Ohio News Roundup – October 1: Obama leading, McCain Complaining, Payday lenders, Brunner, Bailout, Sherrod Brown, Voinovich, Gov Approval Rating, Strickland establishes economic growth group

Presidential Politics and Election News

• Quinnipiac: Obama lead widens in Ohio, other states – Columbus Dispatch

• Race, unfamiliarity could defeat Obama in Southeast – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio House battle taking shape – The Plain Dealer
• Kilroy attacks Stivers’ history as bank lobbyist – Columbus Dispatch
• Payday lenders: 200k more signatures – Columbus Dispatch
• McCain’s remarks at Capital U. spark bailout blow – Columbus Dispatch
• McCain interview with Dispatch on Bailout – Columbus Dispatch
• Endorsements: Celeste and others – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: PD slams Members who voted against bailout – The Plain Dealer
• Brunner backed by courts – The Plain Dealer
• McCain defends role in Bailout – Dayton Daily News

Other News

• Voinovich to vote for bailout, Brown undecided – Columbus Dispatch
• Strickland establishes economic growth group – Columbus Dispatch
• Poll: Strickland approval rating slips – WHIO-TV
• State budget cuts will affect county programs – Dayton Daily News
• Economic crisis yields many opinions – Columbus Dispatch
• New law benefits bankrupt Ohioans – Columbus Dispatch
• Capital Notes – Columbus Dispatch

Ohio News Check

Still a Few Without Power

• 40,000 Ohioans still without power – Dayton Daily News

Politics & Other News

• All eyes on payday lending struggle in Ohio, AZ – Associated Press
• McCain Adviser sues Ohio over ballot issue – Columbus Dispatch
• Testing behind for Cuyahoga’s new voting system – The Plain Dealer
• Cleveland’s sustainability ranking moving higher – The Plain Dealer
• Strickland scrupulous about gifts, ethics issues – The Plain Dealer
• Absentee voting changing nature of elections – Associated Press
• State agencies deciding latest round of cuts – WBNS-TV

Ohio News Update – Lots of Work for Jennifer Brunner, Marc Dann still paying piper for being unethical, More on State budget cuts, Obama and Ohio

Brunner Makes Most News 

• Republicans reject Brunner’s proposal on disputed absentee ballots – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio GOP sues to block early voting – Toledo Blade
• Republicans file suit against Ohio Secy State – Dayton Daily News
• Brunner faces GOP suit; payday lending issues – Columbus Dispatch
• GOP Chief, Brunner clash over ballots – Columbus Dispatch
• Brunner may toss signatures on payday lending ballot issue – Columbus Dispatch
• State to go after former legislator – Columbus Dispatch
• Dann told to payback campaign for funds used on home – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Dann must pay campaign $40k – Columbus Dispatch
• Ash borer adds Licking County to its domain – Columbus Dispatch

• Editorial: Needless Nitpicking – Columbus Dispatch
• Federal housing program causes tension in SW Ohio – Dayton Daily News

• Local programs will feel state cuts – Dayton Daily News
• Obama’s economic focus credited with lead in Ohio poll – Dayton Daily News
• Officials monitor Scioto River for parasite – Canton Repository
• Op-Ed, David Skolnick: Reach out and touch a political spinner – Youngstown Vindicator

Ohio News Update – Austria Plagiarizes, Boehner on Palin, OH Guard to LA, Grocery Tax No More, Dispatch RNC Coverage, Payday Lenders, Cordray

Austria accused of plagiarism in local paper – Dayton Daily News

Boehner: Palin Critics Elitist – Politico

Ohio Guard Sending 1,500 Troops to LA – Columbus Dispatch

Appeals Court throws out CAT tax for grocers – Dayton Daily News

Court Voids State Grocery Tax – Columbus Dispatch

Party is muted but Palin news isn’t – Columbus Dispatch

Cordray, Dann find little in common – Columbus Dispatch

Minnesotan fires up Ohio delegates – Columbus Dispatch

Corporate cruise able to double as storm fundraiser – Columbus Dispatch

Editorial: Lose it or pay – Columbus Dispatch

Ohio fills abandoned mines to avoid collapses – Cleveland Plain Dealer

Payday lending issue step closer to ballot – Dayton Daily News

Monday a.m. – Gustav, Georgia and Russia, Dispatch RNC Coverage, Payday Lenders, China quake

Latest Gustav News from The Times Picayune 

 

Ohio News

• Payday lenders file more signatures than needed – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio GOP’s top concern is Bush – Columbus Dispatch
• Storm cuts convention’s opening day – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: College Savings Plan – Columbus Dispatch
• Payday law in effect, but effect on hold – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Obama-Biden in Toledo, message draws cheers – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: McCain takes a gamble on Palin – Cleveland Plain Dealer

• Obama vows to rebuild America’s middle class – Toledo Blade

Nation – World

• EU emergency summit on Russian ties – BBC
• China quake kills 38, damages 250,000 homes – Reuters
• Historic failure on state budget – San Jose Mercury News
• GOP plans unsettled – New York Times

Sunday Papers – Obama in Dublin, Race and the race, SEIU scandal?, Dispatch at RNC, Ohio GOP, Ohio Economy, Tubbs Jones, Payday Lenders

Ohio News

• Obama, Biden start wooing Ohio – Columbus Dispatch
• Obama Bus Tour Makes Dublin Stop – Dayton Daily News
• Op-Ed, Ben Marrison: Race will influence vote, but how much? – Columbus Dispatch
• Unity the key for McCain too – Columbus Dispatch
• Key backer of sick day proposal faces scandal – Los Angeles Times (Columbus Dispatch)
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Obama’s big moment overshadowed by McCain’s gains – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: McCain can exploit experience factor – Columbus Dispatch
• Tubbs Jones spirit honored – Associated Press
• Editorial: Stay on Message (Sick Days) – Columbus Dispatch
• Cleveland says farewell to Tubbs Jones – Cleveland Plain Dealer

 

• New Ohio law helps you guard against ID theft – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• McCain’s unconventional choice – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Endorsement for Issue 5 – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Ohio GOP in needless lather – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Bad times getting worse in Ohio – Dayton Daily News
• What can be done to rejuvenate state’s economy? – Dayton Daily News

• New Ohio GOP leaders emerge – Dayton Daily News

Saturday p.m. - Clinton and Tubbs Jones, Amish, Columbus budget, Indian Casinos

Ohio News

• Friends, sisters in politics and life - Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Amish population is growing, shifting - Columbus Dispatch
• City examines early retirements, buyouts - Columbus Dispatch
• Three Indian casinos possible in Ohio? - Columbus Dispatch
• Elections to fill Tubbs-Jones’ seat to cost $5.5 Million - Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Payday lender foes ask for probe on petition practices - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Monday p.m. – DHL headman to McCain: No Alternative, DHL prepares severance, Education panel, Ohio education funding and reform, Perrysburg on tap for 134 new jobs

Ohio News

• DHL Chief to McCain: No alternative to “drastic measure” – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• DHL preparing severance packages for workers – Dayton Daily News
• First Solar to expand in Perrysburg - MarketWatch
• Editorial: Don’t assume worst about voters – Dayton Daily News
• State needs to change way it thinks about education – Columbus Dispatch
• Unified party? Clinton as VP might do it – Columbus Dispatch
• GOP continues fight on early voting flap – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: State of confusion – Columbus Dispatch
• Freer rein for judicial candidates proposed – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: State and locals need to extend RTA’s reprieve – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Payday lenders still want to cash in big – Dayton Daily News
• Editorial: The new urbanism – Toledo Blade

Sunday Papers – Ohio Pres Campaign, AG Harassment, Cuyahoga Land Deal, Casinos, Strickland, Boccieri, Schuring, DHL, Sick Days

Ohio News

• On the trail in Ohio: The Spots that Draw Politicians Like Flies – Columbus Dispatch
• State gets hearing in AG-Harassment case postponed – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: November’s Prospects – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Here’s a fishing trip both candidates should go on – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Ohio’s conservatives still distrustful of McCain – Columbus Dispatch
• Land deal a series of missed chances – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Ohio must make itself heard by the candidates – Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Casinos as revenue machines ‘iffy’ – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Strickland supporters gather for cornhole & speeches – Akron Beacon Journal
• Editorial: Depceptive ballot language – Akron Beacon Journal
• Editorial (from Friday): Deadline for a deal – Akron Beacon Journal
• Rural economic woes may provide opening for Obama – Dayton Daily News
• Editorial: McCain Right on DHL But it’s Not Pretty – Dayton Daily News
• Meet the men behind 16^th Congressional Distr Race – Canton Repository
• Ohio sick days compromise heading to big fight – Canton Repository
• Editorial: Sick Days initiative could cost more Ohio jobs – Warren Tribune Chronicle

Wednesday a.m. – State agency OT, Payday lender shenanigans, Georgia v. Russia, Jerome Corsi is a worthless hump

Ohio News

• State Agencies: Watch the OT – Columbus Dispatch
• Payday lender petition shenanigans? – Columbus Dispatch
• Dems win over religious leaders – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: Glass half-full – Columbus Dispatch
• Schools struggle to help kids – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Safety net hospitals limiting services to poor: Study – Cleveland Plain Dealer

National/International

• Georgia says Russian troops still fighting despite accord – New York Times
• Before the gunfire, cyberattacks – New York Times
• Book on Obama hopes to repeat anti-Kerry feat – New York Times
• Sleight of voice – New York Times

Tuesday a.m. Clips – Ohio Rs: No to Romney; Ohio Highway Patrol sexiness; Dimora & Russo; Ohio AG race; War of Russian Aggression; Dimora & Russo; Payday lending; Debunking offshore drilling

Ohio News

• Ohio activists reject Romney – Columbus Dispatch
• Troopers in trouble over romances – Columbus Dispatch

It’s time for Ohio Highway Patrol to resubmit to civilian authority – racism and sexiness too much – if the Army can take orders from W, OHP can bend to Strickland, Guzman

• McClendon wrongly held by state for 18 years – Columbus Dispatch

Original prosecutors and anyone else who stood in the way of justice in these cases should be disbarred.

• Dimora – Russo probe began long ago – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio AG race overview – Cleveland Plain Dealer