[...] edited by: Lisa Renee Ward,
Ohio Editor
This is Dennis Spisak.Letting the governor appoint members to the Ohio Supreme Court might offer Democrats their best shot of breaking the Republican monopoly on the bench. But that doesn't mean every Democrat is in favor.
Mary Jane Trapp, an appellate judge in northeast Ohio who is running for the Supreme' [...]
It’s not exactly an epiphany, but a PPP Poll has shown that Democrats will suffer if they can’t manage to pass a healthcare bill.
"Most voters aren't following this debate really closely and don't understand the nuances of it all. At the end of the day voters are likely [...]
It’s that time of year again. On this day every year, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents all over the state unite behind a common cause: hating Michigan.
[...]Attorney General Richard Cordray is by far the most interesting of Ohio Democrats, for many reasons, and today’s filing of a lawsuit against credit rating agencies is another example of that fact.
On the one hand, if properly and narrowly handled by the courts, this sort of claim could be [...]
If Democrats can't make something out of this they deserve to lose their majority and be sued for political malpractice.
Today, Senate Republicans blocked Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd’s (D-CT) attempt to pass legislation to stop credit card interest rate hikes.
Dodd went to the Senate floor to' [...]
THE KNOCKOUT RALLY
The Ohio Democratic Party''s blueprint for victory
Monday, November 23, at 6:30pm
Lincoln Theatre, 769 E. Long St. in Downtown Columbus
At a time when many Democrats are hoping for at least a split decision in 2010, the state party is rolling out an aggressive pugilistic-themed pitch for a sweeping "knockout" victory over Republicans [...]
There’s no question that we need to be watching the Ohio House races very closely this cycle, as Democrats have only a narrow majority.
In that light, it was some relief to hear that Lou Gentile is running to replace the term limited John Domenick in the 95th [...]
The erosion among independents, however, isn’t simply a regional problem. Democrats are anxious about the prospects of five-term Sen. Chris Dodd in Connecticut, who trails one of his GOP opponents by 28 percentage points among independents in a prospective head-to-head matchup, and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter and [...]
Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Urbana wants Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to look into allegations that the advocacy group ACORN had an at least preliminary plan to boost Democrats' political prospects in 2008 in key congressional races in Ohio.
Jordan is citing as his evidence a document' [...]
Later, [Speaker Bill] Harris said: “All of the small businesses that I’ve talked to, including my sons’, feel that [Strickland's proposed income tax "freeze] is absolutely a tax increase.”
Harris has been adamant in the past that he will not vote to raise taxes. Democrats have called the" [...]
After all, 11 of the top 15 biggest recipients of Wall Street campaign cash are Democrats.According to Lynn Walsh of the Buckeye Institute, not only do stimulus jobs cost more in Congressional districts controlled by Democrats, but jobs have been “saved or created” in districts that don’t exist.. such as District 00 or District 99.
But the question remains: In those pretend districts during [...]
Senate Democrats -- with some significant help from Republican Senators -- absolutely shattered a Republican attempt to filibuster a nominee for the Court of Appeals (the intermediate federal appellate court, just below the Supreme Court). The vote was 70-29.
Democrats on Tuesday crushed [...]
