Then, the Democrat state standard bearer, Governor Ted Strickland, learns he's down 9 points to an opponent who has yet to run one advertisement.
And now it's Fisher's turn....
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Morning headlines read, “Senate Reaches Broad Health Pact“, “Democrats Reach Deal On Health Plan” or some scenario that many will trust and not read deep down to obtain the facts of this “broad deal.”
As the infomercials commonly say, “But wait, there’s more!”
Wall Street Journal byline, “Senate Democrats [...]
“Democrats near agreement to give up health-care public option”
Such meaninglessness. Does the bill create substantial control over the delivery of medical services and medical services financing? You betcha. Does the bill create a platform for endless tinkering to “fix” things? You betcha. Any bill is a bad bill, except [...]
After days of secret talks, Senate Democrats tentatively agreed Tuesday night to drop a government-run insurance option from sweeping health care legislation, several officials said, a concession to party moderates whose votes are critical to passage of President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. In its place, [...]
Roger Geiger of the Ohio NFIB is thoroughly annoyed at the Democrat-controlled Ohio House for passing heavy handed insurance mandates:
“The Ohio House of Representatives today approved two measures that guarantee higher health insurance premiums for small businesses that could not have come at a worse time, as most small [...]
House Minority Leader John Boehner, a West Chester Republican, says President Obamas proposal to use surplus bank bailout funds for job creation initiatives amounts to a slush fund for politicians and continues Washington Democrats unprecedented deficit spending binge.
Boehner and other Republicans want estimated $200 billion in excess TARP [...]
Representing the progressive wing of his party, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is one of 10 Democratic senators holed up today in search of a final health care reform bill compromise - at least one amenable to all Democrats - on how to implement a government-run insurance plan.
Brown [...]
Abortion Takes Center Stage (Again)
A month ago, House leaders were forced into a corner by conservative Democrats insisting that health reform legislation include language prohibiting abortion coverage on the exchange. This week, the scenario is threatening to play out again in the upper chamber, where [...]
Watch out for those parentheses!:
Here’s the deal with Statehouse shrieking over when to renew the Third Frontier, Ohio’s job-development program:
In 2011, Ohio will run out of Third Frontier money. Gov. Ted Strickland and House Speaker Armond Budish of Beachwood, want to ask Ohioans in May 2010 to extend the [...]
So Democrats and the black caucus cry raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacism!:
Oddly enough, Ted Strickland even supports the changes. But I suppose this is what happens when a number of districts in the state legislature are “set asides” for some very ignorant politicians.
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Breaking a three-day stalemate, the Senate approved an amendment to its health care legislation that would require insurance companies to offer free mammograms and other preventive services to women.
The vote was 61 to 39, with three Republicans joining 56 Democrats and the two independents [...]
Lakewood Councilwoman-At-Large Nickie Antonio became the third entrant to the race to replace term-limited Michael Skindell for the 13th Ohio House District. According to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections website, Antonio is the only candidate to officially pull petitions, although Democrats Dan Brady and Antonio's Council colleague, Tom Bullock [...]
GOP Quickly Goes to War Count U.S. Senate candidate Lee Fisher among the Democrats who are opposed to President Obama's decision to send 30,000 more U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan.
On the one hand, says Fisher, "Keeping America safe is our most sacred duty. Thats why I believe we must continue to aggressively target al-Qaeda" [...]
If the reaction by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is any indication, President Obama still has a way to go to win over fellow Democrats, even after the commander in chiefs nationally televised speech tonight laying out his Afghanistan strategy.
Brown before the speech said he was very skeptical [...]
Gubernatorial Candidate John Kasich supports phasing out the Ohio estate tax and the Ohio office of Americans for Prosperity are putting an issue on the ballot that will do just that, but Democrats in Congress are ready to extend the Federal state tax indefinitely.
Here is a good video [...]
has been indicted on two more charges for her illegal scheme to pay $5/voter via the Ohio University College Democrats.
She was already indicted for laundering more than $27,000 in campaign contributions through personal bank accounts during her race for county prosecutor.
Ted Strickland has remained silent throughout these ongoing scandals.
As an update to my post on the Ohio House Democrat’s questionable numbers the supposed benefits of the 3rd Frontier corporate welfare scheme, Minority Leader Bill Batchelder is pissed:
“It has come to our attention that for more than half a year the House Democrats have been drafting, working and [...]
Twelve elected Democrats from Lucas County today endorsed Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher for the party's nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
The officials, including seven countywide officeholders and Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, opted to endorse Fisher rather than his opponent for the Democratic nomination, Secretary of State Jennifer [...]
But a bigger indicator of peril comes from a new survey question' [...]
