My blogging operations have been transferred to Ohio Daily Blog .
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/11/please-go-to-ohiodailyblogcom.html
My Geauga County friends Terry and Janet Carson went to Tuesday night's Indians game with John Hazley and a special guest:
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/10/take-ted-out-to-ballgame.html
Today was the final day for filing election petitions in Wood County for the November 6th special primary elections in the 5th Ohio Congressional District. Subject to verification of petition sig...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-5-nine-file-for-special-primary.html
I've been trying to keep track as the number of Democrats calling on Republicans to condemn Rush Limbaugh's reprehensible remark on Wednesday that U.S. military personnel returned from Iraq who c...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/calls-for-gop-condemnation-of-limbaugh.html
In a new poll just out from Fox News , Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has a big (and growing) lead over three major GOP contenders in head-to-head matchups (parenthetical numbers are from July): 46...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-fox-poll-clinton-obama-lead-three.html
A few days ago Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) joined a group of 24 House members in signing a "bipartisan compact on the Iraq debate ," which they call a pledge designed to reduce ...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-14-oneill-d-calls-iraq-compact.html
An article published yesterday by McClatchy Newspapers' Washington Bureau says that new voting laws in Ohio and Florida could dampen Democratic voting in 2008 , and the part about Ohio contains a...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/brunner-vote-law-institutionalized-vote.html
Kudos to Rep. Zack Space (D-Dover) and Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Copley Township) for continuing to take the lead on legislation to address the continuing mortgage crisis. Yesterday the House Ways an...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-13-18-space-d-and-sutton-d-promote.html
Salon's Washington Bureau Chief Walter Shapiro has an article out that explains in straight-forward terms why Democrats in Congress can't end the war -- they don't have enough votes to override ...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/real-struggle-to-end-iraq-war-will-be.html
A reader in Wood County informs me that Tiffin University administrator Mike Grandillo (D-Tiffin) has decided against running in the special primary election. However, petitions have been filed b...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-5-grandillo-d-out-campbell-d-in.html
There have been four or five potential Republican candidates under discussion in the comment thread to this post , but meanwhile the Toledo Blade has reported that on two new announced candidates...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-5-two-new-gop-candidates-declare.html
What's going on today in the state whose width (220 miles) is the same as its height (220 miles): Ohio Farmers Support Strickland's Energy Plan Assurances Regarding Production at Lordstown Incl...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/news-and-notes-ohio_26.html
Democratic primary challenger Rosemary Palmer (D-Cleveland) lost no time in lambasting Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Cleveland) for his mystifying vote against extension and expansion of SCHIP health...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-10-palmer-says-kucinich-and-bush.html
The House-Senate compromise bill to extend and expand SCHIP (H.R. 976, House Vote #906 ) passed tonight by a broad bipartisan majority of 265-159, with 45 Republicans voting "Yes" and 8 Democrats...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/4-of-10-ohio-gop-house-members-vote-for.html
Some interesting news items from the state whose highest point is Campbell Hill, 1550 feet above sea level: Space Hosts Conference Call on SCHIP Dann Pressuring Facebook on Child Safety Sutton...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/news-and-notes-ohio_25.html
September 30th is a reporting deadline for campaign contributions, so Congressional challengers should be focusing their time and attention this week on raising as much early campaign cash as p...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-14-big-fund-raiser-for-bill-oneill.html
Some of what's happening today in the state that fought a boundary war with Michigan in 1835 over the "Toledo Strip": Space Announces Law to Improve VA Health Care Weirauch Declares Support for...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/news-and-notes-ohio_24.html
In a piece in the Washington Post by Chris Cillizza and Shailagh Murray yesterday , the authors include Rep. Dave Hobson (R-Springfield) and Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Navarre) in a list of six GOP Hou...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-7-16-more-buzz-about-hobson-r-and.html
It's Sunday evening and I thought I'd clear out the feed reader - so here's a sampling of what's going on in the state whose name is derived from the Seneca word ohi:yo', meaning beautiful river:...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/news-and-notes-ohio_23.html
I have received an email from a reader in the eastern part of the 5th Congressional District who confirms an anonymous commenter's report that former State Rep. Rex Damschroder (R-Fremont) has de...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-5-damschroder-r-out-new-gop-names.html
House and Senate leaders are negotiating a compromise bill to extend and expand the S-CHIP program, which allows children in certain low-to-middle income families to enroll in Medicaid. (The popu...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/republican-defectors-may-defeat.html
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), quoted in a piece by blogger Taylor Marsh , says what I wish Democratic leaders would say: > "I commend MoveOn for their ad and for speaking truth to power," ...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/fave-comments-on-moveon-molehill.html
A few weeks ago I spoke with Michael Todd (D-Medina Township) about his campaign for the 22nd Ohio Senate seat of term-limited Ron Amstutz (R-Wooster). Todd is an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney ...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-sen-22-interview-with-mike-todd-d.html
The Columbus Dispatch blog The Daily Briefing reported yesterday that Karen Gillmor (R-Dublin), widow of Rep. Paul Gillmor (R), will not run in the special election in the 5th Ohio Congressional ...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-5-karen-gillmor-r-out-wachtmann-r-in.html
I'm "turning over the mic" to a reader who sent me this message about yesterday's political stunt by the GOP: > he reason this has caused me to taste my own bile so bitterly > this...
http://ohio2006elections.blogspot.com/2007/09/reader-expresses-disgust-at-senate.html