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It's Hot! Damn Hot! 2008-07-23 11:57:21 Maybe you should head over the Carnival of Ohio Politics to cool off....I hear they make a wicked snow cone!
Follow Up: Ohio in 2008? 2008-07-22 00:10:18 RealClearPolitics.com is up with the follow-up piece to the one Michael linked last week. In it, they discuss Ohio
voting patterns, and what a candidate needs to do to win the state. (Nothing new on the CW, really: Dems need the large cities, a few moderate cities, and the eastern, southern, and northern border counties; Republicans need the rest).With Obama currently polling at +8% in our fair
How Alan Gura Saved the 2nd Amendment 2008-07-19 22:09:02 I thought this was a fascinating read. As a future attorney, it should come as no surprise that I dream of arguing before the Supreme Court someday (my dreams often involve me verbally sparring with the brilliant (yet very wrong) Justice Breyer over whether Roe v. Wade should be overturned). Anyway, since we have been talking 2nd Amendment
the past few weeks, I thought this was an appropriate arti
A Big, Hairy, Audacious Gore...Er, Goal 2008-07-17 17:26:24 Get it? He's got a beard! I crack myself up...Ok, now for the serious post. Today, Al Gore decided to go all JFK on us and challenge our nation to accomplish the seemingly impossible: produce all U.S. energy using clean energy sources. In 10 years. You can read the full article here.Not surprisingly, I love this. As someone whose values are largely shaped by my experiences in the Scouting mov
Obama: naive and dangerous thinking? 2008-07-16 17:16:24 One has to wonder whether Obama
actually believes the stuff he says, or whether he's got such incapable and ridiculous aides who guide him down the wrong path. Either way, Obama today said during his first term he will eliminate all nuclear weapons.Besides the parallels between McGovern and Mondale, who both indicated wishes of doing so, the truth is this is fundamentally naive. The world is diffe Read more:dangerous
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I Have a Dream...A NIMBY Dream 2008-07-16 14:20:58 This story from the New York Times sums up my greatest fear about the Obama candidacy:"White voters, much more so than black voters, are divided in their political loyalties. Mr. Obama draws significant support among white Democrats. Yet still, among just Democrats, blacks were more apt than whites in the poll to express positive views of Mr. Obama across a range of questions."So many white voters Read more:Dream
Messin' With Texas 2008-07-16 10:10:26 On a day when soaring consumer pricing and our fiscal crisis are painting a less than rosy image of the good 'ole USA, now this. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the U.N.'s highest court, has ordered a stay of the execution of several Mexican citizens currently sitting on Texas
' death row.For those unfamiliar with the case, which law scholars are watching very closely nationwide for its
Ohio in 2008? 2008-07-16 00:15:59 I wanted to share this link, because it is an interesting analysis of Ohio
politics. Plus, there are pretty maps (I prefer this one).I don't know how Ohio will go this time around. My gut instinct tells me that Obama will not win it, but that has to happen only if it is a close election (
John Edwards: who cares? 2008-08-11 14:27:20 Well I guess it is time for me to comment on the John Edward’s scandal since every media source out there has beat it to death. First of all, I feel bad for his whole family -- in particular his wife, whether she is ill or not. I do not see why it is such a big deal to the American people since John is not the nominee and was not close to being the VP choice again for the Democrats either. Read more:Edwards
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How's the Groom? Why, He's Slightly Fried 2008-08-06 08:39:50 The liberal half of the Buckeye Punditeers, Brad Cromes, is headed to the Cleveland area today to prepare the way for his wedding this weekend, and won't be back from his Honeymoon until August 19th.Until then, he leaves you in the capable hands of his compatriot......but don't believe anything Michael says. Read more:Fried
Guaging the Energy Debate 2008-08-05 10:39:57 Yet again this week, the Great EnergyDebate
of 2008 continues on the Presidential campaign trail. The latest plot device? A slender piece of aluminum and plastic central to any car's maintenance program: the tire gauge.As reported earlier by Mark Halperin at The Page, the McCain campaign has busied itself this week distributing tire gauges in an effort to lampoon Sen. Obama's admonition that Ame
A Good Run of Bad Luck 2008-08-05 09:22:37 Yesterday marked a step back for the state of Ohio. With the introduction of Keno gambling statewide, an expansion of the Ohio lottery meant by Gov. Strickland to boost flagging education budgets, the state continued down the path we began in 1971 with the sale of the first Ohio lottery ticket, a path that can only worsen our state's already shoddy economic status.Why so glum over a few numbers o
Perils of the High Road 2008-08-04 15:00:50 The above image, one of many depictions of the junior senator from Illinois as "Saint Barack," speaks to the massive success of the McCain campaign in setting the narrative for the fall campaign, now only 92 short days away from its terminus."What?" you say. "The McCain campaign? You mean the campaign that can't keep applesauce from ruining a photo op? You mean the campaign whose foreign policy
Romney for Vice President 2008-08-02 10:40:41 A year ago, if you had heard me say this, you would've wondered what was in my morning cup of coffee.I did not like Romney
one bit. I thought he was inauthentic. I didn't believe his "conversion" to being pro-life. I thought he was a manufactured candidate and that he'd go down in defeat to Hillary Clinton.My, how a year changes things. While I still don't think Romney is the greatest thing since Read more:President
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Obama's Tank Moment 2008-08-01 14:48:43 Obama may still go ahead and win this election. However, the seeds have been planted for a 100 day assault on him that his campaign may not be able to survive.If Obama had gone to the Middle East, visited the troops, then had private meetings with several foreign leaders, I think his trip would have been an unqualified success. However, he just had to have that speech in Berlin, didn't he? People Read more:Moment
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Fighting the Good Fight 2008-08-19 13:48:00 As each of you knows, Michael and I have endeavored in these pages to provide you with insight into the world of politics from the legal perspective. We've worked very hard to be as fair and balanced as we can, while still providing you with our real and unfiltered opinions about the best direction for our state and our nation.I have recently been offered a position working with the Ohio Democra Read more:Fighting
Flowers for Algernon 2008-11-21 14:45:00 Mary Jo Kilroy and the Ohio Democratic Party owe one Judge Algernon Marbley a bouquet.Last night, to the surprise of almost no one, the Ohio Republican Party (in the form of State Sen. Steve Stivers' campaign) was reminded by yet another federal court that Ohio election laws, in fact, apply to everyone.See, this is the same group of folks who sued Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner for not counti Read more:Flowers
BREAKING: New Ohio House Dems Leadership Announced *UPDATED* 2008-11-18 21:02:00 Your new OhioHouse
Democratic Caucus Leadership
(HT, BSB, with one small correction):Speaker: Rep. Armond Budish (D-Beachwood)Speaker Pro Tempore: Rep. Matt Szollosi (D-Toledo)Majority Floor Leader: Rep. Jennifer Garrison (D-Marietta)Ass't. Majority Floor Leader: Rep. Tracy Heard (D-Columbus)Majority Whip: Rep. Jay Goyal (D-Mansfield)Ass't. Majority Whip: Rep. Allan Sayre (D-Dover)Hard to quibble
Welcome Back, Clinton! 2008-11-17 18:08:00 Just like classic television from the 1970s, it seems some political families find new life in syndication.There's been a great deal of chatter this week about the prospect of former First Lady, Senator from New York, and erstwhile presidential contender Hillary Clinton
joining Obama's "team of rivals" as Secretary of State.While I'm initially inclined to like this move on the "pissing in/pissing Read more:Welcome
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It's Coming... 2008-11-09 19:20:00 Buckeye Punditeers is relaunching.Soon.Tell your friends and neighbors.
Quick Hits: Of Swans and Ugly Ducklings 2008-12-18 07:04:00 In honor of the close of the 127th General Assembly (and the end of more than a decade of Republican House dominance), I feel it's appropriate to look at some of the lame duck legislation the General Assembly passed before heading home for nog and yule logs.Some of it was good...some of it, not so much. So, without further adieu, here it is: the 1st Annual "Swan or Ugly Duckling" Lame Duck Review. Read more:Quick
BREAKING: Kilroy Wins Ohio 15th After Stivers Concedes 2008-12-07 18:35:00 Ohio
's newest Congressperson. So, I was initially planning on posting today with a deeper analysis of the Ohio Supreme Court's botched decision this week on the counting of ballots in the Ohio 15th. Thankfully, the voters have made the point moot.Despite the potential disenfranchisement of nearly 1,000 voters in Franklin County, the recount in this race concluded today with Democrat Mary Jo Kilr
Justice Requires Balance: Initial Reactions to Today's Ruling 2008-12-05 15:49:00 What's wrong with this picture?Cuyahoga County Judge Joe Russo, on his way to a 67-33% shellacking this fall, ran for office on the sole premise that a Supreme Court wholly dominated by one party was bound to make some decisions on a partisan basis. The American ideal of "justice for all," the argument went, cannot abide the invasion of partisanship into our courtrooms.Judge Russo, outgunned in a Read more:Balance
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