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26

Caroline Kennedy endorses Obama

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More here in the Sunday New York Times.

I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.

I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.

The ball’s a-rollin’.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:39 pm January 26th, 2008 in Announcements, Campaigning, Elections, Politics, WH2008 | Comments Off 

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26

Read Plain Dealer endorsement of Cimperman

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Major hattip to Buckeye State Blog.

Here’s the Plain Dealer’s endorsement of Cleveland City Council member Joe Cimperman over four other Democrats (Rosemary Palmer, North Olmstead Mayor Thomas O’Grady, Barbara Ferris and incumbent Dennis Kucinich) for the nomination to run for the Ohio 10th Congressional seat.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:21 pm January 26th, 2008 in Politics | 7 Comments 

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26

South Carolina by the numbers, men, women, black, white, young, old

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Narrative form from The Trail.

Harbinger of Dems making it all the way into the White House:

On one measure there was broad agreement across racial lines: About seven in 10 white voters said they’d be satisfied if Obama becomes the nominee; and the same proportion of African Americans would be happy with Clinton as the party’s choice. At the same time, however, there are differences in levels of enthusiasm. More than eight in 10 black voters would be “very satisfied” with Obama as the party’s nominee, 38 percent of white voters said they’d be that happy. There was a narrower gap on Clinton: 46 percent of whites said they’d be very satisfied if she were the nominee, as did 34 percent of blacks.

Onto Florida for the GOP (1/29) and Super Tuesday for everyone (2/5).

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:16 pm January 26th, 2008 in Campaigning, Elections, Politics, WH2008 | Comments Off 

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26

Neveda Dems schedule convention on eve of Passover seder

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Duh. And if you think it doesn’t matter, the state of Neveda is home to more Jews than the national percentage (NV has 2.9% while the U.S. has 2.2%, according to the Jewish Virtual Library).

Here’s my other The Moderate Voice post from today.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:39 pm January 26th, 2008 in Blogging, Campaigning, Elections, Ohio, Politics, TMV, WH2008 | Comments Off 

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26

Remains of my back, 1-27-08 (great Saturday browsing)

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As I noted in a comment, I’m a crappy patient. And a crabby one too. So just consider this the Crappy Crabby Patient’s Blog.

1. Bloglines seems to be down and I can’t even catch-up and dump everything.

2. Everyone is happy on Twitter. But then, I think it’s like Steve Martin and the banjo – you just can’t help but be happy if you’re twittering – have you ever heard a sad twitter?

3. I resigned from the Society of Professional Journalists Cleveland Pro Chapter board and joined the Orange Schools Foundation board.

4. John Cusack will have to play Jerome Kerviel if his story turns out to be a film-worthy one.

5. Top Republican operative Roger Stone starts anti-Hillary group with the acronym, excuse my French, “C.U.N.T.” Family values at work. Read this lengthy article coming out next week in The Weekly Standard about the operative’s modus operandi.

6. How is it that we can all know how stupid this rebate stimulus package is and it’s going to move forward anyway?

7. Home sales suck. It’s not an industry I follow but there’s just no positive spin in that sector, unless you’re a buyer – and we don’t seem to have enough of those in this country to prop us up right now. In the meantime, I heard that the median price of a home in the U.S. is $218,900. How many people can afford that (I know, median means as many below as are above)? Sigh.

8. Whose idea was it to have Republicans debate in Boca Raton? Seriously. Boca? ROFL. Here’s the transcript.

9. Parents for Ethical Marketing was started by a favorite blogger of mine whom I’ve been unable to follow lately. Please take a look – it’s a great site.

10. While the New York Times endorses Hillary because of her experience, Barack Obama uses his skill to counter that argument. Hattip to Wendy Hoke at Creative Ink.

11. I haven’t had to plan for parental leave in eight years, but this list of ideas from BNET looks very thorough. Although I wonder – the article’s title is, “Have a kid and a career” – invisible hand of population control or me-ism?

12. I heard an ad for the CSU-produced FREE (downloadable) DVD, “YOU Should Run For Office,” last week. Here’s the Ohio Center for the Advancement of Women in Public Service’s home page with info on how to get the DVD. Feed the pipeline, baby. Don’t be holding any glass or other projectile objects while you listen to some of it (my favorite line is about how men worried that women couldn’t stand to hear the rigors of public debate. O.M.G.)

13. Should women own the debate on abortion? Lisa Renee instigates the conversation (thank you).

14. Along similar lines re: involvement in politics, CompleteCampaigns.com has this Campaign Guide, “So you want to Run for Office?”

15. Journalist moves to politics – will he ever be able to move back, given the newspaper industries’ struggles with political projects like Wide Open and The Point? George Stephanopoulos and Karl Rove have done it, why can’t we? Seriously.

16. World problems don’t resolve all by themselves. Thank you to Jeff Hess for being so incredibly reliable and diligent in following Myanmar.

17. Pregnant working mom.  As one commenter says, Whoopdidoo (but congrats to the mom and dad to be).

18. Can’t wait to hear about the Euclid Tavern re-opening that happened last night – anyone go?

19. What do you think about this blogging effort to help Uganda? When I first read about it, I didn’t know that the project was tied to a religious effort.  When I discovered that, it altered how I felt, though I can’t really find words to describe how it altered my feelings.

20.  Shutter Sisters photography blog.  Very cool.

I’ll stop at 20 – the painkiller’s kicking in and I need a nap.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:55 am January 26th, 2008 in Blogging, Campaigning, Culture, Elections, Government, Media, Ohio, Politics, Remains of the Day, Statehouse, WH2008, Wide Open, Women | 4 Comments 

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26

‘Roots News twofer

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For sure there’s plenty more out there, but here are a couple I didn’t want to let slip away:

1. OhDave of Into My Own interviewed Democratic primary candidate, David Esrati, who is seeking the Ohio 3rd congressional seat. Dave also did a correspondence-based interview of Gov. Roy Romer – pretty cool.

2. Word of Mouth – and what words AND mouth. Is there anyone, anywhere providing the service Scott et al are?

If you like primary source pieces from the blogs, check the Hunter-Gatherer list on the left-hand sidebar.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:46 am January 26th, 2008 in 'Roots News, Blogging, Ohio, Politics | 2 Comments 

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26

Where to find South Carolina Democratic primary results

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Check SCVotes.org. This page from the New York Times should also have some numbers. The South Carolina Democratic Party should have results here.

Not sure where the candidates stand on different issues? Try this tool to learn.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:46 am January 26th, 2008 in Announcements, Campaigning, Elections, Politics, Wide Open | Comments Off 

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