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CJN taps WLST, others for Jewish opinion of Super Tuesday
Filed Under Barack Obama, Campaigning, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Jewish, Ohio, Politics, Primary, Religion, Voting, WH2008 | 3 Comments
Remember Renee from Roots Camp?
Renee Lipson, a Democrat, was looking forward to a “grand sweep” of the major primary states from Clinton. While she didn’t get her sweep, Lipson was pleased by Super Tuesday’s results. The Beachwood resident was particularly “delighted” that Clinton received the majority of delegates in Massachusetts, where Sen. Edward Kennedy had been endorsing Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“That was the high point of the evening for me,” Lipson says.
And our beloved Have Coffee Will Write author:
Going into Super Tuesday, independent Jeff Hess, 52, a Cleveland Heights resident, was hoping for “a big win for Obama and McCain.” If Obama had “locked up the Democratic nomination before the Ohio primary,” Hess would have voted in the Ohio Republican primary for McCain. With no clear Democratic frontrunner, Hess says he’ll be voting in the Democratic primary for Obama.
My state representative Josh Mandel’s (R-17, Lyndhurst) father (unless there’s another Bruce Mandel, in which case, I apologize for the incorrect connection) was quoted too:
Bruce Mandel, 56, of Beachwood is an independent. Prior to Super Tuesday, he noted that he liked McCain, “but if Romney wins the nomination, I will vote for Clinton.”
Mandel is pleased that McCain has now emerged as the Republican frontrunner, but how well Huckabee fared surprises him. “No doubt Huckabee took away votes from Romney.”
If Obama wins the Democratic nomination, Mandel says, “he will pose a stark contrast to McCain, age-wise as well as philosophically. McCain could find him hard to beat.”
And spoken like a true Democrat, who is only 45!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! even she’s getting a shot of cortisone in the back tomorrow:
Jill Miller Zimon, a Democrat, was hoping for “a clear winner on the Democratic side” on Super Tuesday. “Between Clinton and Obama, I am having a terrible time choosing. I would be satisfied with either one,” she says. On the Republican side, the 46-year-old Pepper Pike resident is leaning toward Romney because she’s been hearing “he will be easier for either Obama or Clinton to beat.”
Well! I never. Was 46, thank you.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:51 pm February 7th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Jewish, Ohio, Politics, Primary, Religion, Voting, WH2008 | 3 Comments
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JCU alumnus Russert to moderate Clinton, Obama debate at CSU
Filed Under Barack Obama, Blogging, Debates, Hillary Clinton, Media, Ohio, Politics, Primary | 7 Comments
From the Plain Dealer’s Openers:
Ohio voters could get their only look at Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama together at a debate Feb. 26 at Cleveland State University.Obama’s campaign Thursday night announced that he had accepted an invitation from NBC News to the debate, to be moderated by Brian Williams and Tim Russert. His campaign also said he will participate in a debate in Texas, which shares Ohio’s March 4 primary date.
More about Russert and John Carroll University here.
Maybe he’ll do a little somethin’ up this way with his alma mater?
And P.S. – I would just like to note that WLST had the info up about the debate…one whole minute before the PD. But who is counting?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:33 pm February 7th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Blogging, Debates, Hillary Clinton, Media, Ohio, Politics, Primary | 7 Comments
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7
‘Roots News: OhioNews Bureau Covers SOTS Speech Despite OLCA Rejections
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It should not be this hard to get access to our elected officials during their work day. They are public servants paid with our tax dollars.
And yet, as this article by John Michael Spinelli of the OhioNews Bureau goes on to demonstrate, not everyone in Ohio, who covers Ohio, feels exactly the same way about this issue.
Despite the unexplained, follow-the-leader rejections given by the six members of the board of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association (OLCA) to allow me a one-day only media pass to report on the State of the State speech given in Columbus Wednesday, I covered the speech from the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives, nonetheless.
…
Any member of OLCA’s board can unilaterally authorize a one-day press pass. Feeling the need for more rejection (or maybe I’m just a glutton for torture), I asked OLCA president Paul Kostyu, a Statehouse reporter for the Canton Repository, a publication owned by GateHouse Media, to give me a day-pass to cover the governor’s SOTS speech on February 6th. Mr. Kostyu, offering less explanation than he gave to reject for membership, declined my request.
John,
While I appreciate your request for a day pass to cover the governor’s state of the state address, I choose not to grant it. I will remind you, however, that you are able to cover the address from the public gallaries (sic).
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With a little help from my (blogger) friends, like Case Western Reserve law-student Jerid Kurtz at Buckeye State Blog, I learned that media credentials for the SOTS could also be secured by the House Clerk’s office on the day of the event. With this information, I was able to navigate around the OLCA blockade to safe passage to the SOTS.
I’ve had cordial relations with many of the people that Spinelli mentions and of course I don’t seek to make my relations with any of them frosty. But we have got to get on the same page here, because to not be on the same page when it comes to covering our state’s politicians and politics is a disservice to the folks responsible for getting them to the statehouse in the first place.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:25 pm February 7th, 2008 in 'Roots News, Blogging, Civil Rights, Government, Law, Media, Ohio, Politics, Statehouse, Tech, Ted Strickland, Voting | Comments Off
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7
Clinton, Obama to debate at Cleveland State University in Ohio
Filed Under Barack Obama, Campaigning, Cleveland+, Debates, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Media, Ohio, Politics, Primary, WH2008 | 9 Comments
Obama and Clinton will face off on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Cleveland State University, in a debated hosted by NBC News and WKYC, the NBC affiliate in Cleveland. Although terms haven’t been settled, Obama aides said the candidates would also meet in Texas, which votes the same day as Ohio, March 4.
Super-uber hattip to my The Moderate Voice co-blogger Holly in Cincinnati. I have got to get me some of her feeds.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:38 pm February 7th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Cleveland+, Debates, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Media, Ohio, Politics, Primary, WH2008 | 9 Comments
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7
Man stabs, shoots wife in front of Ohio fifth graders
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I’m not sure why I’m posting this except because it is so jarring, wrong, delusional and sad.
You can read for yourself in any one of these stories.
What can anyone say?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:13 pm February 7th, 2008 in Crime, Culture, Education, Law, Mental health, Ohio, Social Issues, Women | Comments Off
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7
Do NOT tell my husband
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That I told you this – but as a result of my incapacitation? He is blogging – yes, BLOGGING – a meeting he attended in my absence and has e-mailed me his live-blog notes.
If that’s not love, what is (and for those of you who know my husband, well, ‘nough said – now do NOT tell him I wrote this!).
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:57 pm February 7th, 2008 in Flip | Comments Off
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7
Ohio Democratic Presidential Candidate Straw Poll Results (1/31/08); Ohio GOP Straw Poll results too
Filed Under Announcements, Barack Obama, Campaigning, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Ohio, Politics, Voting, WH2008 | 2 Comments
Since there seems to be a lot of interest in Ohio right now, I’m bumping up the great information including a final tally from Anastasia Pantsios provided as a result of her attendance at the January 31, 2008 Democratic Straw Poll in Lakewood, Ohio (on the west side of Cleveland).
Here’s an excerpt:
Lakewood is a large inner-ring suburb immediately to the west of Cleveland along the lake, a very diverse place of block after block of modest single-family homes and duplexes and some apartments, old-fashioned storefront shopping streets, a stretch of high-rises along its lakefront “gold coast,” many immigrants, lots of young people (and lots of “meat-market” and sports bars) and a very big gay population (once said to be the largest outside San Francisco and New York), among other things. (Also an excellent chocolate store where I stopped before the event to get some dark-chocolate covered orange peel. Sweet Designs at 16100 Detroit Ave. if you’re ever in the area.)
It’s also at the very heart of Ohio’s 10th congressional district so I wasn’t too surprised when I came in to see congressional challengers Barbara Anne Ferris and Rosemary Palmer and their teams already there shaking hands and passing out literature, nor was I surprised to see that Team Kucinich had set up a table groaning with the trademark bright yellow bumper stickers, note pads, window signs and other Kucinich for Congress paraphernalia. (Those low on note pads were doubly blessed, as Judge Stuart Friedman, running for appeals court, was also there passing out pads.) Kucinich himself soon showed up with his wife Elizabeth and hung out for a good portion of the evening, chatting with constituents. He’s back home in his district and ready to rumble!
My cover story on the Oh-10 race ran this week http://www.freetimes.com/ with Dennis on the cover and he stopped to thank me for covering the race fairly. Barbara had not read the story yet, but Rosemary and her husband Paul said they’d appreciated it and thought I’d done a good job of capturing their campaign.
And heeeeere’s Dennis:
Finally, the organizers gathered all the candidates on stage. They let Dennis, Rosemary and Barbara each have a minute to speak. Dennis said forcefully, “I’ve had the opportunity to campaign with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and they are both worthy candidates and both are ready to serve their country as president.” Good on you, Dennis!
The final tally:
The final tally: 1 apiece for Biden and Gravel, 2 for Kucinich (his followers having apparently turned their attention seriously to his congressional campaign), 7 diehards for Edwards, 34 for Clinton and 73 for Obama.
Again, thank you, Anastasia. Primary source blogging. Gotta love it.
Here are great pictures from the event.
Here’s the Plain Dealer’s take on the same event.
Here’s an NE Ohio GOP straw poll, with a victory for Rudy Giuliani and another one, near Youngstown, that Ron Paul won (results if you scroll down).
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:39 pm February 7th, 2008 in Announcements, Barack Obama, Campaigning, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Ohio, Politics, Voting, WH2008 | 2 Comments
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7
Hearing McCain at CPAC: “to a Moderate Independent…it was frightening”
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Paul Silver, one of my co-bloggers at The Moderate Voice, posted this entry on John McCain’s address at CPAC. Paul, please forgive me for quoting so much of it, but what you’ve written as being what you’ve heard is exactly what I’ve feared about McCain all along, but I hope readers will go to Paul’s original post to read the entire thing and comment on it there.
He took a stand to use force to defeat any who threaten the US and freedom and ridiculed the soft skills of diplomacy promoted by the Dems. But how about addressing the reasons most of these people want to threaten the US: the poverty, the insulation from modern society, the suppression of freedom by their leaders, the failure and fear of moderates to speak out, the corrupting influence of oil wealth… Why not talk about energy independence as a path to reducing the consequences of global competition for energy and as an opportunity to grow our economy?
He took a stand to be pro-gun. But how about incremental efforts to keep guns out of the hands of predators and those who are violent and unhinged?
He took a stand to reduce taxes and cut government programs. But what happens to the poor and disadvantaged among us who loose health care, food assistance and pensions? What happens to our future if the cost of college goes up? He wants to use market forces to reduce health care costs. But the problem is that free market insurance doesn’t prevent providers from stonewalling claims and preventing medical care. Debates should force him to declare who’s services he will cut.
He took a stand to reduce Corporate taxes. But when we include all taxes paid by American citizens and businesses it is less than that paid in most other developed countries. Is it merely lower taxes that we want or is it to be convinced that our tax dollars are being spent as efficiently as possible to raise the tide for ALL ships in our harbor? Debates should force him to declare what he would cut to balance the budget and retire the debt.
Ironically he pledged to nominate strict constructionist Supreme Court Judges when it is such judges who have decided that freedom of speech and freedom of money are the same thing as far as elections are concerned. A recipe for the wholesale emasculation of representative government.
This was a scary speech and a scary audience response: Un-nuanced and immoderate. Everything that is wrong with the direction of our country.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:11 pm February 7th, 2008 in Campaigning, Elections, John McCain, Politics, Primary, WH2008 | 2 Comments
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7
MSM brings Clinton-Obama debate flamewar to an end
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Rats, because I’d really hoped it would be me who had an answer first (I e-mailed the only person I had a remote contact with related to the Obama campaign, but I haven’t heard back yet).
Hattip to this comment by David Potts, made in the midst of a blogging battle, that led us to this audio and blog post by the Plain Dealer’s Mark Naymik.
Barack Obama said he will debate Hillary Clinton in Ohio before the March 4 primary.
“I think we said we will do two more debates, and at least one of them will be in Ohio,” he told Plain Dealer editors and reporters Thursday afternoon during a phone interview. “I’m not sure exactly what communications have been going on between my staff and Sen. Clinton’s.”
See? We do need each other – the Dayton Daily News did not have Obama on the record, the blogs ruminated around interpretations of that article and then, leave it to the old guard to get an answer from the horse’s mouth (is this why we call it a horserace?).
Of course, I still had visions of it being me, but, oh well. Thanks, Mark.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:28 pm February 7th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Blogging, Campaigning, Debates, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Media, Ohio, Politics, WH2008 | Comments Off
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7
Whack-A-Vote: Smack to machine’s rear does trick
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From the can’t make this stuff up category:
[San Francisco Attorney Kevin] Ho says that after he inserted a card into the Sequoia voting machine, rather than displaying a ballot, the screen went red.
“Nothing moved–neither touching nor talking to the machine worked,” he writes. “What’s worse, the card was now stuck in the machine as there was no eject button or function.”
A poll worker was confounded, but after a brief consultation with a fellow medical professional, lifted the machine’s rear and whacked it.
Sheesh – I wish someone could just do that to my back and I’d be all fixed, too.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:33 am February 7th, 2008 in Elections, Politics, Primary, Voting | Comments Off
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