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28

Photos from inside Invesco Field as prep continues

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P1000797, originally uploaded by Ohio Daily Blog.

Thank you Jeff Coryell for these fantastic photos!

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:53 pm August 28th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Politics | Comments Off 

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28

More on Jewish vote: Obama invited to keynote NJDC annual convention next month

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Hmm – what am I doing on 9/23 and 9/24? Press credentials, hmm?

National Jewish Democratic Council Washington Conference 2008

September 23, 2008

Repairing the World One Election at a Time

Conference Dates: Tuesday, September 23 – Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Hilton Washington

Jewish Democrats have a unique opportunity to make a real difference in this critical election season.

Join NJDC to strategize, engage in dialogue, and make history.

INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Senator Barack Obama

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Governor Howard Dean
Vice President Al Gore
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
Reaching Jewish Swing Voters
Grassroots Training
Handicapping the Presidential & Congressional Races
Reception with Members of Congress
Panel Discussion on Key Issues: Israel and the Middle
East; Domestic Policy


Request Press Credentials
If you are a member of the press and would like to request press credentials, please send our press secretary, Aaron Keyak, an email at :aaron@njdc.org with your name, title, media outlet, phone number, and email and we’ll will then follow-up with you.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:43 pm August 28th, 2008 in Politics | Comments Off 

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28

[video] Dissecting the Jewish vote & possible Lieberman or Cantor GOP VP pick

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The NJDC, J Street and The Israel Project are mentioned within the speculation, commentary and analysis contained in this very informative news video. You can also see that the JTA’s Eric Fingerhut is not the Ohio Chancellor of Higher Education’s Eric Fingerhut.

Last night in The Chief Source live-blog, another live-blog attendee and I exchange thoughts on the Jewish vote this year. My opinion tracks with what’s presented in this JTA video, but to reiterate: you will find Jews all over the spectrum because first of all, Israel is not the one issue even for some American Jews who might be one-issue voters (although for sure it may be for others), and second of all, when Israel is the issue being discussed, ideas about what to do there and in relation to that country resemble a page in the Talmud, which is to say, many opinions around one framed statement.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:15 pm August 28th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Debates, Democrats, Elections, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Jewish, John McCain, Media, Politics, Predictions, Social Issues, Voting, WH2008 | 3 Comments 

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28

Obama’s influence on masculinity: men should talk about internalized sexism

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Please visit BlogHer for outstanding video (Joe Trippi, women of color, CA Secretary of State) and blogging coverage of the Democratic National Convention, but in the meantime, I’m grafting this fantastic interview by Maria Niles of Chris Rabb of Afro-Netizen because it directly and specifically refutes some of the stereotypes described and maintained by commenters (sorry, John, I do mean you, among others) in this post about whether John McCain’s superficial tough guy image outstrips Barack Obama’s more cosmopolitan and dare some of us wrote near-metrosexual presentation.

Again, please listen to the entire interview – Rabb does a great job making the case about men’s role in the gender politics and moving forward. I’d transcribe it because he says so many excellent things, but I am a lousy transcriptionist, unlike the old stereotype of women.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:29 am August 28th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Gender, Michelle Obama, Politics, Sexism, Social Issues, WH2008, Women | 5 Comments 

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28

[text] Joe Biden’s convention speech, Bill Clinton’s convention speech

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Here’s the text of U.S. Senator (DE) and Democratic nominee for Vice President Joe Biden’s convention speech.  Here’s the video of it.

Here’s the text of former President Bill Clinton’s convention speech.  Here’s the video.

I participated in this Akron-based live-blog of the convention activities last night – pretty interesting back and forth.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:14 am August 28th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Democrats, Joe Biden, Politics | Comments Off 

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28

Carnival of Ohio Politics #132 now posted

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I hiccuped this week and missed the deadline but thank goodness the contributors to this week’s edition of the Carnival of Ohio Politics, #132, listen to the editors better than I did (apologies again to Ben of the Keeler Political Report who compiled the Carnival this week).

Reason #57 for why I love the carnival: It’s the Ohio blogosphere’s regional roundtable report, with the region being our state.  Thanks to all participants.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:12 am August 28th, 2008 in Blogging, Carnivals, Ohio, Politics, Writing | Comments Off 

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