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Carnival of Ohio Politics, Post-election Edition 2008

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Many thanks to Ben Keeler of Keeler Political Report and The Point for putting together this only once every four years version of the Carnival of Ohio Politics (technically #141).

There are a number of primary source post, videos, appearances on other media and as always, viewpoints from everywhere on Ohio’s spectrum.

Thanks as always to all the participants.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:17 pm November 12th, 2008 in Blogging, Carnivals, Ohio, Politics | Comments Off 

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Beating up on bloggers is so 2005

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Must mean we’re doing something right.  From Think Progress:

Last night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow showed a clip of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) complaining about being criticized by “some blogger” sitting “in their parents’ basement.” Maddow — who later said she saw herself as “a blogger on TV” — did the show in her pajamas to show solidarity with bloggers….

Conservatives love to blast bloggers. Defending Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Scarborough mocked bloggers “just sitting there, eating Cheetos” in “their underwear,” while Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) complained that bloggers add “vituperation toxicity” to the political debate.

Even Dick Feagler’s railing on bloggers was literally years ago.  Come on people, let’s stop with the reactionary behavior.

Meanwhile, Shepard Smith continues to sound like a grounded, reasonable, reality-checking journalist:

Hurricane Katrina changed him forever, but I confess, I didn’t really watch him or know about him before then, I think.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:01 pm November 12th, 2008 in Blogging, Media | 11 Comments 

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Cafaro elected minority leader, GOP adds 2nd woman in OH state senate

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From the incomparable Capital Blog:

New Senate Democratic Caucus Leadership;

Leader: Sen. Capri Cafaro

Asst. Minority Leader: Shirley Smith

Minority Whip:  Ray Miller

Asst. Minority Whip: Jason Wilson

And Marc posts this information from Senate President Bill Harris (R):

At Tuesday’s Senate session, the Majority Caucus will vote on the appointments of Tom Patton (R-Strongsville) to the 24thSenate District, and Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) to the 6th Senate District. The seats are open due to the recent resignations of State Senator Bob Spada and State Senator Jeff Jacobson, respectively.

I’ve written before about the lameness of Harris blaming term-limits for why there aren’t more GOP women in the state senate rather than take a more obvious, active stance to run women in state senate races.

Best of luck to all these folks.  It’s pretty wild to me that someone who has never been elected to anything by Ohio’s voters is now leader of the Dems in the state senate.

Thank you to Pho in the comments for keeping me honest:

Capri Cafaro, who lost to Steve LaTourette in 2004 in a run for the 14th Congressional district, and to Betty Sutton in the primary race in 2006 for a run in the 13th district, was appointed to the 32nd senate district in 2006, after Marc Dann vacated that seat and became the Ohio AG.  This year, she ran to retain the seat.  She faced no opponent, but received 106,178 votes according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s data.

My apologies to Senator Cafaro for my inaccuracy.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:24 pm November 12th, 2008 in Announcements, Democrats, Government, OH24th, Ohio, Politics, Women | 13 Comments 

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Evidence that a GOP VP option can just say no to the possibility

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From the Washington Post:

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has emerged as one of the hottest names in national Republican circles since John McCain’s defeat last week, was never vetted as a vice presidential pick, according to sources close to the Pelican State chief executive.

Jindal was approached by McCain forces to gauge his interest in the vice presidency and told them he was not interested in being vetted due to his desire to continue on with his current job, to which he was elected just one year ago.

While the official reason that Jindal took his name out of contention was his lack of a desire to leave the Louisiana governorship, there was also real trepidation within his political inner circle that Jindal might wind up as the pick — McCain was attracted to his comprehensive health-care knowledge — and be caught up in what they believed to be a less-than-stellar campaign that could pin a loss on Jindal without much ability to change or control the direction of the contest.

I’ve been following Jindal because of the unusual bipartisan support he’s given the Louisiana legislature, in deed not only in words.  Knowing when to say no – even if the door is open, is at least as important as recognizing that its open in the first place, if not more important.  It’s also often a lot harder.

But don’t take my word for this.  Here’s Jeffrey D. Sadow, associate professor of political science at Louisiana State University Shreveport, saying the same thing on his blog, Between the Lines: Read more

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:18 pm November 12th, 2008 in Bobby Jindal, conservatives, John McCain, Politics, Sarah Palin, Vice President | 2 Comments 

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The Plum Book is here, the Plum Book is here!

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Want a job in the Obama administration?

Check the Plum Book.

Wonder if my old DOJ job is in there anywhere.  Or jobs in Ohio.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:55 pm November 12th, 2008 in Announcements, Barack Obama, Government, Politics | Comments Off 

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A standard for Obama’s critics, set by conservative blogger

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I’m very glad to read this post at Hot Air:and I hope that Ed Morrissey works at enforcing the standard he sets:

If we plan to offer a rational alternative to the coming debacle of the next two years, then we’d better stick to facts and eschew hyperbole.  We need to oppose the reality of the radical agenda proposed by Obama and the Democratic majorities in Congress, not fantasies spun out of context-free snippets of speeches.  The more critics invoke Hitler and Stalin instead of Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson, the better the reality of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi will seem in 2010.

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Update: I’m going to add this here rather than reposting it every 50 comments or so in the thread.  Nothing in this post says we should refrain from criticizing Obama.  I’m just arguing that we have to stick to the facts rather than screeching historically inaccurate references to Nazis every time we disagree with Obama.  No one will have any credibility left if we all give into the impulse to act like the Kos Kiddies for the next two years.

Cut the conclusory crap is how I read what he says, support your concerns with facts – remember those?  Okay – well, maybe some pundits don’t but Morrissey saw how McCain and Palin lost credibility in exponential quantities as their inaccurate references and hyperbole amped up.  And hey, if that reference to having someone think you’re a Kos Kiddy isn’t enough to put a right-wing pundit on the straight and narrow, then all really will be lost for them.

Hattip this tweet from Jay Rosen.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:29 am November 12th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Blogging, conservatives, Politics, Republicans, Writing | Comments Off 

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