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Archive for February, 2008

The push for delegates is on

Friday, February 29th, 2008

By Sabrina Eaton from the Feb. 29 Cleveland Plain Dealer

Presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama will try to wring votes from every cranny of Ohio before a primary election Tuesday that could decide the Democratic Party's nominee. Full Article.

Republicans removed from election boards cry foul

Friday, February 29th, 2008

By Joe Guillen and Mark Rollenhagen from the Feb. 29 Cleveland Plain Dealer

Republicans bumped from election posts in recent weeks say Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is carrying out a partisan campaign to get rid of dissenters. Full Article.

Michelle Obama says ‘they’ were wrong about election

Friday, February 29th, 2008

By Matthew Rink from the Feb. 29 Massillon Independent

Michelle Obama said her husband, presidential candidate Barack Obama, leapt over the shifting bar of expectation to become the frontrunner in the Democratic campaign. Full Article.

Obama drawing young voters

Friday, February 29th, 2008

By Lynn Hulsey from the Feb. 29 Dayton Daily News

It warms political scientist Chris Duncan's heart to see people so interested in voting that record numbers are asking to vote early locally and statewide. Full Article.

Sen. Clinton will deliver prosperity, husband says

Friday, February 29th, 2008

By Lynn Hulsey from the Feb. 29 Dayton Daily News

Former President Bill Clinton offered a pretty big promise to the approximately 1,400 people who showed up to see him on Thursday, Feb. 28, at Stebbins High School.

He said if Sen. Hillary Clinton is elected president, America will have even more prosperity than it did when he was president. Full Article.

Obama's wife courts female voters in Zanesville

Friday, February 29th, 2008

By James Nash from the Feb. 29 Columbus Dispatch

Her presentation was as low-key as her husband's are high-energy.

On a day that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama campaigned in Texas and rival New York Sen. Hillary Clinton mined for votes in rural Ohio, Michelle Obama swung through some of the same parts of southern and eastern Ohio to campaign for her husband. Full Article.

Obama says husband more than a slogan

Friday, February 29th, 2008

By Carl Chancellor from the Feb. 29 Akron Beacon Journal

Michelle Obama had one key question for the crowd of 300 in Canton's Palace Theatre on Thursday morning — "Are you ready for change?" Full Article.

March 4 presidential primary is the first to matter in decades

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

By Grant Segall of the Cleveland Plain Dealer

We might have to go back 96 years for an Ohio presidential primary as hot as this year's. Full Article.

Clinton speaks in Dayton; next stop Stebbins

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

By Jessica Wehrman and Lynn Hulsey from the Dayton Daily News

For the very briefest of moments, former U.S. President Bill Clinton almost appeared to empathize with the man his wife wants to replace as President. Full Article.

Teens find value in politics

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

By Bill Lilley from the Feb. 28 Akron Beacon Journal

Fresh off Tuesday night's Democratic debate in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Falls High School students gathered to share their views on values with a bit of politics mixed in. Full Article.