The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has selected John Boccieri as one of ten targeted candidates for its new Red To Blue Program. Boccieri is currently a State Senator and the Democratic Candidate for Ohio's 16th Congressional District, which is the open seat being vacated by Congressman Ralph Regula. The program offers those campaigns selected "financial, communications, and strategic support" from the DCCC. In 2006 the program raised $22.6 million for 56 campaigns.
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- Author: Kyle Kutuchief
- Filed under: Congress
- Date: Jan 22,2008
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has selected John Boccieri as one of ten targeted candidates for its new Red To Blue Program. Boccieri is currently a State Senator and the Democratic Candidate for Ohio's 16th Congressional District, which is the open seat being vacated by Congressman Ralph Regula. The program offers those campaigns selected "financial, communications, and strategic support" from the DCCC. In 2006 the program raised $22.6 million for 56 campaigns.
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- Author: Ben Keeler
- Filed under: Congress
- Date: Jan 22,2008
The Hill: The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is touting a new batch of challengers who will face freshman Democrats in the House, striking back at Democratic criticism of their recruitment efforts.
That is some good news for the NRCC which is lagging far behind in fundraising while already facing an uphill battle due to numerous upcoming Republican House retirements. That leads me into this…….
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- Author: Kyle Kutuchief
- Filed under: Democrats '08
- Date: Jan 21,2008
We Democrats love Bill Clinton. When he talks, we listen. That is why it comes as no surprise that the New Hampshire "Fairytale" and Nevada "5-times as much" 30-second sound bites helped propel Senator Clinton to victories in those states. While Bill Clinton knocked Barack Obama off message, Hillary was free to stay positive and above the fray. Unless the Obama team devises a new strategy to deal with Bill, the results of New Hampshire and Nevada are destined to be repeated. This morning, Obama went on Good Morning America to begin to respond:
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- Author: Ben Keeler
- Filed under: Strickland
- Date: Jan 21,2008
Story: Ohio's unemployment rate was up slightly compared to the same month in 2006, from 5.6 to 6 percent for the month. The largest employment increases were recorded in Texas (+18,600), California (+15,500), Washington (+10,700), and Virginia (+10,200). The largest employment decreases were in Kansas (-6,200), South Carolina (-5,800), Ohio (-3,900) and Indiana (-3,100).
Boy, that Ted Strickland sure is on top of things. While he is busy bragging to reporters about how he moved the governor's office and being more receptive to the other party, Ohio lost more jobs than every state but two others. His sidekick Lee Fisher doesn't seem to be doing a very good job running the state Department of Development. Maybe he should confine his activities to cutting ribbons at new grocery stores or whatever it is the Lt. Governor in Ohio used to do.
When does the shine start to wear off this teflon adminstration? They have been in office for a year now. The economy is the #1 job of a governor. On that account, along with many others, Ted Strickland and his team have had a dismal first year.
