Ohio: Hillary Clinton

I'm outta here.

I don't mind people who disagree with me.  In fact, I came here because I enjoy the give and take of a good debate.  Lord knows, I suffered the slings of arrows of several frontpagers, commenters, and other bloggers because of my support of Hillary Clinton.  And yet, despite some deeply personal and regretable attacks from both sides, I stayed.

I've been at this site for three years now.  I've gone through three rounds of site administrators during that time.  I think it's safe to say I'm the longest running member of BSB still blogging. Until today.  Because during my entire time at BSB, I've had one simple request for the administrators here: we don't have to agree with each other, but we should always have each other's back.

There has been quite a bit of discussion in parts of the blogosphere related to the New York Post cartoon and the racism issue that some have raised. Part of that discussion has hinged on the debate aspect that the cartoonist claims the cartoon was not designed to represent President Barack Obama. Yet here in Ohio, there is a controversy brewing over two scenarios where there is no doubt that the President and the First Lady are being compared to monkeys. This is taking place on a website known as the Whistleblower that is online through the Cincinnatus Standard which states it is, “SW Ohio’s Online Home for the Conservative Movement” where in fairness, it should be noted that the Cincinnatus does have a specific

DELAWARE -- Hillary Clinton lost Delaware County but won Ohio in the Democratic primary. She returned Friday to deliver both for Barack Obama in the general election.

Clinton told hundreds at Buckeye Valley High School deep inside this emerging swing county that no state has more to gain or lose in the election than Ohio. For eight years the state has sunk under the weight of President Bush's economic policies and will sink further if John McCain is elected, Clinton said.

The Columbus Dispatch survey of likely voters shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by 7 points.

Obama has 49 percent support to McCain's 42 percent. 

Obama's support is higher among Democrats than before, now standing at 84 percent. McCain has 90 percent GOP support.  Fifteen percent of independents are undecided.