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Ohio: John Mccain

March 8, 2009 - 09:59 pm
NEWS FEED: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Waiting for the banana peel: House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio helps unite GOP

By Sabrina Eaton

WASHINGTON -- House Republican leader John Boehner has perfected the art of disagreeing without being disagreeable.

That's why the dapper congressman from southwest Ohio is the official GOP voice of opposition to newly elected President Barack Obama, charged with sowing the seeds for a Republican revival if the public sours on Obama.

The upbeat Boehner (prounounced BAY-ner) is not afraid to personally praise the president while dismissing his agenda as socialist. He applauds Obama's professed willingness to cut wasteful government programs and work with Republicans, while claiming his programs will return to "the era of big government."

"When the president reaches across the aisle, he'll have no stronger supporters than Republicans," Boehner recently told reporters.

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February 15, 2009 - 10:41 am
NEWS FEED: Glass City Jungle

Some Republicans are closet socialists? *Gasp*

Allll during the Presidential campaign the word “socialist” and “socialism” was tossed about trying to create the same type of fear factor that would make Joseph McCarthy proud. It’s the classic definition of the herd mentality at work:

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd ~ Bertrand Russell

Congress is not full of socialists, neither on the Democratic or the Republican side, are there a few that might qualify as supporting socialistic beliefs? Yes, but seriously, very few people that go out there and make these claims that

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February 4, 2009 - 10:33 am
NEWS FEED: Columbus Dispatch

Ohio favors Democrat to replace Voinovich in Senate

By Darrel Rowland

Prospective Democratic candidates are favored over possible Republican hopefuls in an early horse race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by George V. Voinovich, a new poll shows.

But the big winner in the Quinnipiac University survey of Ohio voters is "don't know."

Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, both Democrats, hold double-digit leads over former U.S. Rep. Rob Portman and state Auditor Mary Taylor, both Republicans.

"Ohio remains pretty blue these days, given Gov. Ted Strickland's high approval ratings in past polls and the fact that President Barack Obama carried the state easily, and it shows in the early Senate numbers," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a release.

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February 2, 2009 - 05:07 am
NEWS FEED: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Digital politicking moving at warp speed

By Stephen Koff

WASHINGTON -- John Kasich, the Fox News contributor and hyper-energetic former congressman from the Columbus suburbs, hit a milestone last week, nearly two years before the big election in which he might run for Ohio governor.

At 9:51 Thursday night, he got his 4,000th Facebook friend.

He and other Republicans are taking a page out of a playbook used to huge success by Barack Obama in his presidential campaign, with a digital communications strategy admired widely -- and soon to be expanded.

President Obama and the Democratic Party are preparing to fire up those communications tools to promote their policy agenda. Since Democrats' goals include gaining seats in the U.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 10:19

Portman stands by McCain, Palin

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

Rob Portman defended John McCain and Sarah Palin's campaign for president at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami.

Portman, the former U.S. representative from Cincinnati and Bush administration official, toured Ohio with McCain throughout the campaign. At the RGA's press conference Wednesday, Portman stood by the choice of McCain for the GOP's presidential nomination.

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Thu, 11/06/2008 - 13:31

DeWine delivers GOP's post mortem

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

COLUMBUS – Republicans failed to connect to voters on the economy and must move away from talking about social issues to win in the future.
 
That’s the message Ohio Republican Party deputy chair Kevin DeWine delivered Thursday during a wide-ranging, hour-long briefing with reporters at party headquarters. DeWine said poor messaging from John McCain, a rotten national environment and Barack Obama’s clear message and technologically advanced ground campaign were the main reasons the GOP was defeated.
 

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 21:35

Portman: Obama win due to better GOTV

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

COLUMBUS – John McCain’s chief booster in Ohio, Rob Portman reacted to the projected loss of the state to Barack Obama.

“If Senator Obama wins Ohio it will be because of terrific grassroots efforts on both the Obama parts, but particular impressive turnout efforts on the Obama side,” Portman said, adding that he Republican turnout in the state will extraordinarily high.

The former U.S. representative from Cincinnati said the economy’s shape also contributed to the expected Obama win.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 21:34

TV Nets: Obama the projected winner in Ohio

By Jamie Klatell, Politicker.com Editor

UPDATED: Barack Obama is the projected winner of Ohio’s 20 electoral votes, according to the television networks.

With 20 percent of precincts reporting, the Democrat was winning with 54 percent of the vote, while John McCain had 44 percent.

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Tue, 11/04/2008 - 10:01

Zogby poll: Obama 49%, McCain 47%

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

The last poll of Ohioans before the presidential election shows the race virtually tied between Barack Obama and John McCain.

Zogby surveyed likely Ohio voters and showed Barack Obama with 49 percent support to John McCain's 47 percent. About 3 percent said they were not sure or voting for someone else.

Obama beats McCain among independents 60 to 27 percent and leads McCain by 30 points among voters ages 18 to 30.

See all recent presidential polls here. 

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 15:09

Survey USA: Obama, McCain neck and neck

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

A Survey USA poll of likely voters shows Barack Obama and John McCain neck and neck in the race to win Ohio.

Obama has 48 percent support to McCain's 46 percent, within the poll's 4 percent margin of error. About 2 percent said they are undecided. 

Obama leads 5 to 3 among those who've already voted while McCain leads 5 to 4 among those who haven't yet voted. The poll was conducted Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. 

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