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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Who won Nashville presidential debate?
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama talked with undecided voters for 90 minutes at a town hall meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7, that was the second of their three presidential debates.
The town hall was at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
Both candidates are headed to Ohio to campaign this week. Obama and Sarah Palin, McCain’s vice presidential running mate, will be in Strongsville, a Cleveland suburb, on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Palin will be in Wilmington on Thursday, Oct. 9.
Obama will kick off a two-day campaign swing with a rally at Fifth Third Field in Dayton on Thursday, Oct. 9. He also will visit Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Chillicothe and Columbus.
Here’s your chance to evaluate the candidates’ town hall performances.
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Obama campaign swing to include Chillicothe, Columbus
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will conclude his two-day Ohio campaign swing on Friday, Oct. 10, with rallies in Chillicothe and Columbus.
He’ll make those two stops after rallies on Thursday, Oct. 9, in Dayton, Cincinnati and Portsmouth.
The Chillicothe event will be at the Ross County Courthouse, 2 North Paint St. Doors open at 8 a.m. for the 10 a.m. event.
The event is open to the public without tickets but an RSVP is encouraged.
To RSVP, click here to get to Obama’s Web site.
Details on the Columbus event will be released later.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Sarah Palin, his vice presidential running mate, will be in Strongsville, a Cleveland suburb, for a rally today, Oct. 8. Palin will be at an event in Wilmington on Thursday, Oct. 9.
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8.18 million voters in Ohio
Ohio’s voter registration rolls now stand at 8,184,138, up 665,949 since Jan. 1, according to Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. That’s a new record number of total registered voters, according to Brunner’s office.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election was Monday, Oct. 6.
The 665,949 new registrations are either first-timers or people who updated their names and addresses.
According to state records, the following counties showed the largest net gain of voters in 2008: Cuyahoga added 122,618; Franklin added 67,621; Hamilton added 46,979; Butler added 29,671; Summit added 28,702; Montgomery added 27,870; Stark added, 25,169; Lucas added 24,760; Lorain added 16,705; and Clermont added 13,585.
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7th District ads hitting the air
State Sen. Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek, hit the airwaves first, with two ads that you can view on his campaign website. Those ads - touting Austria’s accomplishments in the state Senate and his energy priorities - aired from Sept. 25 up until Oct. 5.
Now, Democrat Sharen Neuhardt of Yellow Springs has launched an ad attacking Austria as a “career politician,” also airing on Dayton and Columbus markets.
We’ve put in a call to Austria’s campaign to give them the opportunity to respond to the ad, and will update accordingly.
What do you think of the ads?
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Sarah Palin Wilmington event open to the public
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will be in Wilmington on Thursday, Oct. 9 for a ‘Road to Victory Rally.’
The event will take place at The Roberts Centre, 123 Gano Road in Wilmington. Doors open at 4 p.m. The event begins at 7 p.m.
Click here for more information.
