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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
John Kasich campaigning for local statehouse candidates
Former U.S. Congressman and Fox News contributor John Kasich will be in the Dayton area to raise money for Seth Morgan and Terry Blair.
Morgan is running for the 36th Ohio House District, Blair is running for the 38th in November.
The event is at TesTech, 8534 Yankee Street. Cost for the event is $75 per person or $100 per couple.
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Schmidt accuses Wulsin of lining up post-election gig; Poppycock, Wulsin replies
Does Democrat Vic Wulsin have a gig lined up under the assumption that she’ll lose the Second Congressional District race?
That’s what a press release issued Wednesday, Oct. 8, by U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt’s campaign spokesman suggests. The release cites a newsletter from Mount Kenya University - in Kenya - that says that Wulsin has agreed to serve as chancellor of the school.
“This is truly bizarre,” said Bruce Pfaff, a Schmidt spokesman. “She already has a job lined up outside the country ending some five years of unemployment. I can’t imagine her donors are thrilled at the timing of her announcement.”
Not so fast, said Wulsin’s spokesman, Kevin Franck. He says the job is an unpaid, honorary job that does not require her to do more than occasionally visit Kenya. He said Wulsin accepted the title months ago, and has no plans to move out of the United States.
Schmidt, R-Loveland, and Wulsin, D-Indian Hill, as well as independent David Krikorian of Madeira all hope to win the 2nd District seat, which includes all or parts of Hamilton, Warren, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Pike and Scioto counties.
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Guess where Obama’s prepping for his next debate?
If you guessed Ohio, you’re right.
Barack Obama’s campaign announced Wednesday, Oct. 8, that Obama will be in Ohio next week to prepare for the final presidential debate on Wednesday, October 15th at Hofstra University in New York.
He did debate prep in Florida before the first debate and North Carolina before last night’s debate.
We’ll post additional details as we get them.
And let us note this isn’t the only Ohio connection to the debates. Former U.S. Rep. Rob Portman, R-Terrace Park, has been playing the part of Obama in earlier McCain debate preps.
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Hobson’s throwing a retirement party; You’re invited
Retiring U.S. Rep. David Hobson is hosting a farewell reception and open house at the Champions Center at the Clark County Fairgrounds, 4122 Laybourne Road, Gate D, in Springfield on Sunday, Oct. 19 from 2 to 5 p.m.
The event will be paid Pioneer Political Action Committee and is open to the public. Hobson, R-Springfield, has served as the 7th District Congressman since 1991.
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Obama & McCain blow $3.9 million in Ohio on ads
In one week’s time, the campaigns for Barack Obama and John McCain spent $3,945,000 in Ohio for TV advertising, according to the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project. That works out to be $23,482 an hour.
Obama spent $2.22 million while McCain spent $1.73 million between Sept. 28 and Oct. 4 in Ohio, which drew the most advertising dollars. Nationwide, Obama spent $17.5 million while McCain and the Republican National Committee spent just under $11 million combined, according to the Ad Project. The two campaigns spent more than half of the advertising money in the Midwest battleground states of Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
During that week, nearly 100 percent of McCain’s ads were negative while 34 percent of Obama’s ads were negative, according to the study. Compared with the 2004 election, this year’s campaign ads have been more negative.
Do you think negative ads are effective?
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AGs and AG-wannabees oppose payday lenders
Former Ohio attorneys general Betty Montgomery and Jim Petro joined AG candidates Mike Crites and Richard Cordray to urge Ohioans to vote Yes on Issue 5.
“You can see what’s been happening on Wall Street. You can see what’s happened in the mortgage lending industry in Ohio. Haven’t Ohioans had enough of fancy financing at this point that hurts our communities and hurts our families?” Cordray said.
Ohio passed a payday lending reform bill that slashes the allowable annual interest rate on short term loans to 28 percent, down from 391 percent. It also limits the number of short term loans people can take out in one year to four and keeps track on a database that is not a public record.
Ohioans for Financial Freedom, which represents the payday lending industry, is in the final stages of getting Issue 5 certified for the ballot and have launched an aggressive advertising campaign seeking its defeat. If voters say No to Issue 5, the rate cap and other reforms would be eliminated.
Petro, Montgomery, Crites and Cordray all criticized Ohioans for Financial Freedom’s campaign tactics, saying they’re misleading and false. Ohioans for Financial Freedom’s ads have focused on claims that 6,000 jobs and personal financial choices would be lost if Issue 5 passes.
Petro, whose former long time communications director is the spokeswoman for the payday lenders, said Ohioans for Financial Freedom is pitching deception.
“This is about reasonable regulation, adopted by the General Assembly, to protect people who are in financial distress from excess greed. It’s simple,” Petro said.
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, a Democrat who also served as AG, was unable to attend the press conference but is also urging a Yes vote. Former attorney general Marc Dann, a Democrat now under criminal investigation, was not invited, even though he advocated for the payday lending reform law.
Petro, Montgomery and Crites are Republicans. Cordray, who is state treasurer, is a Democrat.
