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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Will campaigning by Bill Clinton help Obama in Ohio?
Democrats are doing kind of a political relay race this week as they campaign around Ohio for presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Obama has been in Toledo since Sunday, Oct. 12, preparing for his debate with Republican John McCain on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Obama will leave Toledo for the debate on Wednesday. Obama also was in Ohio last Thursday, Oct. 9, and Friday, Oct. 10.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden, Obama’s vice presidential running mate, started a two-day Ohio bus trip today, Oct. 14.
On Thursday, former President Bill Clinton will take the baton. Clinton will be in Cleveland for a rally with doors opening at 4 p.m. The event at Strawbridge Avenue, Mall C, Lakeside, Plaza, is open to the public and no tickets are required. An RSVP is recommended to http://oh.barackobama.com/ClevelandClinton.
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Michael Steele heads for Warren County
Michael Steele, former Maryland lieutenant governor and now chairman of GOPAC, the conservative political action committee, will be in Lebanon in Warren County on Thursday, Oct. 16, to rally supporters for the Republican McCain-Palin presidential ticket.
Steele will speak at Warren County Republican headquarters, 30 W. Main St., at 7 p.m.
Organizers encourage an RSVP to McCain’s Ohio Values Voter Director Jeff Longstreth at jeff@jplgov.com, with your name and a number of people who are coming.
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Voting lawsuit charges ACORN with “corrupt activity”
Warren County has become a new battleground in the campaign against ACORN, the advocacy group at the center of controversy over its voter registration activities.
The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based conservative think tank, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, filed a lawsuit against ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - in Warren County Common Pleas Court. The lawsuit charges the group with a “pattern of corrupt activity that amounts to organized crime,” a press release said.
Ohio ACORN lashed back at the lawsuit.
“This is an election season stunt, pure and simple,” Mary Keith, Ohio ACORN board member, said in a prepared statement. “We’ve seen the Republican playbook used on us before. They cry foul right up through election day, then all the accusations melt away.”
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Jennifer Miller of Mason and Kimberly Grant of Loveland. They allege that fraudulent voter registrations submitted by ACORN dilute the power of legally registered voters.
The suit seeks the dissolution of ACORN as a legal entity, the revocation of its Ohio licenses and a halt to “fraudulent voter registration and other illegal activities.”
The suit comes as the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland has asked the county prosecutor to investigate multiple registrations by people who signed forms for ACORN.
To see the Warren County suit, click here.
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A children’s treasury of campaign ads from the Austria-Neuhardt race
We’ve already shown you Sharen Neuhardt’s first campaign ad.
Now, take a peek at her second ad, as well as four ads from Republican state Sen. Steve Austria of Beavercreek.
Neuhardt, a Yellow Springs Democrat, will face Austria in Nov. 4 in a battle to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. David Hobson, R-Springfield.
Take a look:
Here’s Neuhardt’s:
And you can view Austria’s here, here and here.
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Obama tops McCain in two new Ohio polls
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in two new Ohio polls.
In the Fox News/Rasmussen Reports poll released on Monday, Oct. 13, Obama leads 49-47 percent among likely voters. The results are within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points but it is the first poll from the groups in which Obama has been ahead since tracking of the race began in February, a press release said.
McCain had led by a single percentage point for the past three weeks.
The poll was conducted Sunday, Oct. 12, with 1,000 likely voters. Click here for details.
In a SurveyUSA election poll released on Tuesday, Oct. 14, Obama led 50-45 percent among likely and actual (voters who already voted), just outside the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
The poll was conducted Sunday, Oct. 12, to Monday, Oct. 13, with 575 likely voters and voters who already had voted. For full results, click here.
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McCain outlines plan for pension and family security
Republican presidential candidate John McCain today, Oct. 14, is to unveil his “Pension and Family Security Plan” to help workers, homeowners and seniors through the current financial crisis.
His proposal come a day after his opponent, Democrat Barack Obama, outlined his “Economic Rescue Plan for the Middle Class” in a Toledo speech.
Highlights of McCain’s proposal include:
Lowering taxes on seniors tapping retirement accounts.
Suspending tax rules that force seniors to sell stocks in the midst of the financial crisis.
Accelerating the tax write-offs for those forced to sell at a loss in the current market.
Reducing capital gains taxes for 2009 and 2010 to raise the incentive to save and invest.
Purchasing mortgages directly from homeowners and mortgage servicers and replacing them with manageable, fixed-rate mortgages.
Eliminating taxes on unemployment benefits.
The new proposal builds on the plan McCain announced last week to use $300 billion of the $700 billion bailout recently enacted by Congress and President Bush to keep Americans in their homes, stop declining housing values and stabilize financial markets. Click here for more on the plan.
McCain also is moving ahead on his “Jobs for America” plan. Click here for more on that plan.
