I have been working with Joshua Treviño as an editor at Malaysia Matters (a site dedicated to tracking news and events in Malaysia from an American perspective). In this role, I have learned a great deal about the importance of Asia economically and strategically. Building on that, I have an article at the Huffington Post highlighting an issue that you might not be aware of | Read More »
US Senate Candidate Rob Portman offers a rather bold proposal to stimulate the economy: The Cincinnati Republican spoke in Cleveland Friday afternoon. Among his proposals was one that he maintains would jump-start both hiring, and spending. Portman said “to spur immediate investment by employers and encourage consumption by employees; I support a one year payroll tax holiday. Beginning immediately…. for workers and employers on the | Read More »
It looks like US Senate Candidate Rob Portman will be forced to waste money fighting an ad war with primary opponent Tom Ganley. The Cleveland car dealer seems intent on spending millions of his own money despite little likelihood of winning. He has made his first ad buy as part of that strategy: Republican Senate candidate Tom Ganley, the car dealer from Cleveland who has | Read More »
I have been known to get into a few friendly arguments about the best political strategy for advancing conservatism. Heck, I have even been called a squish since I don’t believe you ever win by losing elections. I have long believed in a pragmatic approach to elections that often involves supporting moderates; center-right beats left has always been my motto. The difficulty comes in accessing | Read More »
I have long argued that conservatives need to be strategic in their thinking when it comes to elections. While I will fully admit that balancing “the most electable” with “the most conservative” is rarely easy it is still a critical decision to make. “Throw all the bums out” is not a wise strategy for regaining the majority or implementing conservative policy. This has recently been | Read More »
I know what you are thinking. Of course Obama’s speech didn’t convince those right-wing crazy’s who disrupt townhalls and yell things during presidential speeches; they’re close-minded yahoos. But it seems the president’s strident insistence that action be taken has failed to convince the very people he needs to win over: Blue Dogs or Democrats in districts worried about getting re-elected. John Boccieri, for example: U.S. | Read More »
You don’t have to be an economist to understand the economic situation. Unemployment has hit double digits in many states and is growing (in Ohio: 340,000 jobs lost since Ted Strickland and Lee Fisher took office) and everyone is paying the price. The stimulus has accomplished nothing (Again, in Ohio, in the neighborhood of 100,000 jobs lost since its passage) and yet the Democrats | Read More »
I didn’t see it but apparently a YouTube video on “Why We Need Government-Run Universal Socialized Health Insurance” was all the rage last week. As is so typical of these arguments it was full of non sequiturs and strawmen. There are far too many to be able to debunk them all (one that is not discussed it the difference between health insurance and health care), | Read More »
The Dispatch offers this short report on Mary Jo Kilroy’s health care tele-townhall: U.S. Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy last night insisted that congressional Democrats are not considering “socialized medicine’” in their efforts to approve a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health-care system. In a town-hall meeting she conducted last night by telephone, Kilroy said any reform of the health system will result in private insurance | Read More »
Zach Space talks a good game. He knows how to say what he thinks voters want to hear. The problem is that his votes don’t line up and his rhetoric is slippery. A perfect example is health care reform legislation. Here is Space on why he supports the Democrat proposals: And the Ohio Democrat now supports the health care reform bill passed out of the | Read More »
Democrats and their lefty blog supporters have been trying to pin whatever negative association they can find on Rob Portman. The primary one being that he worked for George W. Bush (in one giggle inducing stunt they called him the “architect” of the Bush economy which was news to Portman and Bush I am sure). They must be getting tired of that particular tune because | Read More »
Update: Added YouTube instead. Funny and frightening Hannity clip about how President Obama plans to cut a tiny sliver of government spending. Bonus John Kasich appearance. I think the quip about the government some people want to run health care just discovered paper has two sides should make you laugh and then cry.
This afternoon I took a trip to downtown Circleville, Ohio to catch a stop on Rob Portman’s just launched RV Tour. Rob spoke to grassroots leaders from the area and stressed the importance of this race; and Ohio in general in 2010. He stressed how important it was to avoid giving President Obama and Democrats in Congress another rubber stamp for their liberal agenda. He | Read More »
If like me when you think PETA you think of a organization that has a seemingly worthwhile cause, the ethical treatment of animals, but whose tactics are so extreme that they actually harm that cause. You think over-the-top or short sighted. But you probably don’t think of them as money grubbing extortionists who also happen to fail at the most basic level. Well, sadly, you | Read More »
When the media uses the word “trounces” in the headline in reference to your fundraising lead over your opponents that is a good thing: Republican Rob Portman raised $1.7 million for his U.S. Senate campaign during the second quarter of 2009 — more money than both his Democratic rivals combined. “I’m very pleased with it,” Portman said at Washington, D.C. press conference. “We had a | Read More »
Awesome video illustration on the federal budget deficit and the shrieks about Bush and the shrugs over Obama. Who says math can’t be fun? *cross posted @
Has anyone combined righteous indignation and humiliation -and a fat dollop of hypocrisy – quite like Ohio Governor Ted Strickland? You be the judge: (via Athens Runaway)
When I am in need of some comic relief I often head over to the left side of the Ohio blogosphere to see what the liberals are up to. What I am finding these days is that the denial is thick on the ground. As polls tumble, editorial boards across the state pummel the governor, and as the national media mocks him the lefty blogs | Read More »
Why am I taking the time to show an attack ad by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee? Because I think it is far from damaging and I think it highlights a number of things. First of all, the Ds must be worried about Portman because why else would they offer an attack ad this early? They know Portman is raising serious money and that his | Read More »
Ohio Right to Life released a new poll which they describe as the Ohio Cultural Index. The index’s significant findings include: 72% of Ohioans’ surveyed strongly believe in God; 60% oppose abortion; 54% believe abortion has a negative effect on women who have them; 70% oppose use of taxpayer dollars to pay for abortion; 45% believe entertainment today negatively impacts families; 51% believe government policies | Read More »
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