Plunderbund

Happy Halloween first of all. Seems here locally we have a bunch of tricking going on as it relates to RON yard signs and theft. It is a good sign that we are on the right track with these reforms to cause the opposition to go to such extremes as trying to limit […]

Well, this article in today’s Toledo Blade gives you many.
YES on Issue 3? Here you go:
The success of Mr. Voinovich’s $8.7 million campaign, along with Republican Bob Taft’s $2.7 million bid for secretary of state, ignited a political machine that would dominate Ohio for the next 15 years - and nurture a […]

Good story today over at Tom Paine from the writer of the Mother Jones piece.
The bottom line (literally):
With the Republican establishment buckling from the rot of corruption, and the risk-averse Democratic leadership offering precious little leadership, Paul Hackett represents a rare alternative: a straight-shooting, independent-minded populist who is unafraid to call it as he […]

…but I think I may have. Bush makes his next SCOTUS pick in Samuel “Scalito” Alito (a favorite of conservatives CNN notes). Of course he did. I had a feeling about this. So we get a plant who gets ripped as being a crony and the real nominee steps up. […]

Stumbled upon my local Repub website tonight. I found this quite comical actually:
Don’t undo the Bush Victory last year…
Vote NO on State Issues 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Do they REALLY want to be pushing Bush right about now? Maybe they should have checked this first. Sounds to me as […]

Ed Schultz, one of the most important progressive voices in talk radio, is being prevented from being heard on Armed Forces Radio. Due to start on October 17th, the deal that had been struck (broadcasting the first of 3 hours of the show) was summarily nixed. Please join me in sending letters to […]

Me? I’m not sure, but it certainly wouldn’t be on a crappy 1975 Ford Escort GL! Can we make a new rule? All the people who are silly rich have to be ingrained with the responsibility to use that wealth in a way that will change the world. That too much […]

One of the many things I took with me from my time at West Point was the Cadet Honor Code:
A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do
Though some may think the first three hard and demanding a great deal of discipline and self control (they do), the last is […]

Tim at GrowOhio has two good posts (one two) about the math as it relates to Reform Ohio Now.
First is relative to State Issue 3 and money. The contrast is stark:
Ohio First has raised $2.2 million and has a grand total of 170 reported donors towards their effort. That’s an average contribution […]

It has been a busy week keeping up with audio clips. While over at The Sherrod Brown Blog the crickets are chirping, there has been a flurry of activity as it relates to Paul Hackett this week. Let’s do a quick tally:

Paul was on Air America not once, but twice
Hackett was interviewed by […]

Those curious enough to peek into my little audio window on the canvassing world might have heard about this, but I wanted to expand.
Apparantly, the shit has been scared out of the Corruptlicans as they are now in full on frontal assault mode as it relates to RON. I’m talking activist insurgencies. […]

My LTE on Reform Ohio Now was published in the Delaware Gazette on Friday, October 28. Thanks to all over at Dkos who chimed in on the best wording, etc.
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Listen to Eric give an update live while walking around canvassing for Reform Ohio Now in Delaware, Ohio.
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Big Ed will be broadcasting live from Columbus, Ohio at the Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Union # 189. Guests are General Wesley Clark, Major Paul Hackett, and from a PR I got Mayor Mike Coleman. I don’t see Mike on the Schultz site, but maybe he will in fact be there…they added him!
I […]

(hat tip to Tim at Democracy Guy) Tim Ryan’s endorsement of Hackett holds, despite being a close friend of Sherrod Brown. Ryan was one who encouraged Paul to run. Russo has the jist of it:
Ryan, who represents most of Mahoning and Trumbull counties, is keeping his word and supporting Hackett - who […]