Plunderbund

Every day the Dispatch website does a survey that it calls “The Hot Issue“. In addition to voting, they also let readers leave comments.
The comments aren’t nearly as funny as the ones over at the Plain Dealer, but there is definitely a pattern to both.
I’m starting to think it’s the same people […]

A new piece in The New Republic by Michelle Cottle offers a glimpse into what went wrong with Hillary’s campaign.
Bottom line: I just don’t think she was hungry enough for it in the beginning. It wasn’t really until the ten-in-a-row loss that she started doing stuff like ‘Saturday Night Live’ and Jon Stewart. […]

I am continually amazed at the high quality snark to be found amongst NFL blogs. (The post from a Chicago blog opining about what really goes on in Sexy Rexy’s head is one of my all time favorites - and is now a general internet meme: ‘fuck it, I’m going deep’.) This time, […]

According to Ohio law “Fetal death” means “death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception of at least twenty weeks of gestation.”
A fetal death certificate can be issued by the state if you lose your baby after 20 weeks- which makes sense since that’s right around […]

I just heard that the Republicans added a provision to the jobs bill to prohibit biomedical research money from being used for stem cell research.
These guys are ridiculous.
This is supposed to be a bipartisan effort to help bring jobs to Ohio and kick-start our economy.
It is NOT supposed to be a forum for the GOP’s […]

Despite all of our speculation and discussion about who would be Ohio’s New Attorney General (Plunderpoll predicted Jerid Kurtz), I don’t think anyone guessed it would be an outsider like Nancy Rogers.
In all of the excitement, it seems like we overlooked a lot of obvious problems that Marc Dann brought to the AG’s office.
Fortunately, […]

It looks like Mecklenborg’s useless, English-Only bill is currently moving through the Senate and will probably hit the floor for a vote tomorrow.
According to the Senate committee schedule, the second hearing for HB 477 is being held today.
In case you haven’t been paying attention, HB 477 will make English the “required language for official proceedings” […]

Governor Ted Strickland just announced that he is appointing Nancy Rogers as Ohio’s new Attorney General.
Here’s her bio:

Professor Rogers became Dean in August 2001, after serving for two years as Vice Provost for Academic Administration for The Ohio State University. She is the Immediate Past President of the Association of American Law Schools.
Professor Rogers received […]

Now-(in)famous political blogger Tim Russo is profiled in this week’s Cleveland Free Times cover story.

In addition to detailing the events that led up to Tim’s arrest, most of which Tim has already posted on BloggerInterrupted, the article also provies a lot of interesting stories about his run-ins with Ohio’s press and politicians and some interesting […]

Just got this release:
Columbus, Ohio – Governor Ted Strickland today will make an announcement regarding the Ohio Attorney General’s Office at 10 a.m. in the Governor’s Office.
A link to the live feed should be available at ohiochannel.org a few minutes before it starts.

Ben Smith points out that the African American women seen shaking John McCain’s hand in his latest commercial is wearing a Barack Obama t-shirt!

You have to look closely, but the logo on her shirt is clearly Obama’s:

Here’s the full ad so you can see it for yourself:

Watching the McCain speech in the Atlanta airport. It got interrupted 4 times with war protestors. This guy is gonna get so hounded and tied to Bush it will be tough for him to get his message out otherwise.
Great work. Hilarious.

Yes, gas prices are much higher than they used to be.
And yes, the cost of fuel is impacting the cost of groceries and everything else we buy.
But maybe the news isn’t all that bad.
For starters, most of Europe has always paid WAY more than we do, even with the latest jump in U.S. gas prices.
For […]

I’ve been remiss in posting a note about Memorial Day - mostly due to a newborn and having to plan and pack for a week-long trip to Germany. But hey, no excuses. I was reminded of it in an odd way. I get an IM from fellow PB blogger and good friend […]

A new poll in Montana has Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton 52% to 35%. (13% still undecided).
Montana holds their primary on June 3.