From the monthly archives: June 2010
We all knew it was just a matter of time before John Kasich abandoned his calls to repeal the Ohio income tax—a proposal he offered solely to fend off a primary challenge by throwing the reddest of red meat the the reddest voters in the State of Ohio.
Today, John Kasich’s campaign spokesman claimed in a published media report that Kasich “hasn’t specifically called for eliminating the income tax and that all budget issues should be considered.”
The problem is that while Kasich has gradually pulled back on his rhetoric about repealing the income tax, until now, his [...]
Full Story... →I’m sure you all saw this clip of Carly Fiorina, GOP candidate for Senate in California, but here it is with a little message from a friend of mine.
Funny and cringe-worthy. All in under 30 seconds.
Full Story... →From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
In his May 3 e-mail, Kasich spokesman Scott Milburn advised Ohio Public Employees Retirement System executive Carol Drake that it would be “valuable to explain” that Lehman investments included not only Lehman stock and securities but money the firm invested in other companies, such as McDonald’s.
“The media will not get the full picture unless you explain it: not all of this money was lost as a result of the Lehman bankruptcy,” Milburn wrote. Milburn and Drake are both alums of the administration of former GOP Gov. Bob Taft.
Hey, I’ve got a [...]
Full Story... →That’s Congressman Joe Barton, the person the Republicans would make the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee if they take over the House next year.
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey?
“I’m fascinated with it. I’m against it — there is no doubt that BP has resititution to make, but there is something called due process through the legitimate judicial branch of government through which these things should be adjudicated.”
Guess all those 9/11 widows should give the money back, then?
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN):
“The president just called for creating a fund that would [...]
Full Story... →More proof that there are absolutely no wackjobs in the Tea Party movement…
Republican congressional candidate William “Bill” Randall is suggesting that the Obama administration and BP conspired to intentionally spill oil in the Gulf.
Randall, who has aligned himself with the Tea Party movement, readily acknowledges that he has no evidence that what he says is true. But that is not stopping him from making the claim…
Full Story... →Ordinarily, I wouldn’t post a campaign’s e-mail verbatim, but Pepper’s campaign puts it better than I could:
Caught on Tape: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
A Tale of Two Candidates: Rally Rhetoric Versus Actual Facts
Sometimes it’s good to have a video camera around. Because they capture things that you otherwise won’t believe unless you see them yourself.
In this case, someone who taped a 2009 Columbus Tea Party rally filmed a politician working up the crowd by decrying increased spending. Government spending was up 66% in ten years, he complained, while personal incomes were up [...]
Full Story... →I’m sorry, but it’s just comical how a guy who worked on the Hill can be so wrong about legislation he writes about.
Today, the Carpetblogger attacked Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy for saying that she voted against the TARP.
Do you think her Big Labor friends will be ticked off when they find out Kilroy wasn’t even in congress when TARP was voted on?
Do you think that the NRCC is going to be ticked off after they tweeted about Keeling’s post when they realized that Kilroy was in Congress to vote on TARP?
Back in January [...]
Full Story... →John Kasich learned today what happens when you go from Sean Hannity to a show called “Hardball.”
I’ve never seen Kasich more uncomfortable during an interview. Did he not realize that Matthews would want to talk about his documentary.
Apparently, John Kasich thinks that not making him Governor after he worked for Lehman Brothers is “punishing success….”
Maybe he should read those passages in his book about humility again?
Full Story... →The Columbus Dispatch notes the questions being raised by the Fisher campaign over Rob Portman’s, shall we say…. evolving attitude towards TARP over the years?
The man who campaigned for passage of the bailout fund has taken a variety of stances since then about the program’s worth and how to proceed, from using some of the money for buying distressed mortgages to granting a payroll-tax suspension “holiday” to deficit reduction, Fisher’s campaign says.
Portman’s stance has consistently been that the program shouldn’t continue indefinitely and that as much money as possible should be returned to taxpayers in the [...]
Full Story... →The Associated Press has an explosive story that shows that Kasich campaign spokesman Scott Milburn instructed state pension executives friendly to the Kasich campaign what to tell the media about revelations of state pension losses attributed to Lehman Bros.
A message obtained by The Associated Press was sent May 3 amid efforts by Democrats to tie the Lehman losses to Kasich. The GOP candidate for governor worked for a time at the now-defunct investment bank.
In the e-mail, Kasich spokesman Scott Milburn told an Ohio Public Employee Retirement System executive to explain that not all the money it [...]
Full Story... →Talking Points Memo cites Governor Strickland’s campaign as a model for incumbent Democrats.
It cites the NRA endorsement, he defining Kasich early as part of Lehman Brothers, and the aggressive campaign for rural voters in traditionally Republican leaning areas in Ohio touting the NRA endorsement.
I do think that the Strickland campaign has been running a very effective campaign in a much tougher environment than what we had in 2006. I also agree that one of the things that is helping them is that the Kasich campaign is not running a very effective campaign at all and seems [...]
Full Story... →Budget Watch
