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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Voters don’t buy Obama, Palin, Tea Party endorsements
If some Democratic candidates shun President Barack Obama and some Republican candidates stiff arm Sarah Palin and the Tea Party, there may be a reason.
A Harris Interactive poll released on Tuesday, Sept. 9, found that if a candidate running for office was endorsed by Obama, 45 percent of Americans would be less likely to vote for that candidate and 42 percentsay they would be more likely.
More than half of U.S. adults - 56 percent - say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate, while three in ten - 30 percent - would be more likely to do so.
As for the Tea Party’s support, two in five Americans - 41 percent - say they would be less likely to vote for their endorsed candidate, one-third - 34 percent - would be more likely and one-quarter (26%) are not at all sure.
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,775 adults surveyed online between August 9 and 16, 2010 by Harris Interactive.
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TweetHusted withdraws from debate
Ohio Secretary of State candidate Maryellen O’Shaughnessy is claiming her Republican opponent, state Sen. Jon Husted, is “running scared” because he will not debate her in Cleveland.
On Sunday a Columbus Dispatch poll showed O’Shaughnessy, a Democrat and Franklin County clerk of courts, is within striking distance of Husted. Husted, R-Kettering, is supported by 42 percent of those polled and O’Shaughnessy is supported by 39 percent, according to the poll.
“He thought he would walk away with this race, but Maryellen has shown she is a fighter and is on track to win the election in November,” said O’Shaughnessy Campaign Manager Kyle McDermott.
Husted spokesman Ryan Frazee said Husted in October will participate in a debate and a forum, and is doing at least nine joint appearances with O’Shaughnessy. He said Husted originally agreed to do the City Club of Cleveland debate but canceled on August 30.
“Unfortunately, we can’t do every one,” said Frazee,
O’Shaughnessy will appear at the City Club on Sept. 29, said spokeswoman Heidi Hubmann.
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TweetObama to rally Ohio voters in October
President Barack Obama will return to Ohio on Oct. 17 for a campaign rally, a Democratic National Committee official said on Thursday, Sept. 9.
The president will headline a series of ‘Moving America Forward’ rallies leading up to Nov. 2 to talk to voters about what’s at stake in the mid-term elections.
Where in Ohio he’ll appear was not announced. The president will also hold campaign rallies in Madison, Wisc., Philadelphia and Las Vegas.
Obama has been to Ohio 10 times since he was elected, including a trip to Parma on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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TweetUPDATED with ticket information -President Clinton coming to Cincinnati to campaign, raise money for Lee Fisher
Former President Bill Clinton will be in Cincinnati on Sunday, Sept. 12, to campaign and raise money for Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, the Democratic candidate for U.S. senator against Republican Rob Portman, Fisher’s campaign announced on Thursday.
The rally will be at 6 p.m. at Memorial Hall and will be free and open to the public, Holly Shulman, Fisher campaign spokesman, said.
Tickets will be required, said Shulman.
Clinton and Fisher will be going into Portman-friendly territory. Portman was a Cincinnati-area U.S. House member and also served as U.S. trade representative and budget director for President George W. Bush.
Memorial Hall is at 1225 Elm St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
While tickets are required, they do not guarantee admission, the campaign said.
Those interested can pick up tickets at the locations and hours listed below or RSVP online at www.fisherforohio.com for an electronic ticket, the campaign said.
Tickets can be picked up on Friday, September 10, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, September 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at these sites:
Bond Hill Democratic Campaign Headquarters Jordan’s Crossing, 7030 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45237
Woodlawn Democratic Campaign Headquarters 10036 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45215
Northside Democratic Campaign Headquarters
4044 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223
Pleasant Ridge Democratic Campaign Headquarters 6109 Webbland Place, Cincinnati, OH 45213
Westwood Democratic Campaign Headquarters
3502 Boudinot Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45211
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TweetNational AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to speak at Ohio labor convention
National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland will speak Tuesday, Sept. 14, on the opening day of the the Ohio AFL-CIO’s Convention in Columbus.
Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola will give opening remarks, a press release said.
Strickland will speak on the same day as his first governor’s debate with Republican John Kasich. Former President Bill Clinton also is scheduled to be in Ohio on Tuesday to campaign and raise money for Strickland.
It is the 27th biennial convention of the Ohio AFL-CIO, with the theme “Fighting for Ohio’s Future.”
The speeches are at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Columbus Convention Center, the release said.
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TweetKasich unveils job training plan; Strickland responds
John Kasich, the Republican candidate for governor, on Thursday, Sept. 9, unveiled a job training plan that would, among other things, create a new training voucher by using revenue from casino license fees to help workers “get the training they need before crises or job losses occur.”
Click here to read about the plan.
Kasich’s campaign Web site had a complicated chart of what it said was Ohio’s existing job training system and said “it’s no wonder” that more companies don’t use the program.
“Creating a coordinated strategy and making it easier for businesses to get the training they need is part of John Kasich’s plan to get Ohio’s economy moving again,” the campaign said.
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland countered in a press release that “I’ve already done what Congressman Kasich talks about. In the face of the global economic recession, my administration made unprecedented investments in workforce training and higher education.”
Kasich’s plan calls for:
*Creating a new training voucher.
*Setting policy and writing budgets once, “not 50 times.”
*Creating easy-to-access systems for businesses.
*Setting high standards and expecting results.
*Pushing Washington for reform.
Strickland said that he has “consolidated job training programs to make them more business-friendly and placed them under departments that can best connect workers with businesses.”
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TweetPoll: Voters disapprove Obama performance but support Afghanistan strategy
American voters continue to disapprove of President Barack Obama’s overall performance but a majority supports the president’s handling of Afghanistan.
However, in a Quinnipiac University Poll, released on Thursday, Sept. 9, voters also disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy, 56-39 percent.
In other key poll results, voters:
*Disapproved of Obama’s job performance with 47 percent disapproving and 44 percent approving, about the same as his record low percent disapproval rating on July 21 with 48 percent disapproving and 44 percent approving.
*Approved 49-40 percent Obama’s handling of Afghanistan and 53-40 percent his handling of commander-in-chief duties.
*Said 58-33 percent that eliminating the threat of terrorists operating from Afghanistan is a goal for which American troops should fight and possibly die.
*Said 59-26 percent that Afghanistan would not be another Vietnam.
*Said 32-22 percent that the economy is getting worse, not better, about the same as the results in July, but worse than the 32-24 percent who thought in May that the economy was getting better.
*By a 42-37 percent spread said they would vote for a Republican rather than a Democrat in the November congressional elections, compared to a 43-38 lead for the GOP in the July 21 Quinnipiac University poll.
Here’s your chance to judge the president’s performance:
“The good news for President Barack Obama is that his standing with the American people hasn’t deteriorated further,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a press release.
“The bad news is that he remains at his record low levels and the November elections are right around the corner.”
The poll was taken with 1,905 registered voters from Aug. 31 to Tuesday, Sept. 7 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.
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