Today is my friend and former boss Ken Blackwell’s birthday, so it was nice to hear from him yesterday. Unfortunately, the call was in the form of a robocall in support of John McCain. And good timing too… as I didn’t send in my absentee ballot yet.
So did I vote for Ken’s preferred candidate? Absolutely [...]

Kathryn Lopez at National Review Online reports the sad news that the prolific author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley has died. Starting from when I read God and Man at Yale and Up from Liberalism in while in high school, and read all of his non-fiction books and fiction books (I especially enjoyed [...]

This news is sooooooo irritating:
Sen. John McCain quickly denounced comments Cincinnati radio host Bill Cunningham made about Sen. Barack Obama, during McCain’s local appearance Tuesday.
Cunningham, who hosts a conservative talk show on WLW-AM, made opening remarks prior to McCain’s speech at Memorial Hall in Over-the-Rhine. According to numerous media reports, Cunningham pointedly referred to [...]

From the Chillicothe Gazette:
Former Ohio politician and television personality John Kasich announced he is interested in getting back into Ohio politics and exploring the possibility of a gubernatorial bid in 2012.
Kasich’s announcement came Monday night at the Ross County Republican Party’s Annual Lincoln Day Dinner.
“I think the state is in trouble, and I don’t think [...]

My friend Matt Lewis at Townhall.com has the full scoop on Ken Blackwell being called before the House Judiciary committee to answer questions about the 2004 elections. Hopefully, they won’t discover Ken’s evil plan to disenfranchise black voters in 2004 by having record-setting black voter turnout.
I would suggest to John Conyers that if he truly [...]

“Turn Around Ohio” must mean turning voters away from approving of Ted Strickland.
From Gongwer:
Strickland Job Rating Drops; Voters Concerned About ODE Restructuring, Bond Issue, Keno Plan
Governor Ted Strickland’s job approval rating has fallen five points since last November, and voters expressed concerns about three of the governor’s most recent major policy proposals, according to the [...]

Make sure to read Ken Blackwell’s latest column on Townhall.com. Here is an excerpt:
Senator Barack Obama recently gave us a disturbing foretaste of the contradictory doublespeak we could expect under an Obama presidency.
Last week, a deeply disturbed young man went on a criminal rampage at Northern Illinois University, murdering several innocent people before taking his [...]

Regardless of the shrill, race-baiting free-trip loving Tubbs Jones, this clip, as Matthews might say, will make a tingle go up your leg. Funny stuff!

From Marc Ambinder’s interesting report
Allies of Hillary Clinton plan an expensive, stealth campaign to buttress her standing in the must-win states of Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania.
They’re canvassing Clinton donors for pledges of up to $100,000 in the hope of raising at least $10M by the end of next week. The money will be placed in [...]

From The Plain Dealer:
Political observers were abuzz over Gov. Ted Strickland’s unexplained head twitching in the last couple of minutes of a national television interview Sunday. A spokesman for the governor suggested the incident was nothing that a good night’s sleep and a little decaf couldn’t cure. “The governor is not sick or ill,” Strickland [...]