As Ohio Goes.....So Goes the Nation.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/12/as-ohio-goes-so-go-the-midterms-and-possibly-2012/
Charlie Cook article in the National Journal- No help on the horizon for Democrats
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/po_20100901_3522.php
Two more federal indictments (nope still not those two)
Reuters Poll released today show Rob Portman and John Kasich leading their Democrat challengers.
Portman leads Fisher in Ohio Senate race
I really like Congressman Paul Ryan for a variety of reasons but it appears he will not throw his hat into the ring in 2012. See the Weekly Standard article below.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/paul-ryan-rules-out-2012-presidential-run-talks-mitch-daniels
Lee Fisher a liability to the Democrat slate in 2010?
http://thirdbasepolitics.blogspot.com/2010/07/lee-fisher-is-fast-becoming-liability.html
If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?
If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent "Austrian language" would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had stated that there were 57 states in the United States, would you have said that he is clueless?
If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?
If George W. Bush had misspelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years?
If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?
If George W. Bush's administration had given the OK for Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether he actually “gets” what happened on 9-11?
If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
If George W. Bush had created the new positions of 32 “Czars” who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had taken over the health industry, added 159 new agencies with their added cost, laws and regulations, as well as taxing you on your employer provided health insurance, would have you approved?
If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?
Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 16 months -- so you'll have two years and eight months to come up with an answer.
FBI Pulls campaign finance reports of County Executive candidate Ken Lanci
Read the article on Cleveland.com at:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/06/fbi_pulls_campaign_finance_rec.html