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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Friday heads for the decaying Ohio rust-belt, seeking to show empathy with the heartland's economic woes after a Republican election win sent shockwaves through US politics. The president, who frankly admitted this week that his connection with everyday Americans had frayed, will hold a town hall-style meeting, tour local businesses and talk about political anger brewing across the United States. During his visit, he will tour a wind turbine plant, to stress the job creating potential of his plan to create a new 'green' alternative energy economy. Unemployment in Ohio is 10.6 percent, even higher...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is telling voters in Ohio, already wracked by high unemployment, that investments in clean-energy technologies will help boost the nation's economy. Obama planned to use his visit Friday to test-drive an aggressive populist push on jobs, a top concern for voters across the country as the White House begins a message shift heading into fall elections expected to be difficult for Democrats.

President Barack Obama is telling voters in Ohio, already wracked by high unemployment, that investments in clean-energy technologies will help boost the nation's economy. Obama planned to use his visit Friday to test-drive an aggressive populist push on jobs, a top concern for voters across the country as the White House begins a message shift heading into fall elections expected to be difficult for Democrats. Obama was meeting with voters in the northeast part of Ohio, where steel mills have given way to rust. Statewide, unemployment stands at 10.6 percent. A town hall session was on Obama's public schedule at...

Just wondering if any FREEPers and/or Tea Party folk will be in Ohio to let Bambi know he is screwing the nation over with his fascism.

President Barack Obama's first public outing since his party's recent electoral setback will bring him on a "listening tour" to Lorain County, Ohio, Friday, where he will visit an experimental wind-turbine plant but bypass a home-health-products maker that's the biggest employer in this corner of the Rust Belt. The White House deliberately avoided a stop at Invacare Corp., a high-tech wheelchair maker that employs 1,300 people, to avoid drawing attention to Democrats' foundering health-care bill, people familiar with the president's itinerary said. Opposition to that legislation was a factor in Republican Scott Brown's victory in Tuesday's U.S. Senate election in...

FDL/SurveyUSA, 1/12-1/14, 600 likely voters, Margin of Sampling error ± 4.1% If there were an election for US House of Representatives today, and the only two candidates on the ballot were Democrat Steve Driehaus and Republican Steve Chabot, who would you vote for? Steve Driehaus (D) 39% Steve Chabot (R ) 56% Undecided 5% A new SurveyUSA poll sponsored by Firedoglake shows incumbent Democrat Steve Driehaus substantially behind former Republican Congressman Steve Chabot in Ohio’s 1st congressional district. If the election were held today, Chabot would beat Driehaus in a head-to-head match up, 56% to 39%. The 2010 election will...

Jim Traficant (beam me up) is appearing on WTAM (Cleveland) Saturdays, 1-4 PM EST on a limited basis, tune in if you can ! Jim's guest this Saturday is Ed O'Neil (Married with Children). O'Neill, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, became intrigued with acting when he was teaching sixth grade and taking theater classes at Youngstown State University in his spare time. Seven years later, O'Neill decided to pursue acting as a profession, so he moved to New York and got a job as a bus boy. His first break came when he was understudying the lead in the Broadway...

lifenews.com - Printer Friendly Page© V2.0 - CJ Website Designwww.cj-design.comFormer VP Candidate Sarah Palin Will Headline Pro-Life Event in Ohio in March by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor January 8, 2010 Email RSSPrint Columbus, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will headline a pro-life rally in Ohio this coming March. Her appearance on behalf of Ohio Right to Life will mark her third appearance at a major pro-life event since 2008, when she ran with John McCain against pro-abortion candidate Barack Obama.Ohio Right to Life informed LifeNews.com today that Palin will be its featured speaker at a rally on Friday,...

Associated Press CANTON, Ohio— A former top Romanian spy who defected to the United States in the 1970s has endorsed a U.S. House candidate in the closely watched race for Ohio's 16th Congressional District. Ion Mihai "Mike" Pacepa, now an American citizen, is backing conservative Republican Paul Schiffer because he believes Democrats are turning America into a socialist dictatorship like the one he escaped. Pacepa's longtime translator, Wayne Barnes, confirmed the endorsement after Schiffer's campaign released it.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A U.S. House hopeful says a former top Romanian spy who defected to the United States in the1970s has endorsed him in a closely watched northeast Ohio race. The campaign of Paul Schiffer said Monday that Ion Pacepa (YON' puh-CHEP'-uh) is backing the Republican in this year's election because he believes Democrats are turning America into a socialist dictatorship like the one he escaped.

Will Rewrite Health Care 'Bait & Switch' Bill in 2011, Vows Congressional Candidate Paul Schiffer by Staff December 29, 2009 CANTON, Ohio, christiansunite.com) -- Paul Schiffer, Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio's 16th Congressional District, accused Congressional Democrats of enacting a "BAIT & SWITCH" health care bill and promised to rewrite the bill in 2011 to match Americans' priorities. Schiffer claims: "The Democrats' health care bill is largely unrelated to what the public was told would be its goals. Democrats sold the bill as fixing specific problems which Americans - and I - all want to see fixed. When elected...

Jim Traficant, the weave-wearing, bold talking, convicted felon and former congressman who once called Congress "a big whore house," told a Youngstown, Ohio, business group Tuesday that he wants his old job back and will run in 2010. According to the Youngstown Business Journal, Traficant declared to 35 members of the local Biz Society "I'm going to run for Congress somewhere." He said he has not decided which Ohio district he'll run in, nor which political party he would affiliate with, but the former Democrat did say he has nominating petitions in three congressional districts. Traficant had hinted several months...

Republican Rob Portman has managed to pull away somewhat from Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner but still finds himself in a highly competitive race with Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher in potential 2010 U.S. Senate match-ups in Ohio. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows Portman now leading Brunner 40% to 33% after holding a two-point advantage in September. Just seven percent (7%) would choose another candidate, but 20% are undecided at this point. Portman continues to run nearly even with Fisher 38% to 36%. In their match-up, 18% of Ohio voters are undecided, while another eight...

Paul believes in and promises to uphold the 9 Principles & 12 Values of the 912 Project 1. America is good 2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life. God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” from George Washington’s first Inaugural address. 3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday 4. The family is sacred. I and my family are the ultimate authority, not the government. Marriage/Family “It...

Thrilled with twin victories this month, Republican governors are looking to lead a party-wide resurgence in 2010 and shape the GOP for years to come. Republicans boast of a strong crop of gubernatorial candidates who could be future party leaders, $25 million in the bank a year before the elections and a difficult environment for Democrats, particularly in financially ailing swing-voting states like Ohio and Iowa. "Next year's going to be a good year for Republican governors," predicted Haley Barbour, Mississippi's governor and chairman of the Republican Governors Association. "In states where there are Republican governors, people can see if...

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that after controlling the state for years, the Ohio GOP got slaughtered in 2006 and again in 2008. In addition to losing the state's top offices, the party lost a U.S. Senator, four U.S. House seats and its majority in the Ohio House of Representatives over the past four years. But timing is everything in politics, and Ohio once again looks like a barnburner in next year's midterm elections.

Next year’s U.S. Senate race in Ohio is a neck-and-neck battle for Republican Rob Portman no matter which Democratic candidate he faces, according to the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state. Portman is in a virtual tie with Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher 41% to 40%. Six percent (6%) of Ohio voters favor some other candidate, and 14% are undecided. The former GOP congressman is also essentially even with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, leading by a similarly insignificant 40% to 38% margin. Five percent (5%) prefer another candidate. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure how they...

Ohio, a traditional bellwether state, will take center stage once again to gauge how the two major parties will fare in 2010, a year Republicans are hoping to make gains in statehouses and congressional seats across the country. Republicans are looking to defeat Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland with the help of former congressman and Fox News host John Kasich, and win an edge in congressional redistricting in the process. The Republicans are also playing defense in the state, however, hoping to hold onto the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. George Voinovich — a moderate Republican representing a state that...

Former Ohio Democrat Eligible to Run, But Does He Have Support? --- He may be down, but don't count him out. Former Democratic congressman James Traficant, fresh off completing a seven year prison term for a bribery and racketeering conviction, says he has not ruled out running for Congress again. "I'm not sure at this point," Traficant told CNN on Monday when asked if he would seek reelection. "Both parties would not want to see me in Washington, believe me… I was very controversial down there." Traficant, known for his flamboyant appearance and fiery political speeches, served nine terms representing...

Ohio state Sen. Bob Gibbs is in the 2010 race to unseat Democratic Rep. Zack Space. Gibbs, a Republican, recently filed a statement of candidacy and a statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission to initiate a campaign in Ohio's 18th, a mostly rural and culturally conservative area of east-central and south-central Ohio that includes Zanesville and Chillicothe. Gibbs also has set up a rudimentary campaign Web site. Gibbs was elected to the Ohio House in 2002 and served three two-year terms, then was elected to the Ohio Senate in 2008 with 59 percent of the vote in a...