Democrats won some big ballot issues on Nov. 8 against laws that would have taken away collective bargaining rights of public workers and further redefine abortion, but Republicans also have some reasons to be optimistic.
After voters felled Ohio Governor John Kasich’s signature anti-collective bargaining law yesterday, he responded with an assurance that the state wasn’t going to pony up any new cash to help struggling cities. Cities like Columbus, Ohio, are facing huge cuts from the state and working with unions to lower costs.
The White House congratulated Ohioans for “standing up for workers and defeating efforts to strip away collective bargaining rights.”
A spokesman for the Ohio firefighters union said it changed collective bargaining to ‘collective begging.’
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s opposition to the U.S. Census is spreading, according to the Bakersfield Californian. A Bakersfield man is boycotting the Census, and the paper thinks Bachmann’s campaign might be…
As conservatives express outrage over Obama’s O-version of the American flag — which is actually Ohio’s state flag — it’s time again to embrace the absurdity of Campaign ’08. Inside: The Family Guy “endorses” McCain-Palin, a news crasher campaigns for “Chan” (Jackie, that is), and websites offer musical homages to Michele Bachmann.
Al Jazeera English recently traveled to Ohio to ask voters to share thoughts on Sen. Barack Obama. What they found were wildly inaccurate and often racist beliefs about the Illinois Democrat:
“I’m afraid if he wins, the black…
SurveyUSA is conducting a series of polls in 17 states to test the popularity of various Republican and Democratic presidential tickets. It’s a dubious endeavor to the extent that many of the VP hopefuls bruited about have…
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