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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is the latest supporter of Hillary Clinton to accuse the media of bias in its coverage of the Democratic nomination battle. At a dinner with Washington Post reporters and editors, Strickland called the coverage "almost shocking at times" and unfair it the treatment of both candidate Clinton and her husband, the former president. "Quite frankly, some of the people that I had most previously admired as commentators I have a remarkably different opinion toward right now," Strickland said. Strickland was the second big-state governor and Clinton supporter to sound off about the press at the convention....

Strickland Says Obama Lacks Substance on Economy Sunday, August 17, 2008 COLUMBUS - Just days after lowering expectations on his ability to deliver Ohio for Barack Obama, Gov. Ted Strickland renewed criticism today over the lack of substance coming from his party's presumptive nominee. "I particularly hope he strengthens his economic message - even Senator Obama can speak more clearly and specifically about the kitchen-table, bread-and-butter issues like high energy costs," said Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio. "It's fine to tell people about hope and change, but you have to have plenty of concrete, pragmatic ideas that bring hope and...

Barack Obama isn't just relying on urban Democratic strongholds to win Ohio in November. Obama's campaign released a document Tuesday outlining a strategy to organize extensively in rural areas throughout the key battleground state. Some of those areas have long been strongholds for Republican candidates.

COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland (D-Lisbon) said he can't deliver Ohio for presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama on his own. At a press conference following an event supporting the "Clean Ohio" ballot issue Strickland was asked by PolitickerOH.com what he will do to deliver the state to Obama, especially in light of the tightening presidential race shown by today's Quinnipiac poll. "I cannot deliver the state but I have already been trying to be helpful to Senator Obama and I will continue to do that," Strickland said, adding that he's been urging voters across Ohio to support Obama. Strickland said...

Republicans are shocked -- shocked! -- that Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland is what each of them also is: a politician. That, anyway, is how the Ohio GOP sounded when Strickland retired his halo to the prop room last week. Object: To game this year's Ohio House elections to favor fellow Democrats. Strickland's maneuver is (also) another example of how term limits, that GOP Frankenstein, has turned on its creators. Limiting people to eight consecutive years in the state Senate or Ohio's House sounds dandy, unless they want a nice Public Employees Retirement System pension down the road: An Ohio governor's...

Once known as the Mother of Presidents, Ohio is now getting poorer, older and dumber – and making all the wrong moves to reverse the situation. And that may actually be a plus for Barack Obama. His party is finding that lofty, vague promises of change combined with high-spending, high-tax, welfare state-ish policies are a political winner in the state. How else to explain why Gov. Ted Strickland's approval ratings are in the mid-50s or why Democrats may even win control of the state House for the first time in 14 years? But as a formula for economic revival, it...

He has a high job rating in what was the most fiercely contested state in 2004, a state whose 20 electoral votes would have made John Kerry president if he had gotten 119,000 votes. But Strickland has taken himself out of the running. "If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; and, if elected, I will not serve." Some find that astonishing. A look at Strickland's curriculum vitae tells why he bowed out. He served as an associate minister in a Methodist church a year or so in the late 1960s. He worked two years as...

According to Fox, Ted Strickland would not even consider being selected for the VP slot with Obama>

Governor signs bill protecting those who shoot intruders in self-defense Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:53 PM By Mark Niquette THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Over the objections of law enforcement groups, Gov. Ted Strickland today signed into law a bill that relaxes certain gun restrictions and establishes a new “castle doctrine” for shooting an intruder in self-defense. The legislation, Senate Bill 184, takes effect in 90 days. It was backed by the National Rifle Association to establish a presumption that a person acted in self-defense when shooting someone who unlawfully enters his or her home or occupied vehicle. Supporters say it will...

Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann resigned this afternoon, just hours after the inspector general's office launched a raid on his office. The embattled Democrat made the announcement in a joint appearance with Gov. Ted Strickland in the governor's cabinet room, next to his Statehouse office. The governor called it a "sad day" for Ohio but said he is "pleased" Dann quit.

Was listening to Hannity, Susan Estridge said Obama will pick an old white guy as VP?She was referring to someone,but I missed his name.Anybody know who the old white guy is?

Strickland campaigned with Clinton in Iowa over the weekend. CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (CNN) – Just days before the Iowa caucuses, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter criticized the state’s privileged role in the presidential nominating process, forcing her campaign to declare that she did not agree with the assessment. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was quoted in Sunday’s edition of The Columbus Dispatch as saying that it “makes no sense” to grant Iowa the right to hold the first contest of the 2008 race for the White House. "I'd like to see both parties say, 'We're going to bring this to an...

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat who already has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, said former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is his favorite among the Republican candidates. Huckabee, like Strickland, is an ordained minister. "He's a very socially compassionate man who obviously has concern for the poor and the working middle class, while at the same time, having rather conservative views when it comes to a matter like abortion or gay marriage," Strickland said. Strickland told The Cincinnati Enquirer that Huckabee would be the strongest Republican candidate in Ohio.

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION FILE ID NUMBER: 2007190 AGENCIES: Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Office of Information Technology, Office of Budget and Management BASIS FOR INVESTIGATION: Governor’s Office Referral ALLEGATION: Mismanagement, Failure to Protect Confidential Information, Failure to Properly Report Loss INITIATED: June 15, 2007 DATE OF REPORT: July 20, 2007 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY File ID No. 2007190 On June 15, 2007, Governor Ted Strickland announced that a computer backup tape containing Social Security numbers and other confidential data on more than 64,000 state employees had been stolen from the car of an intern assigned to the state’s integrated Ohio Administrative Knowledge...

CAIR and Al-Qaeda Connected; Does Anyone in Old Media Care? Posted by Tom Blumer on June 24, 2007 - 12:31. Note: Though this post is primarily about Ohio's governor speaking at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet in Columbus last Sunday, it contains nationally significant info about connections between CAIR, Al Qaeda, and Hamas, and Old Media's non-coverage of those connections.______________________________On Friday ("Strickland-CAIR Update: Reported Strickland Staffer Response"), I noted how staff member "Charles" in Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's office responded in a conversation with a constituent relayed to me by a trusted source. The constituent objected to the...

Ohio does not have unified standards for protecting Social Security numbers and other sensitive information, making the state vulnerable to data theft. Sound like an assessment of the recent theft of a backup computer storage tape that has dominated state government news since last Friday? Guess again. That viewpoint was expressed nearly six months ago, in a report prepared as part of Gov. Ted Strickland's transition team before he took office Jan. 8. Strickland had asked for teams of experts to evaluate several key areas of state government and submit their findings and recommendations in reports. The team studying the...

Ohio Democrat Governor Ted Strickland's state of the state address (comments and interpretation in parenthesis) That's why my budget eliminates the Ed Choice voucher program. (school choice is toast.)... My budget will make access to affordable health coverage available for every single child in Ohio, and every young person up to the age of 21. Under my proposed budget, we will offer State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to Ohio children whose parents make up to 300 percent of the federal poverty line. In a family of four, for example, that's coverage for every child in every household whose family...

If Gov. Ted Strickland had his druthers, the United States would be under the steady hand of President Vilsack come 2009. Although the former governor of Iowa isn’t yet a household name, Strickland said he’d make a fine chief executive. Following a speech at the Ohio Newspaper Association, Strickland expressed mild annoyance last Thursday about speculation in The Other Paper that he might be inclined to support former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. “I like John Edwards,” Strickland said. “He’s not my candidate.” Who is the governor’s candidate? Strickland doesn’t have one, and he doesn’t expect he’ll need to....

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland would consider going to the ballot to ask for a tax increase to fund schools if other options for improving the state’s education outlook fail, the Democrat said Thursday. During a speech to Ohio newspaper editors, Strickland said he believes Ohioans could support higher school taxes if they knew exactly what it would buy. He said it would not go against his statements about not raising taxes in the budget he is introducing in March if the question is put to the people. “The people would be the deciders, would they not, if...

Columbus, Ohio (AP) -- Gov. Ted Strickland said he would welcome Iraqi refugees to Ohio, clarifying his comments last week were meant to express frustration with President Bush instead of the people displaced by the war. The Democrat told The Associated Press last week he was not inclined to accommodate any refugees because doing so would help bail out the president. "I am sympathetic to the plight of the innocent Iraqi people who have fled that country," he said. "However, I would not want to ask Ohioans to accept a greater burden than they already have borne for the Bush...

Welcome to the live thread for the California Primary Election. Polls are open until 8pm tonight. If you are a registered voter, it is your duty to vote and defend your rights and civil liberties, protect your pocketbook, and vote the bums out where applicable. Feel free to discuss issues key to your local area that others may be interested in. Post your polling place experiences if you like. And post numbers as they come in later tonight.

Zogby Poll: Blackwell Closes to Single DigitsCOLUMBUS – Gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell has closed within single digits of his opponent in the last week of the campaign. The Wall Street Journal Zogby Interactive Poll today shows the race has narrowed to 7.5 points with Blackwell receiving 43.3 percent and Congressman Ted Strickland receiving 50.8 percent. The poll was conducted from Oct. 23 - 27 and has a 3.7 percent margin of error. Previous surveys have shown Strickland with a double-digit lead.The Blackwell campaign attributed the gap-closing poll to increased voter awareness and an emerging re-energized Republican base. Over the...

COLUMBUS – Gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland yesterday told a radio talk show host that Americans would have “a different attitude” about the war in Iraq if it were not disproportionately fought by the poor. During an interview with Tom Roten of News Talk 800 WVHU, Strickland refused to denounce Senator John Kerry’s controversial don’t study and “you get stuck in Iraq” comments. Democrat leaders and candidates across the country including Hillary Clinton have distanced themselves from Kerry’s comments. Kerry has since apologized. However, Strickland suggested most Americans do not care about the young men and women fighting in Iraq. “I...

In light of John Kerry's most recent gaffe over Iraq, we have to re-examine Rep. Ted Strickland and his photo-op support of John Kerry in his failed 2004 Democratic Party presidential campaign. Remember John Kerry's famous staged hunting picture from the 2004 presidential campaign? Kerry was photographed out in the woods, triumphantly wearing goose hunting gear and giving the photographer a "thumbs up" while obviously displaying his proud hunting trophy. The guy Kerry was photographed hunting with that day was none other than Ted Strickland, the same Ted Strickland who is now running as the 2006 Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate...

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I am a graduate of the same seminary as Ted Strickland. There is NO WAY that a graduate of Asbury Seminary, in that era in which he attended (late 60's), should be advocating these anti-morality positions that Strickland advocates. This formerly conservative pastor now SUPPORTS abortion at military facilities, OPPOSES making it a crime to injure a pregnant woman's baby, and SUPPORTS homosexual marriage and the gay agenda. I am one conservative Republican who thinks Strickland's major life flip-flop is entirely too much to accept. I cannot imagine -- even for a moment -- that other moral, family values Ohioans...

A group of Indian gambling tribes has bought nearly $1 million in television time for the Republican candidate for state controller with two weeks to go in a close contest. Tony Strickland, a former member of the state Assembly known for being outspoken on his conservative views, received the boost Monday from Team 2006, an independent campaign committee formed by six Southern California gambling tribes that have been seeking to expand their operations. The committee had raised more than $9 million, according to disclosure reports filed Tuesday. The large contribution drew immediate criticism from Strickland's Democratic opponent, John Chiang, a...

  Plain Dealer Early Edition Archive Tuesday, October 24, 2006METRO: Blackwell launches new attackBy Ted Wendling Plain Dealer Bureau Chief Columbus — With polls showing him so far behind that he could drag the entire Republican ticket down to defeat, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell launched an attack last week that took political discourse in Ohio to unplumbed depths. In the last of four debates, Blackwell accused his Democratic rival for governor, Rep. Ted Strickland, of covering up for a campaign staff member who exposed himself to children and supporting the platform of NAMBLA, the North American Man/Boy Love...

Tuesday, October 17, 2006Contact: Carlo LoParo Documents Call Strickland's Judgment into Question COLUMBUS – Gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell today released documents related to Congressman Ted Strickland’s inexcusable lack of judgment for refusing to investigate a congressional and campaign staffer accused of exposing himself to children.Also, the Blackwell campaign continued to question Strickland’s bizarre refusal to condemn a study by the American Psychological Association (APA) that said adult-child sex could be healthy for children. In 1999, Strickland broke ranks with 355 Republicans and Democrats and joined 12 liberal congressmen casting a “present” vote in protest of a resolution condemning the...

The Cincinnati Enquirer does not allow us to link to it, but they have a story up this morning on their home page about the Blackwell campaign taking off the gloves ... insinuating he's gay and that he's soft on pedophiles.You can probably find a link to it at Google

Ohio attorney Scott A. Pullins runs a blog, the Pullins Report, which has relentlessly pursued Rep. Ted Strickland, D-Ohio, the Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate for 2006 in Ohio. Pullins has been fearless in exploring charges that Strickland is a closet homosexual and supports the LGBT agenda. "We started following Strickland in the primary," Pullins, who practices law in Vernon, Ohio, near Columbus, told WND. "We especially picked up on the issue after Brian Flannery, his Democratic Party challenger in the primary, began hammering Strickland on sexual issues." A Father's Day newspaper article in the Toledo Blade, published June 19, piqued...

A "Foley problem" at the heart of Ted Strickland's Democratic gubernatorial campaign in Ohio deepened over the weekend when an anonymous e-mailer revealed the identity of the "mystery man" in the Strickland organization who has a history of sexual misconduct involving minors going back to 1994. Bryan Specht, now age 33, was the campaign manager for Rep. Ted Strickland's 1998 congressional re-election. Specht was named as the perpetrator in the criminal records distributed in an anonymous e-mail circulated in Ohio last Friday and forwarded to this author. The anonymous e-mail apparently was sent simultaneously to several different Ohio attorneys and...

WND Exclusive Commentary 'Foley problem' for Ohio's Strickland Posted: October 17, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern A "Foley problem" at the heart of Ted Strickland's Democratic gubernatorial campaign in Ohio deepened over the weekend when an anonymous e-mailer revealed the identity of the "mystery man" in the Strickland organization who has a history of sexual misconduct involving minors going back to 1994. Bryan Specht, now age 33, was the campaign manager for Rep. Ted Strickland's 1998 congressional re-election. Specht was named as the perpetrator in the criminal records distributed in an anonymous e-mail circulated in Ohio last Friday and forwarded to...

Sacramento -- The race to become the next state controller pits a former Republican state lawmaker who has a reputation for being a fiscal conservative against a Democratic chairman of the Board of Equalization who is a tax and finance expert. Despite being veterans of public service, one of the biggest challenges for both Democrat John Chiang and Republican Tony Strickland has been overcoming their lack of statewide name recognition. An earlier Field Poll showed more than 80 percent of likely voters surveyed said they didn't have any opinion about either candidate. Nevertheless, the office that one of them will...

State to take up complaint By Diana DeCola, ddecola@mariettatimes.com A challenge to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland’s voter registration has been turned over to the Ohio Secretary of State’s office. Columbiana County Board of Elections Director Lois Gall said the Strickland hearing was canceled due to a tie vote at a Thursday board of elections meeting. “A motion was made to dismiss the challenge, which resulted in a tie vote,” Gall said. The tie was along party lines, with the Democrat members making the motion and the Republican members voting it down. The Columbiana County Democratic Party Chair Dennis Johnson...

It's up to Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to decide whether a challenge to the voter registration of his Democratic opponent for Ohio governor will move forward. The challenge, filed last week at the Columbiana County Board of Elections, contends that Congressman Ted Strickland should not be allowed to vote from his Lisbon address because he really lives in Columbus. Strickland and his wife own a condominium in Columbus and rent a home in Lisbon, which is in Strickland's congressional district. It's too late for Strickland to change his voter registration. Strickland has voted for the past three...

In the wake of the Mark Foley scandal, questions are circulating below the radar screen in Ohio about the past record of Democratic Rep. Ted Strickland on pedophilia. Strickland is the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Ohio running against Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. The issue surfaced Dec. 15, 2005, when the left-leaning Athens News reported on an anonymous letter-writing campaign to Democratic voters citing Strickland's vote as "present" and not in support of the 1999 House Concurrent Resolution 107 that condemned an American Psychological Association study supporting "nonnegative sexual interactions between adults and adolescents." (Story continues below) The APA...

In the wake of the Mark Foley scandal, questions are circulating below the radar screen in Ohio about the past record of Democratic Rep. Ted Strickland on pedophilia. Strickland is the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Ohio running against Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. The issue surfaced Dec. 15, 2005, when the left-leaning Athens News reported on an anonymous letter-writing campaign to Democratic voters citing Strickland's vote as "present" and not in support of the 1999 House Concurrent Resolution 107 that condemned an American Psychological Association study supporting "nonnegative sexual interactions between adults and adolescents." (Story continues below) The APA...

The Bliss Institute 2006 General Election Survey finds Democrat Ted Strickland with a substantial lead over Republican Ken Blackwell in the race for Ohio governor. However, the race for U.S. Senate is a dead heat between Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican Mike DeWine. The Republican candidate leads in the race for attorney general, while the Democratic candidates are ahead in the campaigns for auditor, secretary of state, and treasurer. In terms of ballot measures, a proposal to raise the minimum wage is backed by an overwhelming majority, while proposals to allow slot machines and to ban smoking in public places...

Controller Candidates To Debate Live On CBS5.com * Watch LIVE At 2 p.m. (today)* (CBS 5 / The Chronicle) SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco Chronicle Editorial board will host a 60-minute debate between state Controller candidates John Chiang (Democrat) and Tony Strickland (Republican) today at 2 p.m. at the CBS 5 studios in San Francisco. The debate will be presented via Live streaming video here on CBS5.com and is the second of several Chronicle Editorial board candidate debates that will be offered via live and tape streams here on CBS5.com.

OVERVIEW: Part 1 — Why It’s Being Brought Up Ted Strickland’s 1999 “Present” vote on H CON RES 107, his reaction to the Resolution in question, and his stated reason for opposing it are relevant to the 2006 Ohio gubernatorial campaign because: * There’s a big difference between serving 600,000 people in Congress and governing an entire state of 11 million people. * The Strickland campaign has been widely agreed to be painfully short on specifics, so we must look elsewhere for clues as to what kind of governor he might be. * The conduct of Strickland’s party in Washington...

"This November, as dozens of state governors ask for your vote, ask yourself this: Do they deserve it? In states like Wisconsin, Maine and Michigan, NEA members see their governors finding money for programs and salaries, protecting jobs from privatization, and making sure students get what they need. (Can your colleagues in California say the same? We think not.) Yes, governors do make a big difference. And so do you, when you say yea or nay to them on the ballot................... Ohio U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland TWO WORDS: OEA alum THREE ISSUES: 1) WHO HE IS: Strickland is a psychologist...

Ohio's troubled economy and corruption scandals have given Democratic Congressman Ted Strickland a persistent advantage over Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell in the race for Governor here. Strickland maintains a double-digit advantage. As Election Day draws closer, though, his margin has declined by seven points. According to our new poll he now leads Blackwell 52% to 40% (see crosstabs). In mid-September the Democrat enjoyed a nineteen-point lead of 54% to 35%.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit attempting to force the release of the names of donors backing a group that ran ads critical of the Democratic candidate for governor. Democrats want to know who donated $1.5 million that a group called Common Sense Ohio gave to Common Sense 2006, which used the money for ads criticizing Democrat Ted Strickland. The two groups say the contributors' identities are protected by their nonprofit status. The court ruled 4-3 Tuesday that it didn't have jurisdiction to rule on the lawsuit, filed by the Ohio Democratic...

COLUMBUS – Congressman and former prison psychologist Ted Strickland yesterday told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that Ohio is a “backwards state” because of restrictions on abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Strickland, a strong abortion advocate, claims Ohio’s economic woes are a direct result of these restrictions. Further, he believes the state has an “image and attitude problem” as a result. “Ohio’s got a big problem with its image and with its attitude,” Strickland told the newspaper’s editorial board during a joint interview with gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell. Referring to the restrictions, Strickland said, “All of these things paint a...

Democrat Take-Away in Ohio Governor: In an election for Governor of Ohio today, 9/21/2006, Democrat Ted Strickland defeats Republican Ken Blackwell, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WCPO-TV Cincinnati, WKYC-TV Cleveland, and WYTV-TV Youngstown. Strickland, currently representing Ohio's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, gets 56%. Blackwell, currently Ohio Secretary of State, gets 35%. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA tracking poll released 8/8/06, Strickland is down a statistically insignificant 1 point, Blackwell is unchanged. In sum: no movement. 24% of Republicans cross-over to vote for the Democrat Strickland; only 5% of Democrats cross-over and vote for...

Cincinnati, OH--The first Ohio Poll of likely voters in 2006 finds U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland (D) leads Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell (R) by 12 percentage points in the race for governor. U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown (D) leads U.S. Senator Mike DeWine (R) by four percentage points in the race for U.S. Senate. These findings are based on the latest Ohio Poll, conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. The Ohio Poll is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati. The Poll was conducted from September 7 through September 17, 2006. Interviews were not conducted...

In the Ohio Governor's race, Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland has a commanding 55 - 34 percent lead over Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters released today. Only 10 percent are undecided. Rep. Strickland leads 88 - 6 percent among Democratic likely voters, and 54 - 31 percent among independent voters, while Blackwell leads 71 - 18 percent among Republicans, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Men favor the Democrat 51 - 40 percent, while women back Strickland 60 - 28 percent. Among Strickland supporters, 84 percent say their...

Clinton pins voting woes on Blackwell Strickland gets ex-president's help Sunday, September 17, 2006 Mark Naymik Plain Dealer Politics Writer Former President Bill Clinton, in a brief stop Saturday in Cleveland, blamed Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell for Ohio's voting problems during the state's close 2004 presidential election. Campaigning for Democrat Ted Strickland, Clinton referred to Blackwell, the state's chief election officer, as a "fellow whose main credential as a Republican is that he tried to disempower so many people." Cheered on by nearly a thousand people in a ballroom at the Intercontinental Hotel just east of downtown, he displayed...

Abortion center ordered to close East Side clinic cited with violations Saturday, September 09, 2006Regina McEneryPlain Dealer Reporter An East Side abortion clinic will be forced to close this month after state regulators uncovered more than a dozen health code violations, prompting officials to reject the center's request for a new license. In a lengthy compliance report issued in June, the Ohio Department of Health cited the Center for Women's Health in Cleveland for failing to have patient transfer agreements with hospitals in case of emergency, among other violations. In what seemed to be the most serious infraction, the...