Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Tuesday's Topics

Democratic candidate for Ohio's 15th congressional district, Mary Jo Kilroy, is getting some help from the DCCC. Politico:
After an initial investment in mailings to a few targeted districts, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee kicked off their general election advertising spending over the weekend, purchasing almost $200,000 in ten districts across the country....
...The party is making a serious investment in Ohio on behalf of Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy, who gets almost $36,000 in the first round of ads, and State Senator John Boccieri, who will have $19,000 worth run on his behalf.....

The Bulletin:
Philadelphia - Gov. Ed Rendell called presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a "rock-ribbed conservative who cares more about corporate America than he does about American workers" during a press conference in Center City yesterday......
....Citing Mr. McCain's support of the merger of DHL shipping company and United Parcel Service (UPS), Mr. Rendell said the Arizona senator was responsible for putting as many as 10,000 Ohio jobs on the chopping block.
"[Mr.] McCain lobbied for DHL and ... "

If those workers in Wilmington, Ohio, lose their jobs, they should blame John McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis. They created the groundwork that could cost Ohio thousands of jobs.

* Did you know that Steve Austria, the Republican candidate for Ohio's 7th district is against a woman's reproductive freedom? What woman wants someone like Austria telling her what she can/cannot do with her body? By the way, Fundamental Truths has some questions about Steve Austria's campaign contributors:

....Most concerning is donations from the "Rely on your beliefs PAC" that is best known for having Enron as a past contributor and the Tigua Tribe who gave to the PAC as a favor to Jack Abramoff to get approval for a casino. Austria mentions ethics on his web site and this is the company he keeps....

Hmmmmm.