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I'm Mike Turner and I am for sale, 11 Billionaires sponsor me

Turner out-raises Esrati a gazillion to one

Campaign finance reports for the first half were due on July 15th. Apparently, the Dayton Daily news no longer cares about who is buying your congressman. Hint: 79% of Republican incumbent Mike Turner’s money comes from out of state and his average donation is $1,617.61. Democratic challenger David Esrati on the other hand, has 84% Read More

Sharen Neuhardt’s stealth campaign faultering

She barely had signs out in the primary. Voters don’t know her. She refuses to take a stand on anything- except saying she still supports boondoggle military programs like the unwanted C27-J and the M1 tank updates that the Air Force and the Army don’t want, it’s no wonder that the DNC pulled money from Read More

The $85 million dollar deal- a chance for true Statesmanship

My mother thought I should see this piece about Senator Obama in the New York Times- and I think it will be my litmus test. With the presidential election on track to be a $2 Billion dollar circus- if the two candidates agree, as Obama once did- it can be a straight $170 million dollar Read More

Never trust a PAC fund politician

When I first heard the State of Ohio was turning to Keno to solve it’s budget problems, I was wondering who was smoking crack in Columbus? When I saw it was our Democratic Governor, who also is a methodist minister, it seemed even odder. Today we learn it’s the campaign money crack pipeline that brought Read More