Ohio SuperDelegate Nardi Endorses Obama

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 9:40 AM PST

2008/02/22 · 09:40

After the Teamsters came out the other day, this isn't too big of a surprise. Sonny Nardi is in charge of Ohio's Teamster's "Drive" campaign.

Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters’ Local 416, today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his 20-year record of standing up to special interests and fighting for economic fairness.

"Barack Obama began his career in public service helping to restore opportunity to a community that was devastated by a steel plant closing, and he has been fighting for economic fairness ever since," said Nardi. "The American Dream is getting out of reach for too many working families in Ohio, and we need a President who has stood up to special interests and fought for the middle class throughout their career. Barack Obama believes that unfair trade agreements like NAFTA were the wrong policies for American workers...

This is a huge deal. Sure, it's a superdelegate pickup for Barack, but more importantly, it will open the flood gates. Ohio superdelegates leaning for Clinton or Obama are going to be more likely to come out now, because Nardi just gave them cover.

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Wednesday February 20, 2008 · 9:07 PM PST

2008/02/20 · 21:07

Not one to miss up an opportunity, it's exciting to see that the Huckabee campaign is more than happy to eat John McCain alive over his marital indiscretions. In fact, merely 96 minutes after the McCain-Affair-Lobbyist story broke, Huckabee was emailing supporters to remind them he has his own values.

Convictions...Core Values...Republicans have a choice...
Hillarious

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 9:12 PM PST

2008/02/19 · 21:12

Tonight during Senator Clinton's nationally televised speech from Youngstown, Ohio the senator made sure folks knew she was happy Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-17) was attending her speech. In fact, she timed it just right so she was saying "TIM RYAN" as her speech began national broadcast.

THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN FOR BEING HERE!!!!!

You know, something to that effect. And you know, if I didn't know better, I'd think Congressman Ryan had endorsed her - which he has not.

Well, guess I wasn't the only one that got that impression, as my email box started to fill up with questions about Congressman Ryan. Checking in quickly with Tim Ryan's office this evening, I was informed the Congressman has not endorsed and he is very much on the fence. Funny how Clinton was able to give the impression otherwise. FUNNY.

Oh, and the Ryan office informed me that I was not the only person they were talking to about the endorsement bruhaha.

So as always, thank you Senator Clinton for staying above the bar, not trying to manipulate anyone, not leading anyone on, etc., etc.

Cross posted from BSB.

Which Ohio NBC Affiliate did Hillary Lie to?

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Wednesday February 13, 2008 · 8:43 AM PST

2008/02/13 · 08:43

Hillary's been caught in the act of telling different Ohio NBC affiliates one thing, and dodging debates. See for yourself.

Since the David Shuster pimpfest began, there's been a striking suspicion that the Clinton campaign all along has been less than sincere, pitting one part of the electorate (outraged mothers) against another (everybody else), for her political gain. Well, here's the proof - one NBC affiliate in Ohio seems to be less offensive to the Clinton camp than another. The question is why?

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Thursday November 01, 2007 · 9:49 AM PDT

2007/11/01 · 09:49

The other day my friend, Jeff Coryell, came on to Kos to tell folks how Ohio Congressman Steve LaTourette got him fired from his job as a paid blogger at Ohio's largest newspaper, Cleveland's Plain Dealer.

Today I was terminated from my engagement as a freelance blogger at the Cleveland.com blog "Wide Open" as a direct result of intervention of Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) of the 14th Ohio Congressional District, in retaliation for my previous blogging about his re-election campaign and my financial support for two of his election opponents.

Apparently the Congressman was not happy this blogger had been hired by the paper, so he did what Republicans do best. Called up his friends at the Plain Dealer and asked them to activate the 'ole "incumbent protection racket" and squelch Jeff's job for blogging Jeff did on his independent blog before he even started working for the PeeDee. That must be convenient - I wish the paper would cave to my demands whenever I called. But I digress. We need your help. More after the flip.

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Wednesday June 20, 2007 · 10:03 AM PDT

2007/06/20 · 10:03

At least that's the message his New Hampshire campaign sent me last night. I would've had a glowing post up today about all the neat approaches to faith the campaign is taking," or maybe how "the audience was really interested in what the Obama campaign had to say," or even maybe something I learned. Instead all I have is this:

A picture of the door to the meeting that I wasn't allowed into because, for better or worse, I blog.

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Thursday May 31, 2007 · 1:08 PM PDT

2007/05/31 · 13:08

Meet Ethan Fletcher, Senator Barrack Obama's New Hampshire New Media Director. For comparison's sake, Ethan has a job largely similar to our friend Sarah Foy at the Clinton camp.

A lot of doors open with a law degree. A lot more doors open when that degree happens to be from Yale Law. While plenty of his friends from school are litigating with Sullivan & Cromwell, or prosecuting in Cook County, or just generally taking home bushels and pecks of greenbacks - Ethan's busy talking with bloggers with a candor and zeal that's refreshing. he's working towards something in which he wholeheartedly believes - Senator Barack Obama's ability to change our country for the better. I'd be deceptive if I said that Ethan's the standard at the Obama camp, but Ethan is certainly a good indicator of the type of person Senator Obama is drawing into politics. Symbolically, you can practically feel the fresh air when you walk into 60 Rogers Street.

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Wednesday May 30, 2007 · 9:06 AM PDT

2007/05/30 · 09:06

For the duration of the summer Ohio blogs, readers and elected officials have sent me to NH to cover the first presidential primary. To learn more about it, check out http://www.newhampshireproject.com

Last week at one of Mitt's townhall-esque "Ask Mitt Anything" events he stated:

"I oppose discrimination against gay people," Romney said. "I am not anti-gay. I know there are some Republicans, or some people in the country who are looking for someone who is anti-gay and that's not me."

Since he had stated there are anti-gay republicans, I tried to get a rough estimate out of him yesterday. Instead I got a little manhandled.

Hillary's 30 Minutes of Meandering

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Tuesday May 29, 2007 · 10:27 AM PDT

2007/05/29 · 10:27

I just got back from Hillary Clinton's speech on the middle class in Manchester, NH. I love Hillary Clinton, hell how could I not? I love her husband too. And this love isn't just because Hillary is right on most issues. No, my fondness for Hillz stems from something much more basic, a simple understanding of where she's at. Aside from all the straight up bs on fox news or your next closest right wing rag, Hillary Clinton's a warm woman. I see it when she speaks - when she lands a metaphor, or an ancetode about our responsibility to help those in need, she gets a little smile. She's a real person too...when she's at the podium even Hillary has brief moments where there's a hint of fluster or nervousness. I like that, it show's she's real.

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Monday May 28, 2007 · 11:36 AM PDT

2007/05/28 · 11:36

I'm on a press riser in Hanover, NH - right in the middle of Dartmouth College - amidst thousands of young kids, and elder Democrats. Aside from the sheer size of this crowd, that's really the item that strikes me the strongest: the age of the crowd. Obama has really brought out the baby boomers and the kids today.

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Saturday May 26, 2007 · 3:05 PM PDT

2007/05/26 · 15:05

For the duration of the summer Ohio's blogs, readers and elected officials have placed me in New Hampshire to cover the first presidential primary. To learn more about it, check out http://www.newhampshireproject.com

Well well well. Former Governor of Wisconsin Tommy Thompson showed up at the Highland Inn tonight in Manchester to sell out to NH's Pro-life leaders...all 9 of them that showed up. It was a nice little place; golf course, luggage boys - the sorta area a nice white, male CEO would bring his girl on the side, knock her up, then leave her to deal with her own problems. When I asked the good Guv what he would do for the pro-life cause he....oh well, just watch the video, you'll see...

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Thursday March 22, 2007 · 12:57 PM PDT

2007/03/22 · 12:57

No way.
Phil claims he made it? I say don't buy everything you read.

Those who have been around the Ohio 'sphere for a while know Mr. De Vellis well. We've questioned Phil's integrity before (and maybe fairly, some of us had ours questioned as well). Because of those questions, some of us are are skeptical of the honesty in his claim that he's solely responsible for "Big Sister",the most viral internet ad of recent memory. Due to this ad's importance and impact, I think it's fair to ask for the full story behind it and those responsible for its creation.

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