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Monday September 01, 2008 · 9:15 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 09:15

Just saw this on Ohio Daily, and frankly, we shouldn't be surprised. Steve Austria, Republican State Senator running for Congress in the OH-07, got himself published in the Xenia Gazette yesterday talking about Labor Day -- only catch is that much of his column is lifted directly from a U.S. Department of Labor website.

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Wednesday March 26, 2008 · 6:56 PM PDT

2008/03/26 · 18:56

Okay, so I've been following the race in the PA-05 pretty closely. A few weeks ago, I was reading this blog post from PA-05 candidate Mark B. McCracken and noticed that he had introduced a snazzy line of sweatshirts for his campaign. And no matter what candidate I'm leaning toward in any given race, I'm all about collecting the chum. So, at a public event not too long ago, I picked one up from the McCracken table.

So yesterday, the shirt is sitting over the back of my chair, and I'm surfing McCracken's site, and came across that ol' sweatshirt post, which I read for a second time. I'm a big union buff, so I read with interest when the post wandered in that direction:

"On manufacturing policies, I believe we must get back to manufacturing more products here in the United States. Our economy worked best when products were "Made in the USA."

"Rock on, Mark," I thought to myself.

Then, on a whim, I pulled that green sweatshirt off of my chair and glanced at the tag. "MADE IN/HECHO EN/FABRIQUE AUX MEXICO." I was dumbstruck for a minute, and then found a camera. Pictures below the fold:

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Friday March 14, 2008 · 11:59 AM PDT

2008/03/14 · 11:59

Okay, so there's been a lot of talk around here about who's got the real momentum among the Democrats in the PA-05. Most recently, you've got the talk about "vital" endorsements over at the Vilello campaign. But without any polls in the field to give us some solid numbers, all of the "vital" talk is just talk.

So, I thought I'd see if I couldn't introduce a little bit of metrics into the conversation. By taking a serious look at the grassroots level, we might be able to get a real sense of who is really picking up the most momentum in this race. It's not scientific, but it's better than just talk. So, here we go:

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Too anti-worker to care?

McCracken: Made in Mexico?

Measuring the PA-05