Obama Ohio Poll: President's Numbers Rebound
President Obama's numbers are back on the rise in Ohio after falling rapidly in recent months, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. In J...
President Obama's numbers are back on the rise in Ohio after falling rapidly in recent months, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. In J...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics
BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio — President-elect Barack Obama made a pitch for his massive economic stimulus plan at a Midwestern factory that manufactur...
Hilary Lambert | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home
"Ohio is the tip of the spear!" That's the kickoff phrase of the Obama campaign's Red, White and Blue Teams Volunteer packets, containing instructions for the hundreds of Obama campaign workers who are hunkering down across Ohio.
Diane Tucker | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home
NILES, Ohio -- On Election Eve in Niles, a small town in the northeastern part of the state, a privately funded digital billboard was flashing "Say NO...
Politico | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign knocked on a million doors in Ohio -- today. So his Ohio communications director, Isaac Baker, tells Victoria McGrane....
Hilary Lambert | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home
This morning I saw Barack Obama speak on the steps of the Ohio statehouse. I finally understood something. I felt things I don't think I've ever felt.
Monica Klein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home
The local middle school in Kathy Rednaur's old town used to call Child Abuse Services on her every few months. Eventually, she picked up and moved her...
Hilary Lambert | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home
The election countdown drumbeat was pounding well before 9 a.m. this past Wednesday at the Obama Campaign for Change office on North High Street in C...
Time | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
With less than a week of campaigning left, Democrat Barack Obama is holding stable or growing leads over Republican John McCain in Nevada, North Carol...
AP | BY RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied in two other Republican states, according t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
Campaign aides to John McCain told the New York Times last week that "Joe the Plumber" would form the bedrock of their strategy for the rest of the ra...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
John McCain's rally on Friday once again inspired furious reactions from his supporters, with one woman screaming "traitor!" as McCain criticized Bara...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics
Though a changed Ohio elections law allowed, for the first time ever this week, the opportunity for citizens to both register and vote in one fell swo...
Alison Teal | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics
Voting is an affirmation of life. It is a way to have a voice in your country's leadership and, through that, your country's future.
New Yorker | George Packer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
Until the mid-seventies, the white working class--the heart of the New Deal coalition--voted largely Democratic. Since the Carter years, the percentag...
Hilary Lambert | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home
"I've spent most of my time measuring the distance between the American dream and the American reality," Springsteen said. "I believe that Senator Obama has taken the measure of that distance in his life and work. "
Bloomberg | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican presidential nominee John McCain in battleground states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, according to new p...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Recently trailing or tied, Democrat Barack Obama now leads Republican John McCain in a trio of the most critical, vote-rich states ...
AP | STEPHEN MAJORS | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign blitzed bars and advocates for the homeless have lined up vans to ferry potential...
David Murray | Posted 10.25.2008 | Chicago
How exactly would I introduce myself to that old guy, on oxygen, asleep in his chair on his front porch in the middle of the morning? "Hi, I'm Charlie Murray's grandson, and I'm supporting Barack Obama for president ... "
Talking Points Memo | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
Hillary just held a private conference call with Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and dozens of donors to her campaign and to Ohio Dems, urging them to pl...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
On Tuesday, Barack Obama campaign manager David Plouffe sent a video to reporters laying out the political landscape with less than 50 days until the ...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home
McCain's solid performance in these swing states underlines the fact that Obama has struggled to exploit the major swing toward the Democratic party in partisan Identification.
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Never mind the last days of the presidential campaign. The busiest days for Barack Obama's campaign in this perennial swing sta...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
A new Public Policy Polling survey shows Obama with a solid 48-40 lead in Ohio: Obama trails McCain 46-42 among white voters, but his 91-6 advantag...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics