Friday at noon is when I check on NewsLadder and see what the top story is. Over the past month, we've had a remarkably successful run with the John M...
Dave Winer | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
At the end of Oliver Stone's biopic, just before Nixon resigns in disgrace, he delivers a powerful line. Standing in front of the White House portrai...
Cleveland Plain Dealer | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
Columbus- Ohio's voter database was poorly constructed and cannot handle a massive check for fraud among the state's 700,000 newly registered voters,...
Judah Freed | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home
Republicans are seeking to suppress the voter turnout among youth, minorities and poor people. If Republicans can prevent enough Democrats from casting ballots, McCain could win the election.
NY Times | IAN URBINA | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- If the outcome of next week's presidential election is close, this precariously balanced state could be the place where the two part...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
Unless something gargantuanly unexpected happens, if they call Virginia for Obama, you will know at that moment that he is the next President of the United States.
Gerald McEntee | Posted 11.29.2008 | Business
It's not about numbers -- it's about how the poor economy plays out for actual workers and their families. Consider what's happening at Cooper Tires, a 90-year-old company based in Findlay, Ohio.
Joan and Elizabeth Cheever | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home
JOAN: It began with the news of voter list purging. Ten days ago, the media identified six "swing" states as having "problems" with voter registratio...
Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home
Red and blue state Obama supporters are putting their weight on the see-saw state of Indiana, crossing state lines to help. Political tourists from ot...
Barbara Dehn | Posted 11.26.2008 | Home
With eight days to go, and two totally different candidates, how can anyone still be undecided? Turns out, there are lots of different kinds of undecided voters. They don't fall neatly into an easily parodied pigeon hole.
Natasha Chen | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home
In the effort to send out volunteers to swing states, a grassroots organization started by a couple of Stanford students has turned into the main hub ...
Diane Tucker | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home
Republicans intend to place GOP recruits inside Ohio polling places on Election Day to challenge the qualifications of certain voters. The Obama campa...
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media
On a late show on CNN Thursday, David Gergen casually suggests that early voting has been light and hearts sink. Is he right?
NY Times | Sarah Wheaton | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
The Republican National Committee denied any involvement in a "robotext" sent to some cell phones in Columbus, Ohio, over the past few days. The text...
Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 11.22.2008 | Home
Last week's Supreme Court decision in Brunner v. Ohio Republican Party is a disastrous ruling masquerading as a populist victory. Sure, the Court stop...
Carol Anne Burger | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home
What gives strength to the fabric of American society? Jobs do, that's what, and that was the message delivered by Barack Obama to an audience at the ...
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics
A key cog in the concerted Republican attack on American voting rights has been stripped by a unanimous US Supreme Court.
Jeff Coryell | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home
It's easy to recall the Rove-instigated hooliganism that generated tactically-advantageous chaos in the wake of Florida's flawed 2000 presidential ele...
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
In its on-going campaign to inject chaos and confusion into the voting process, the GOP has sued Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics
A local station runs a disturbing story about a Ohio resident named Mike Lunsford who has hung an effigy of Barack Obama in his front yard. Lunsford f...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
I started blogging over two years ago. That is to say, right about the time the 2008 presidential campaign began. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration...
AP | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrat...
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
By Stephen C. Rose If Barack Obama becomes president, it will be because of grass roots organization. The people who will make the difference on Nove...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner told the Huffington Post on Thursday that she is ready not only to fight the state's current election law bat...
Bart Motes | Posted 11.16.2008 | Media
Websites cannot substitute for the hard work of grassroots campaigning: particularly phone banking and canvassing. But they can augment the work of local organizers and volunteers.
James Boyce | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media