Wake-Up Call: Monday, September 22, 2008

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As honest as possible

The campaign of Dr. Victoria Wulsin (D-Indian Hill) responded to U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt's (R-Loveland) call for Wulsin to "correct false information" in her financial disclosure reports. (PolitickerOH)

http://politickeroh.com/daviddewitt/wulsin-campaign-responds-schmidt-says-they-are-encouraged-schmidts-sudden-interest-hones

Biden targeted for football remark

ABC News' Political Punch blog reported that U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), a former University of Delaware Blue Hen, told members of the current Blue Hen team at the Wilmington airport that they would "kick Ohio State's ass" in a match-up. (PolitickerOH)

http://politickeroh.com/daviddewitt/ohio-republicans-going-after-biden-saying-delaware-blue-hens-would-kick-ohio-state-s-hyp

Marist poll: McCain, Obama tied

After continual leads in Ohio polls John McCain is tied with Barack Obama in yet another poll out today. The Marist Poll has the race at a dead-even 44 to 44 percent among registered voters. Ten percent are undecided, but when "leaners" are included the race opens up to a 2-point lead for Obama and Joe Biden. (PolitickerOH)

http://politickeroh.com/justinmiller/marist-poll-mccain-obama-tied

Chabot targeted on energy vote

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is continuing to hammer on U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot for his "no" vote on the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act. (PolitickerOH)

http://politickeroh.com/daviddewitt/dccc-hitting-chabot-energy-vote-after-chabot-gave-list-reasons-position-issue

Children significant factors in choosing candidate

OXFORD — When Dawn Clark steps into a voting booth for this year's presidential election she will be thinking of her two sons, ages 9 and 12. Particularly the older boy, who faces a challenging future. (Pete Conrad, The Journal-News)

http://www.journal-news.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/22/hjn092208swgelectionclark.html

Dems target Hamilton County

When John McCain and Sarah Palin came to Southwest Ohio this month, they woke up in the heart of Cincinnati, surrounded by major businesses, skyscrapers and hundreds of thousands of potential voters. (Ben Fischer, Cincinnati Enquirer)

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080922/NEWS0106/809220302

A political striver lands in an unwelcome spotlight

Kevin Kelley enjoyed playing the role, a self-appointed social director of sorts. He organized gambling trips, picked up the tabs for late-night meals and chauffeured top Democrats to political events. (The Plain Dealer)

http://www.cleveland.com/realtimenews/index.ssf/2008/09/a_political_striver_lands_in_u.html

Congresswoman fights for DHL jobs

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton's district is in northern Ohio, far away from Wilmington and its grim economic outlook, but you wouldn't have known it earlier this month when Sutton, a Copley Twp. Democrat and member of the House Judiciary Committee, faced DHL chief executive officer John Mullen and grilled him about why DHL was planning to strike a deal with United Parcel Service that could cost 8,000 Ohioans their jobs. (Jessica Wehrman, Dayton Daily News)

http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/columns/2008/09/21/ddn092108wehrmanweb.html

McCain health care plan built on tax credit

Sen. John McCain's prescription for health-care reform relies on an old-fashioned Republican remedy: competition in the marketplace. (The Columbus Dispatch)

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/09/22/HEALTH22.ART_ART_09-22-08_A1_GRBD32T.html?sid=101

Voting system still untested

Only six weeks from the presidential election, Cuyahoga County can't guarantee its new voting system will work because the machines haven't been fully tested.  (The Plain Dealer)

http://www.cleveland.com/realtimenews/index.ssf/2008/09/voting_system_remains_untested.html

Payday signatures will be tossed

About 13,000 signatures collected by California-based Arno Political Consultants on behalf of payday lenders will be tossed out, because the company’s supervisors failed to file the proper paperwork. (The Columbus Dispatch)

http://blog.dispatch.com/dailybriefing/2008/09/13000_payday_signatues_will_be.shtml

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