Medina County Dem News

(Medina County Democratic Party)MCDAC's Democratic Newsletter for September 22, 2006

ONLY 46 DAYS LEFT UNTIL NOVEMBER ELECTION

We need volunteers for Common Sense distribution. If you want to volunteer and haven't yet signed up, send your name, address, and phone number to joycekimbler@medinacountydemocraticactioncommittee and put "Common Sense" in the subject line.

MCDAC's Blog. Check out this week's entry at http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468637&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2emcdac%2eblogspot%2ecom%2e&g=0&f=-1 This week we have posted a reader submission from Randy Todd.

DemTV: We have put up a short video clip about the "rubberstamp" man. Go to http://www.demtv.org/ and click on the link.

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Governor's Race

Over $1,000,000 in negative ads by the GOP front organization, Common Sense Ohio, and Strickland still has big lead in latest round of polls. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468638&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eohio%2ecom%2fmld%2fohio%2f15554626%2ehtm&g=0&f=-1

Senate Race

Sherrod Brown maintains lead in Rasmussen poll. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468635&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ecqpolitics%2ecom%2f2006%2f09%2fbattleground%5fdispatches%5ffor%5fse%5f9%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1

Survey USA has Sherrod up by 10 points. This is the largest lead he has enjoyed in that poll and comes after the GOP has spent over 3 million in this race. Click http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468639&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2esurveyusa%2ecom&g=0&f=-1 and look under "Election Polls."

Check out this ad from the DSCC on the DeWine-Brown race. It is a great ad.
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468644&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eyoutube%2ecom%2fwatch%3fv%3dZVs3A7oNtX8&g=0&f=-1

Progressive Democrats of America give Sherrod Brown their "Backbone Award."
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468634&u=http%3a%2f%2fpdamerica%2eorg%2farticles%2fnews%2f2006%2d09%2d19%2d11%2d22%2d47%2dnews%2ephp&g=0&f=-1

Iraq Articles

Over 14,000 people are in American "war" prisons, many of them held for weeks and then months and released with any explanation. What in the world does the Bush Administration think this does for America's image when these people get back among their families and friends? http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468633&u=http%3a%2f%2fnews%2eyahoo%2ecom%2fs%2fap%2f20060917%2fap%5fon%5fre%5fmi%5fea%2fin%5famerican%5fhands&g=0&f=-1

Bush Administration placed loyalty to Bush above competence in choosing people to run the Iraqi Provisional Authority after the invasion in 2003. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468641&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewashingtonpost%2ecom%2fwp%2ddyn%2fcontent%2farticle%2f2006%2f09%2f16%2fAR2006091600193%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1

James Baker pulling Junior's chestnuts out of the fire again? Are Bushies getting ready to "cut and run" in Iraq and use this Baker led group as a cover? How many American troops will die to help GOP retain control of Congress so that they can put off any course correction until after the elections in November? http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468642&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewashingtonpost%2ecom%2fwp%2ddyn%2fcontent%2farticle%2f2006%2f09%2f16%2fAR2006091600636%5fpf%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1

Other Articles

Democrats often act as if a political campaign was an exercise in public policy debate. It's not. It is an exercise in seeing who is going to wield political power. As this article argues, in politics you "aim for the heart, not the head." http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468643&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewashingtonpost%2ecom%2fwp%2ddyn%2fcontent%2farticle%2f2006%2f09%2f17%2fAR2006091700401%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1

Republican office-holders starting to leave party, many cite GOP's extremism as the reason why they are leaving. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468636&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2einthesetimes%2ecom%2fsite%2fmain%2farticle%2f2823%2f&g=0&f=-1

The Nation magazine has excellent piece on whether Bush plans to launch attacks on Iran prior to the November 7th election. The signs are not good. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=785201&r=784463&t=387118452&l=1&d=87468640&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ethenation%2ecom%2fdoc%2f20061009%2flindorff&g=0&f=-1