Medina County Dem News

(Medina County Democratic Party)MCDAC's Democratic Newsletter for October 13, 2006

ONLY 25 DAYS LEFT UNTIL NOVEMBER ELECTION

On the weekend of the 21st and 22nd Brunswick City Councilperson-at-Large Pat McNamara is organizing a massive distribution of Common Sense in Brunswick combined with a literature distribution for Democratic candidates. He needs volunteers. If you are interested in helping contact him at his cell phone number, 440-623-3455, or his home phone number which is 330-225-8168.. His home address is 112 Claremont Dr. in Brunswick.

MCDAC's Blog. Check out this week's entry at http://www.mcdac.blogspot.com/.

Dem TV:

MCDAC posts ABC News Report on Senator John Warner, (R-VA), who is chair of the Armed Services Committee, and his remarks on Iraq. Bottom line: Bush's policies aren't working. Check it out, then pass it on to your friends and family. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e3F98a8rQU

MCDAC posts ABC News Report by Brian Ross describing how sources confirm that Hastert knew two years ago that Mark Foley was sending inappropriate messages to Congressional Pages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DGKBKjEI50

MCDAC posts ABC News Report on Iraq Violence using the new report by John Hopkins as a take off point for how violent Iraq has become. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rknL98_VLfY

Medina County JJ Dinner

Race to the FINISH LINE!!! Rev up your engines for the "last lap" before Nov. elections at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner and Silent Auction, Sat. Oct. 28, at the Sharon Event & Party Center, 6600 Ridge Rd., Sharon Center. Reservations: $40 per person to Medina County Democratic Party, 330-722-6655, by Oct. 20. Warm-up laps (Cash Bar) at 6:30 p.m.; "Start Your Engines!" Buffet Dinner at 7:30. Meet local and statewide candidates and bid on super auction items. See website: http://www.medinadems.org/ for more details and registration form.

Medina County Young Dems Election Night Party

The Medina County Young Democrats are having an election night party at Buffalo Wild Wings on Route 18 in Medina starting at 8 pm on November 7th. Everyone is invited and you may bring a guest. The party will be in the backroom of the restaurant. For more information contact Amanda Armstrong at amanda.m.armstrong@gmail.com

Articles

Governor's Race

Survey USA poll taken for WKYC TV in Cleveland has Strickland up by 28% over Blackwell. http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=b6981613-3f0e-466d-811c-cfa9a6c1111b

Cleveland Plain Dealer endorses Strickland, calls Blackwell "reckless" http://www.cleveland.com/editorials/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/11602102007140.xml&coll=2

Columbus Dispatch endorses Strickland. http://www.dispatch.com/editorials-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/10/08/20061008-B4-00.html

Toledo Blade endorses Strickland

Strickland out fundraising Blackwell. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20061006&Category=NEWS09&ArtNo=610060420&SectionCat=NEWS&Template=printart

Senate Race

Survey USA poll taken for WKYC TV in Cleveland has Brown up by 14% over DeWine.
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=b6981613-3f0e-466d-811c-cfa9a6c1111b


RNC targets three Senate races: Ohio, Tennessee, and Missouri. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15200153/  You can donate to Sherrod Brown's Senate race here: http://www.sherrodbrown.com/

Iraq Articles

20,000 American Soldiers have been wounded in fighting in Iraq and only 10,000 have returned to duty. Remember that statistic and remember this: Bush does not have any children at risk in his war. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/07/AR2006100700907.html

U.S. Army makes plan to keep troops in Iraq until 2010. news.yahoo.com-

New study claims that Iraqi deaths exceed 600,000 since the start of the war, including Iraqis who died from violence, from the war, and from natural causes made worse by the war. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20567647-2702,00.html

Other Articles

Republican Congressional Campaign Committee dumps 7.8 million into 30 House campaigns with over 97% of the money going to attack ads against Democrats. Remember when Republican conservatives claimed to the be the party of "ideas"? Well, if they are the party of "ideas" why are they so relentlessly negative? Could it be that they got absolutely nothing else to talk about? news.yahoo.com-

Fascinating article about how the so-called "new media" affects the "old media" with some very trenchant observations by Bill Clinton. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100501811.html

Family values for all of us is the title of a great column by E.J. Dionne, All Dems should read this and think about his suggestions. It is time for Dems to start talking about family-centered policies and politics. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601371.html

Bush attaches a signing statement to a bill that he signed that basically guts a bill that required him to appoint a minimally qualified person to head FEMA. This guy is a power mad, would be king. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601527.html?referrer=emailarticle

LA Times has an interview with a former Congressional Page who had sex with Mark Foley after he turned 21. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-page8oct08,0,3896853.story?coll=la-home-headlines

AZ Congressman, Jim Kolbe, R-AZ, knew in 2000 that Foley was sending sexually explicit emails to pages. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/08/AR2006100800855.html

Run-down of unanswered questions in the Foley saga in the Sunday Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/07/AR2006100701004.html

Dispatch poll finds that non-religious Ohioans have increased their political activity just as much as religious Ohioans. Very interesting reading. http://www.ohioelects.com/senate/?story=dispatch/2006/10/08/20061008-A1-01.html