Medina County Dem News

(Medina County Democratic Action Committee)

The Kicker
The Newsletter of the Medina County Democratic Action Committee
March 7, 2008
Joyce V. Kimbler,
Editor

U.S. Political History Book – "Electing FDR"
– The New Deal Campaign of 1932, authored by Senate Associate Historian Donald Ritchie.

Don Ritchie recently appeared on C-Span2's BookTV to discuss his new book, which can now be viewed as a podcast. The events of this historic campaign have relevance to what is happening, and may happen in the current 2008 campaign. Why should one want to hear this history? Consider the Will Rogers quotation, "History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes". There are some rhymes that are in play in 2008. For example, in 1932 the Democratic and Republican campaigns each had a message that could be characterized by a four letter word. Are those words being used in 2008?

Before listening to the podcast, a short review of the conditions in the U.S. in 1932 can be found at: http://www.infoplease.com:80/year/1932.html

Secondly, see a review of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's biography at: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760616.html

Now enjoy an enlightening talk by Don Ritchie at:
http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=9075&SectionName=History&PlayMedia=Yes

Submitted by Bod Simmons, Wadsworth

Medina County Democratic Party Won/Loss Record in County Campaigns 1970-2007

Below is information concerning the won/loss record of the Medina County Democratic Party in elections since 1970. Although Medina County is viewed as a Republican strong-hold, it is possible for local Democratic candidates to win elections and successfully defend those offices in re-election campaigns. Indeed, since 1970 only two Democrats have been defeated in re-election bids and one of those, Ferris Brown, had been re-elected twice as county auditor before becoming county commissioner. So while Medina County is seen as a pro-Republican county, it might be more accurate to describe it as a pro-incumbent county. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/medina-county-democratic-party-wonloss.html

The MCDAC Record

The Medina County Democratic Action Committee was formed in 2003 by Joyce Kimbler, Steve Bailey, and Ferris Brown. All three had been candidates in Medina County. All three believed there was a need for an organization that would serve as a communication vehicle to deliver the Democratic message to the grassroots. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/mcdac-record.html

Sutton Co-Sponsors Mental Health Parity Act

On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, Congresswoman Betty Sutton voted in favor of H.R. 1424, the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act. The bill prohibits insurers and group health plans from imposing treatment or financial limitations when they offer mental health benefits that are more restrictive from those applied to medical and surgical services. The bill passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 268-148. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/sutton-co-sponsors-mental-health-parity.html

Judge Kimbler Leads Medina County Dems and Republicans in County Primary Voting

Medina County Common Pleas Court Judge James L. Kimbler led all Medina County Democrats and Republicans in number of votes received in the March 4th, 2008 primary. The results for those Democrats who ran in the entire county are listed below. The results for Medina County Republicans can be found at http://www.boe.co.medina.oh.us:2000/results-1.htm by scrolling down the page. Get full results at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/judge-kimbler-leads-medina-county-dems.html

John Boccieri Easily Wins Medina County

State Senator John Boccieri easily won Medina County in his contested race for the Democratic nomination for Representative from the 16th Congressional District. Boccieri carried Medina County by a margin of 10,692 votes to 5,921 votes. This vote translated into a margin of 64.36% to 35.64%. When looking at the State Senator's results, it should be kept in mind that the not all of Medina County is in the 16th Congressional District. The county is split between two Congressional Districts, the 13th and the 16th. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/john-boccieri-easily-wins-medina-county.html

Medina County Dems Elect More Precinct Committeepersons Than GOP

Last night Medina County Democrats elected 62 precinct committeepersons while Medina County Republicans elected 51 such officials. Under Ohio law, any political party that has status as a "major political party" must have an elected precinct committeeperson in each precinct. These officials are supposed to be the building blocks of political parties. Their job is to help campaign for nominees of their parties in their respective precincts. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/medina-county-dems-elect-more-precinct.html

Clinton Wins Medina County in Primary

Hillary Clinton took Medina County last night, winning the country by a margin of 19845 to 12319. In percentage terms, as between Obama and Clinton, Clinton won the county by a margin of 61.6% to 38.4%. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/clinton-wins-medina-county-in-primary.html

Medina County Dem Vote for President Way Ahead of GOP Vote

The results are in for the Medina County Democratic and Republican primaries and they are good for the GOP. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/medina-county-dem-vote-for-president.html

SurveyUSA Has Clinton and Obama Both Beating McCain

Josh Marshall over at Talking Points Memo posted the following two images from SurveyUSA, which has done pretty good polling in the primaries so far. Note that both Obama and Clinton are beating McCain. Obama carries more states, but Clinton carries bigger states. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/surveyusa-has-clinton-and-obama-both.html

Is Bush Administration Planning to Bring a Lot of Troops Home Right Before Election?

One of the interesting things going on is the fact that the Bush Administration is most likely going to stop bringing troops home this summer, but then bring more home in the fall. Here is a quote from a Newsweek article: Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/is-bush-administration-planning-to.html

Different Media Treatment of Hagee/McCain Compared to Obama/Farrakhan

If you go to Google.com's news section and put in the search words "McCain Hagee" you will get 483 hits as of 4:00 am on 3.4.2008. If you put in the words "Obama Farrakhan" you will get 1869 hits as of the same time. Now, of course, the McCain-Hagee story has not been around as long, but the fact that the story is not getting the play that the other story is getting is interesting. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/different-media-treatment-of.html

McCain Supports Bush's Plans for Social Security

Bush's proposal to privatize Social Security is back. McCain told the Wall Street Journal that he favors Bubble-Boy's approach to "fixing" Social Security. This approach calls for privatizing Social Security and was so unpopular with the public that the Republican-controlled Congress wouldn't even have the legislation introduced. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/mccain-supports-bushs-plans-for-social.html

Medina Dem Explains Why He Supports Hillary Clinton

It is now 12 hours until the polls open in Ohio , and have I made up my mind who I will vote for in the primary? Finally, yes. Also, I am grateful that at long last the people of Ohio will play a role in choosing the nominees for a change!Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/medina-dem-explains-why-he-supports.html

MCDAC Blog Sets Record in February

With over 4,000 visitors in February, the MCDAC blog set a new monthly record. Thanks to all our readers who stopped by for a visit!

New Jack Nicholson Ad for Hillary Clinton

View the Jack Nicholson ad at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/jack-nicholson-ad-for-hillary-clinton.html

New Barack Obama Video

See the new Barack Obama video from Will.I.Am at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-barack-obama-video.html

Question for Bubble-Boy and His Supporters: If the Surge is Going so Well, Why Will There be More Troops in Iraq After it is Over than Before?
Bubble-Boy had a statement to the press and that was that he won't promise that more troops will be coming home from Iraq this summer. This means that there will probably be around 8,000 more American troops in Iraq at the end of the "surge" than there were when the surge started. How, in any context, can this be called a success? Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/question-for-bubble-boy-and-his.html

Does Tim Russert Treat Black Politicans Different Than White Politicians?
Media Matters has a very interesting piece by Jamison Foser up comparing Tim Russert's questioning of Barack Obama about Louis Farrakhan's support of his candidacy to his questioning of white, Republican politicians of support for their candidacies by people like Pat Robertson. Read more at http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/03/does-tim-russert-treat-black-politicans.html

Medina County Democratic Fundraisers

TODD CAMPAIGN TO HOST SPAGHETTI DINNER
IN WADSWORTH MARCH 8
http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/02/todd-campaign-to-host-spaghetti-dinner.html

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Medina County Prosecutor Dean Holman http://mcdac.blogspot.com/2008/02/celebrate-st-patricks-day-with-medina.html

Editoral Note

The Kicker is the newsletter of the Medina County Democratic Action Committee, a political action committee. It is not a publication of the Medina County Democratic Party. Any opinions expressed in the newsletter should not be attributed to the Medina County Democratic Party or its officials.

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Joyce Kimbler, Treasurer
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Medina, OH 44258
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