Ten Reasons (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
During an appearance today at Good Sam's, a Catholic hospital in Cincinnati, Steve Driehaus, a Catholic congressman from the city's West side, explained why he voted for a health care bill that makes a mockery of subsidiarity , a Catholic principle that is "among the most constant and characteristic directives of the Church's social doctrine": CLIFTON - It didn’t take 48 hours after...
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I was all ready to write a post about how the difference between Driehaus voting for the bill and Boccieri voted against it was because Driehaus has a sizeable African-American population in his district where having the President campaigning for him may be the very thing necessary for Driehaus to stop Steve Chabot’s “Comeback Tour.” But, [...]
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Politico: Within minutes of Saturday’s historic House vote on health care reform , Republicans pronounced the political death of Rep. Thomas Perriello (D-Va.), pointing to the vulnerable freshman congressman’s vote in favor of the bill. And in the aftermath of the politically charged vote, Perriello wasn’t the only Democratic congressman whose fortunes were being reassessed. The GOP,...
Gay Patriot (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The good news about the House vote yesterday to approve PelosiCare is that the city where I was born, Cincinnati, Ohio will, come January 2001, once again have a Republican Congressman. Now that Steve Driehaus, who currently represents the Queen City, voted in favor of HR 3962, he has all but guaranteed that Steve Chabot, [...]
Weapons of Mass Discussion (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
There were five rounds of voting... FIRST ROUND: Alvarez - 91 Carpenter - 66 Jolivette - 54 Nix - 84 Retherford - 13 No Endorsement - 10 SECOND ROUND: Alvarez - 105 Carpenter - 57 Jolivette - 50 Nix - 94 No Endorsement - 7 THIRD ROUND: Alvarez - 111 Carpenter - 56 Nix - 107 No Endorsement - 25 FOURTH ROUND: Alvarez - 109 Nix - 113 No Endorsement - 68 FIFTH ROUND: Alvarez - 97 Nix - 113 No Endorsement...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Today, the NRCC added 32 candidates to its Young Guns program: District Candidate Incumbent PVI 2008 (D) Margin AR-02 Tim Griffin Snyder R+5 53% AZ-08 Jesse Kelly Giffords R+4 12% CO-07 Ryan Frazier Perlmutter D+4 27% CT-05 Justin Bernier Murphy, C. D+2 15% FL-22 Allen West Klein D+1 9% IL-10 Beth Coulson OPEN D+6 -5% IL-10 Bob Dold OPEN D+6 -5% IL-10 Dick Green OPEN D+6 -5% IL-14 Ethan Hastert Foster...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The rematch between freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus and former Rep. Steve Chabot in Ohio's 1st District is shaping up to be a race to watch in 2010; Rep. Jean Schmidt, meanwhile, is outraising her opponents.
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Campaign finance reports filed last week confirmed what political watchers have suspected -- that the race for Colorado's 4th Congressional District seat likely will wind up as one of the costliest in the country over the next 13 months. To help identify some emerging trends, I looked at 10 Democratic-held seats that have found their way in to both parties' top-tier lists -- the DCCC's Frontline program...
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Ohio Congressmen Steve Driehaus and John Boccieri may be regretting the 111th Congress being their first. First up, Boccieri : At public meetings nationwide, people have expressed anger that Congress is even considering creating a government-run health insurer or public option to compete with private insurers. At a meeting of about 100 people Tuesday night, there was the opposite sentiment. Several...
Doug Ross @ Journal (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
"Blue Dog" Democrat Steve Driehaus ran as a fiscal conservative in 2006 to unseat Republican Steve Chabot for Ohio's District 1 seat in Congress.After that Oscar-worthy performance, Driehaus washed off the makeup and exposed his true face.He subsequently voted for the trillion-dollar Stimulus package, the disastrous Obama budget, as well as "Cap-and-Trade"; in toto, the largest...
ProLifeBlogs (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Washington D.C./August 13, 2009 - The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has dissolved an injunction against the enforcement of an OH law strictly regulating the provision of the dangerous abortion drug, RU-486 . Dr. Charmaine Yoest , CEO and President of Americans United for Life , stated, "This is a victory for women's health. Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers have readily admitted...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
" Kill your parents Steve, " was one chant that was yelled at Rep. Steve Driehaus as he entered his car. Chris Johnson from Cincinnati took this video at a town hall being held at the First Unitarian Church . The scene was no different at Monday's local town hall meeting at the First Unitarian Church here in Cincinnati with Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH). As you could see in my initial post...
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
According to Politico : The DNC has purchased radio advertising in 23 districts, thanking members of Congress for supporting health care reform or President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package. The spots “will begin as early as [Wednesday] and run into next week,” according to a DNC release. Nineteen representatives are getting thank-yous on healthcare — four for supporting...
Naugblog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Reports can be found here and here. There will hopefully be more video soon, as the people where cheering for Steve Chabot at the end of the meeting. This sort of town hall meeting attack is EXACTLY what needs to happen more often to stop ObamaCare. My favorite thus far is this one with Arlen Specter, [...]
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
The Hill had an article out yesterday naming the top 13 targets for the NRCC. In other words, the 13 races House Republicans feel are most vulnerable to switching, one way or another. Two of those targets are Ohioans Steve Chabot and Steve Stivers. As I've stated before, when you combine recent generic congressional ballots from pollsters like Rasmussen along with the changed likely voter demographics,...
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