Once a lobbyist always a lobbyist

Released from the Ohio Democratic Party on March 11:
After weeks of lying to Ohioans about his lucrative career as a professional lobbyist, Republican congressional candidate Steve Stivers got caught. Yesterday, Steve Stivers was confronted with signed lobbying forms demonstrating that, contrary to his own public statements, he was in fact a high-paid lobbyist in [...]

Redfern reacts to McCain’s nomination

Late last night I received an e-mail for the Ohio Democratic Party, containing this statement from ODP Chairman Chris Redfern.
“During his brief primary campaign in Ohio, John McCain voiced his support for job-killing economic policies, told state manufacturing workers that their jobs were never coming back, then took the weekend off for a barbeque on his [...]

Pass the time, add up the delegates

Today is going to be a long day for anyone in the Ohio who wants to watch the returns come in. It will be an even longer day for the people who have to cover those returns. But here’s a little something to pass the time in between.
The CNN delegate counter game allows you to [...]

Redfern says young voters are important in primaries

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern was one of the many politicians in the spin room following the Democratic debate at Cleveland State. While a few people were not so friendly to the student media (Yes, I’m talking about you, Jesse Jackson), Redfern was willing to answer a few questions. Here is original video I [...]

Reactions to Democratic debate

On Tuesday, the two Democratic candidates debated one last time before the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4. Here is some original video I shot in the spin room after the democratic debate at Cleveland State.
-Jen Steer

Democrats square off in Cleveland

Before the two Democratic candidates squared off in the debate, photographers had a chance to get a few pictures. I was lucky enough to get in on the action. Stay tuned for videos and commentary on the debate at Cleveland State.
-Jen Steer

The flags were brought for the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem.

Ohio Governor [...]

Clinton shows her human side

My first political rally was in 2004. It was the night before the Nov. election and John Kerry and John Edwards had invaded Cleveland. It was one of the most exciting nights of my life. I thought I was seeing the next president of the United States. I was wrong.
These past few days I was [...]

Obama speaks at Youngstown State

Sen. Barack Obama spoke at Youngstown State on Mon. Here is some of the video I shot at the rally. Stay tuned for more posts and photos from Youngstown State and from Sen. Hillary Clinton’s rally in Lyndhurst.
-Jen Steer

Hillary speaks in Lyndhurst

Presidential candidates are invading Ohio. Already, Sen. Hillary Clinton made appearances in Columbus, Youngstown and Akron. In Lyndhurst, retired general Wesley Clark, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones came out to support Clinton. Here is just a little video I took at last night’s rally.

Other upcoming events:
Sunday Feb. [...]