Clear politics, that looks at the average of the polls in ohio. Right now with 18 electoral votes, it is essentially a dead heat, with joe biden at 46 on average, the president at 45 . Why is it so competitive, 3. 5 months before the election . Think iteve, i mean, i is there are a number of things happening at once. You are seeing a major shift in the suburbs of ohio that a few decades ago or even a year ago, these suburbs outside of cincinnati, columbus, and cleveland, they were the base of the republican party. That is how a john kasich would have been elected or even a george bush. Those suburbs are now blue. It is largely women voters, old moderate voters, saying this is not a party we were a part of, and they are voting blue. They voted for Sherrod Brown. They voted for democratic mayors and councilmembers, and they are not going to vote for donald trump is november. If you take away the old base of the republican party, and it is tossup or either democrat, which it is, that make
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Steve why is it so competitive before . Major youre seeing a shift in the suburbs of ohio that just a few decades ago or years ago, these suburbs outside cincinnati and columbus and cleveland, they were the base of the republican party. Thats how john kasich would have been elected, or even george bush. Those suburbs are largely blue. They are saying this is not the party we were a part of and they have left and they are voting blue for statehouse seats, sheriff brown, democratic mayors and councilmembers, and theyre not going to vote for donald trump this november. You take away the old base of the republican party, and it is tossup or either democrat, which it is, that makes ohio a much tougher state for republicans. That means they have to run up in the rural parts of the state, but these suburbs are a large voting bloc in the state of ohio, some republicans have really lost their old base. The second thing that has happened is the ohio economy, before covid, was already struggling.
Come as late as 12 30 a. M. Eastern wednesday. Mr. President , on another matter yesterday the senate advanced nomination of professor amy barrett, President Trumps impressive nominee to be a judge on the seventh Circuit Court of appeals. She is the first of for strong nominees to our nation Circuit Court that the senate will confirm this week. Professor barretts experience as it was law professor at the university of notre dame shows her qualifications to serve our nation on the federal bench. She is going to be an asset to our judiciary. Of course, some on the left have tried to invent any reason to prevent this president nominees from advancing. For an outstanding nominee like professor barrett was not easy. They attacked her credentials which are truly. They cant attack her belief in the rule of law. Her writings and testimony clearly show a nominee who will uphold our prosecution and our nations laws as they are written, asof they are written, not as she wishes they were. Unbeliev
Media. His documentaries include i am a man, black masculinity, in america, beyond beaten rhymes and soul food junkies. In october, 1966, as you all know, bobby seale and hughie p. Newton established the original black Panther Party in oakland, california. [ cheers and applause ] seale was the founding chairman and National Organizer from 1966 to 1974. Seales an author, educator and tireless advocate for the legacy of the black Panther Party. Stephen shames is a student at the university of california berkeley, first encountered and photographed bobby seale in april of 1967, in an antivietnam war rally. Seale became a mentor to shames, and shames became the most trusted photographer to the party, remaining by seales side during his run for mayor of oakland in 1973. Stephen shames is the author of nine monographs, the latest power of the people, the black panthers, coauthored with bobby seale. He creates awardwinning photos for advocacy organizations, the media and museums. Steves image