Teabaggers Must Really Dislike Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan

Note that the tax rate on the top marginal tax rate under President Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, was 91% between 1956-1960. In other words, the very wealthy only kept 9% of what they made. Under President Richard Nixon (Republican), the wealthy only kept 30%, while under the Ronald Reagan, another Republican, it was an even split. Talk about "spreading the wealth (or in Teabagger lingo, "socialism").

President Obama only wants to return the top marginal tax rate to 39.6%, what they were before President George W. Bush's tax cuts in 2001 and well below that of Reagan. But again he is spreading socialism. Care to explain this Teabaggers?

4 Signs the Country Is Actually Moving to the Left

Written by Chris Bowers of The Daily Kos.

The rise of the tea party, and the pending Republican gains in Congress have led quite a few observers to declare that the country is shifting to the right ideologically. Those calls will only grow louder after the election.

The problem with these sentiments is that they are just flat out wrong. Completely inaccurate. Demonstrably false, and easily so. The country has shifted dramatically to the left from where it was 40, 30, or even 15 years ago. Many positions that were quite recently liberal and contested are now mainstream to the point of being unchallengeable (or, at least, it is shocking when they are challenged). Many others that were lefty-fringe positions only 20 years ago are now held by a majority of the country, or at least a substantial, mainstream minority. Further, the current incarnation of the Democratic Party has managed to expand public sector social investment spending to heights that are the equivalent of the New Deal and the Great Society combined.

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Site changed for 16th District debate in Wooster

WOOSTER — Thursday’s storm has forced a debate featuring candidates for Ohio’s 16th District congressional seat to be moved to Wooster High School.

The debate will be in the Performing Arts Center at the high school, which is at 515 Oldman Road. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The debate begins at 7. The event is sold out.

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New Strickland poll shows Ohio Governor down three points

After a battery of recent public polls showed Gov. Ted Strickland (D) slipping in his bid for re-election, the Democratic incumbent released his own poll that shows he’s not dead yet.

Former Cong. John Kasich (R) led Strickland 48%-45% in large sample of 1,200 likely voters conducted September 7-9 and 12-14 by the Feldman Group.

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Wayne County Democratic Party Fair Booth - Sept. 11-16

The Wayne County Democratic Party will have an exhibit booth at the 161st Wayne County Fair, http://www.waynecountyfairohio.com/ September 11-16. We invite one and all to drop by the booth to say hello, discuss the hot issues of the day and meet a few of the candidates. Information on all the Democrats running for office this November will be available. Various political paraphernalia will also be available for purchase. During your visit you may enjoy a multimedia slide show highlighting the activities of the past year of the Wayne County Democratic Party. We look forward to seeing you at our booth located beneath the main grandstand.

First 16th Congressional Debate Set for Wooster

WOOSTER -- The Coalition for the Support of Business and Jobs announced Wednesday a candidates' forum the organization is sponsoring in the race for the 16th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Incumbent Congressman John Boccieri, D-Alliance, Jim Renacci, R-Wadsworth, and Jeffrey Blevins, Libertarian-Wadsworth, will square off in the 90-minute debate on Sept. 20 at the Arden Shisler Conference Center, 1625 Wilson Road, on the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center campus in Wooster.

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GOP Tea Party: These People Could be in Charge

Posted without comment. This is a must watch: