The Secrets of Delphi

Taskforce to investigate pension cuts in auto bailout
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A pair of Ohio lawmakers have launched a taskforce to investigate the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) decision to slash a non-union pension fund as part of the auto bailout.

Movin’ On Up

Paul Ryan addresses income inequality, social mobility in Ohio speech
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Paul Ryan on Wednesday devoted an entire speech to subjects that have been largely absent from the election-year rhetoric: poverty and income mobility. Speaking to a crowd at Cleveland State University, the Republican vice presidential nominee said the United States had failed to live up to one of the country’s most central ideals: that of equal opportunity.

Divorce Records Haunt Ohio Democrat

Renewed interest in charges of spousal abuse could sink Charlie Wilson as he fights to retake House seat
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A history of admitted spousal abuse could undermine an Ohio Democratic congressional candidate’s effort to retake the seat he lost in 2010.

Sugar Daddy in Chief

Five examples of Obama using executive authority to entice key constituencies
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President Obama has repeatedly over the past several months used his executive authority to reward certain key constituencies, a process sometimes referred to as “vote buying.”

Dems Fractured over Oil

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A policy blueprint released by the campaign of Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat running to represent North Dakota in the Senate, illustrates a growing split in the Democratic party by promising to defend hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) in the Bakken oil development fields from “burdensome Federal rulemaking.”