A Message from Governor Ted Strickland

Can you spare an hour a week to change the future of America?

The stakes in the 2008 elections have never been higher. By electing Democrats in November 2008, we can turn around America; create good, high-paying jobs; improve education; make health care affordable and accessible to all; and create new opportunities to restore the American dream. But this change won't happen unless you get directly involved - starting right now.

Join the Ohio Democratic Party's Neighborhood Leader program and bring meaningful change to your community and our country in less than an hour per week.

The job of a Neighborhood Leader is straightforward. You agree to take responsibility for contacting your friends and neighbors in your immediate area and talking to them about our Democratic candidates and the issues that matter most. You will build an important local network where neighbors are talking to neighbors about the issues that are important in YOUR community.

Making the commitment now to take part in this program is the single most important thing you can do to ensure a Democratic victory in November. Sign up today to be a Neighborhood Leader.

Once you sign up, your regional field director will supply you with all the tools you need to be successful, including lists, scripts, pledge cards, issue papers, and other important election materials. But it is urgent that you sign up today, tomorrow will be too late.

Be a Democratic leader in your neighborhood. Sign up today.

We look forward to working with you for Victory in 2008. 

Thank you for your support

Governor Ted Strickland

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Remember November

Remember both November 2004 and 2008.   Contrary to conventional wisdom, it now appears that Ohio's March 4th primary may well be important, if not decisive in the choice of a Democratic nominee for President.   In the days to come, things will probably become very interesting here in Cincinnati and in Ohio as a whole.
Democrats here as elsewhere have their opinions (don't they always?).   They have their favorites, their convictions, their expectations, fears, certainties, passion and all the other emotions politically active people bring to an election.  But as we go through this, please remember that above all else, it is most important that a Democrat win in November of 2008.
The next President will make decisions about our economic future, about the war in Iraq, about environmental policy, health care, taxes and most importantly, the make-up of the Supreme Court, choices that will affect all of us for decades to come.    We cannot afford to allow our passions about the nominating process to set the stage for a potential loss in November.   We must remain family.
In the coming weeks the Hamilton County Democratic Party will from time to time send out communications relating to the various Democratic Presidential campaigns.  It will be our policy to treat all campaigns the same; fairly, to play no favorites, let the best candidate win and voters decide.   While we will gladly notify folks of events, we will not advocate one candidate over the other.
Please remember as you discuss this election and advocate for your candidate among your family, friends, co-workers, even strangers on the street that one of these candidates will carry our flag in November and whoever it turns out to be will need all of us behind him or her.  We cannot afford to fail.
And remember also that the most potent political weapon we have is you, the individual speaking your mind to those you know and encounter along the way.  We need you to help us win in November and everyone you can bring along with you. 

Caleb Faux, HCDP Executive Director
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Is Hamilton County turning Blue?  Well, see for yourself.   Its unmistakeable. 

The graph below shows the County's percentage split, Democrat and Republican in every Presidential election since 1960.  The last entry is last year's race for Governor.

The only time a Democrat has carried Hamilton County was 1964 when Lyndon Johnson swept the election in a landslide across the nation.   But in recent years, that gap has steadily narrowed until last year when it became almost a 50/50 split.  So to anyone who says a Democrat can't win in Hamilton County, think again.  The numbers would say otherwise.  This year, together we'll cross that line.

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