It is widely known that Dem leadership still holds resentment for and punishes supporters of John Cranley over Nan Whaley in the last Governor’s race, much to the detriment of the Democratic cause. Objectively, Cranley was the better-qualified candidate, but not most favored by state leadership. Time to diversify the decision-making since it historically has not been that great.
No. Seriously. She was terrible and her entire campaign was run by friends and college students recruited off LinkedIn who didn't even live in Ohio. Terrible messaging and communication. Staggering.
Well, I guess that's because -- just like in Cincy, where he was mayor for 8 years - Cranley has a reputation for putting business interests ahead of other issues. In my book (as a lifelong Cincy resident), there were many quality of life issues that didn't get addressed during his tenure.
Interesting, Barb. I went to some of his events and thought he devoted too much time to social issues and not enough to economic development. Maybe he heard that criticism and was responding to it. I thought he would have gotten a lot more votes than Nan Whaley. He had achievements in areas like child care, poverty reduction and wage increases regionally. He’s a very honest, competent, and empathetic person.
He could indeed be abrasive and confrontational. There was also criticism of his involvement in development deals, something our current mayor has steered away from. Not surprisingly, given the 3 criminal indictments of city council members during Cranley's last term, all related to development deals.
It was a wake up call, and as far as I can tell, the city took it seriously. One story is not data, but once my neighborhood community council president got a job with the Cincinnati Parks 2 years ago, the city lawyer advised him to quit his (volunteer) role with the neighborhood to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest.
Understandable, Barb. He was the Mayor of Cincinnati and didn’t do much TV. The old political belief used to be you had to run statewide once and lose just to get name recognition. A Harvard lawyer, he initiated Ohio’s Innocence Project. He’s on Amy Acton’s policy committee currently. A very intelligent, capable person more people should get to know.
Clyde exists to funnel campaign money to Brown. She isn't a leader. Clyde is a nice placemat without any vision for the future.
It's the biggest job she will ever have in her life and she is completely unqualified just like her predecessor. The Ohio democrats don't know what strategy means. They believe money will solve all of their lack of vision problems.
New ideas or direction is considered evil to the Ohio democrats.
As a member of the "friendly, albeit surly grayhairs" class (although at 72, I rather remarkably have only a smattering of gray hair), my message to the DNC and the state Democratic party is to get out of the way.
There is a Democrat-aligned organization that better meets what I suppose the major political parties once did: advocate for Democratic candidates and support them. Blue Ohio is one of three state affiliates of Every State Blue. Its founders got tired of the parties, who should be qualifying and supporting Democratic candidates not doing so, so they rolled up their sleeves and came up with an alternate system.
You can thank them, in part, for why we have Democratic candidates running for all the executive offices and in elections in the reddest districts of the state.
Her being chased out of that Cuyahoga Dems meeting just happened BEFORE I crossed paths with her at an Erie County Democrats event.
At my event, I asked her why was the ODP not promoting universal healthcare in Ohio harder in light of the 11 rural hospitals and 700,000 people (mainly rural counties) that were planning to see their Medicaid benefits go away.
I told her that there were two bills in there now HB 289 and SB 78 that were in limbo and probably going to be dying in committee. I asked her why the ODP was not going after Rep. Brian Lampton (R) who was the Chair of the Insurance Committee where HB 289 is sitting. I said, "You should be taking that legislation, wrapping it around his neck, and running him through the streets with it." (I got applause for that remark.)
She gave me a lackluster comment that the ODP sends out policy points with links that the Chair's can use to generate social media posts.
I checked this with a friend who is a chair and they told me that what the ODP sends out is a one liner with a link. Hardly the robust social media prowess we need at this time.
It points to something larger. Since Cuyahoga Co was asking those questions that I had brought as well, and the best that Clyde could do is give me a half-assed answer, she does not care what the base thinks or wants because she is either too arrogant or she's has risen to the level of her incompetence.
Correct. They are their own worst enemy and are satisfied without having any goals or objectives. It's cruel at best and people continue to give them massive amounts of money just to see tham fail.
This is interesting about the Kathleen Clyde meeting. I had a long conversation today at the African-American Garden's Juneteenth celebration with two voter registration workers. While neither had gray hair nor was of a "certain age," (I'd guess they were in their 40s), they described a meeting with Clyde where they said they were unimpressed and she appeared unable to answer simple questions like "What are we supposed to be doing? What's the assignment?" I'm guessing this was the meeting they were at. They said she seemed way over her head and clueless.
Why does ODP have such a weak social media presence? I can’t find them on TikTok. They haven’t posted to BlueSky in four months. Their website has links for instagram, twitter, and Facebook. Their YouTube channel’s featured videos are two years old, and there are very few short videos, none current.
Correct. Change is different and they will fight against anyone from the outside. Same is true for the Franklin County Democrats. Happy to do nothing other than pass tax abatements for the rich and powerful.
It is widely known that Dem leadership still holds resentment for and punishes supporters of John Cranley over Nan Whaley in the last Governor’s race, much to the detriment of the Democratic cause. Objectively, Cranley was the better-qualified candidate, but not most favored by state leadership. Time to diversify the decision-making since it historically has not been that great.
Nan was an awful candidate.
Indeed she was
No. Seriously. She was terrible and her entire campaign was run by friends and college students recruited off LinkedIn who didn't even live in Ohio. Terrible messaging and communication. Staggering.
Well, I guess that's because -- just like in Cincy, where he was mayor for 8 years - Cranley has a reputation for putting business interests ahead of other issues. In my book (as a lifelong Cincy resident), there were many quality of life issues that didn't get addressed during his tenure.
Interesting, Barb. I went to some of his events and thought he devoted too much time to social issues and not enough to economic development. Maybe he heard that criticism and was responding to it. I thought he would have gotten a lot more votes than Nan Whaley. He had achievements in areas like child care, poverty reduction and wage increases regionally. He’s a very honest, competent, and empathetic person.
I would say this piece by long time political commentator Howard Wilkinson is a fair assessment of Cranley's tenure. https://www.wvxu.org/politics/2021-10-27/analysis-cincinnati-after-john-cranley
He could indeed be abrasive and confrontational. There was also criticism of his involvement in development deals, something our current mayor has steered away from. Not surprisingly, given the 3 criminal indictments of city council members during Cranley's last term, all related to development deals.
City Council added two amendments to the city's charter, later approved by voters, in the wake of these indictments. (https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2021-05-04/voters-give-cincinnati-council-authority-to-suspend-members-in-some-cases)
It was a wake up call, and as far as I can tell, the city took it seriously. One story is not data, but once my neighborhood community council president got a job with the Cincinnati Parks 2 years ago, the city lawyer advised him to quit his (volunteer) role with the neighborhood to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest.
I don't even recall Cranley running. He made zero impression on me.
Understandable, Barb. He was the Mayor of Cincinnati and didn’t do much TV. The old political belief used to be you had to run statewide once and lose just to get name recognition. A Harvard lawyer, he initiated Ohio’s Innocence Project. He’s on Amy Acton’s policy committee currently. A very intelligent, capable person more people should get to know.
Anastasia, not Barb. My mistake.
Clyde exists to funnel campaign money to Brown. She isn't a leader. Clyde is a nice placemat without any vision for the future.
It's the biggest job she will ever have in her life and she is completely unqualified just like her predecessor. The Ohio democrats don't know what strategy means. They believe money will solve all of their lack of vision problems.
New ideas or direction is considered evil to the Ohio democrats.
As a member of the "friendly, albeit surly grayhairs" class (although at 72, I rather remarkably have only a smattering of gray hair), my message to the DNC and the state Democratic party is to get out of the way.
There is a Democrat-aligned organization that better meets what I suppose the major political parties once did: advocate for Democratic candidates and support them. Blue Ohio is one of three state affiliates of Every State Blue. Its founders got tired of the parties, who should be qualifying and supporting Democratic candidates not doing so, so they rolled up their sleeves and came up with an alternate system.
You can thank them, in part, for why we have Democratic candidates running for all the executive offices and in elections in the reddest districts of the state.
Blue ohio is desperately needed in Franklin County. Please save us from our County Democrats and city Democrats in name only.
Aren't you doing Clyde's job?
Her being chased out of that Cuyahoga Dems meeting just happened BEFORE I crossed paths with her at an Erie County Democrats event.
At my event, I asked her why was the ODP not promoting universal healthcare in Ohio harder in light of the 11 rural hospitals and 700,000 people (mainly rural counties) that were planning to see their Medicaid benefits go away.
I told her that there were two bills in there now HB 289 and SB 78 that were in limbo and probably going to be dying in committee. I asked her why the ODP was not going after Rep. Brian Lampton (R) who was the Chair of the Insurance Committee where HB 289 is sitting. I said, "You should be taking that legislation, wrapping it around his neck, and running him through the streets with it." (I got applause for that remark.)
She gave me a lackluster comment that the ODP sends out policy points with links that the Chair's can use to generate social media posts.
I checked this with a friend who is a chair and they told me that what the ODP sends out is a one liner with a link. Hardly the robust social media prowess we need at this time.
It points to something larger. Since Cuyahoga Co was asking those questions that I had brought as well, and the best that Clyde could do is give me a half-assed answer, she does not care what the base thinks or wants because she is either too arrogant or she's has risen to the level of her incompetence.
Correct. They are their own worst enemy and are satisfied without having any goals or objectives. It's cruel at best and people continue to give them massive amounts of money just to see tham fail.
This is interesting about the Kathleen Clyde meeting. I had a long conversation today at the African-American Garden's Juneteenth celebration with two voter registration workers. While neither had gray hair nor was of a "certain age," (I'd guess they were in their 40s), they described a meeting with Clyde where they said they were unimpressed and she appeared unable to answer simple questions like "What are we supposed to be doing? What's the assignment?" I'm guessing this was the meeting they were at. They said she seemed way over her head and clueless.
Wow. Yep. Not qualified and unwilling to learn anything.
Why does ODP have such a weak social media presence? I can’t find them on TikTok. They haven’t posted to BlueSky in four months. Their website has links for instagram, twitter, and Facebook. Their YouTube channel’s featured videos are two years old, and there are very few short videos, none current.
They have a job posting up for digital communications director: https://ohiodems.org/jobs/digital-communications-manager/
Lack of communication is a symptom of a failed organization.
Insider clique organizations only do one thing well: breed incompetence
Correct. Change is different and they will fight against anyone from the outside. Same is true for the Franklin County Democrats. Happy to do nothing other than pass tax abatements for the rich and powerful.