Ohio Rejects Collective Bargaining Law

By Andrea Salazar 

Ohio voters Tuesday overturned a law limiting the collective bargaining rights of the state’s public workers.

In a statement, Vice President Joe Biden called the vote a “a gigantic victory for the middle class.”

“By standing with teachers and firefighters and cops, Ohio has sent a loud and clear message that will be heard all across the country: the middle class will no longer be trampled on,” Biden said.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the vote sends a clear message to the rest of the country.

“Those who would dare try to strip collective bargaining rights away from hard-working citizens will now think twice,” Weingarten said in a statement. “Ohio voters made it clear to them that there is a price to pay for turning your back on the middle class.”

Johnson Ahead Of Feingold By 8 Percent

In a poll conducted Wednesday by CNN, Time and Opinion Research Corporation, Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold (D) is behind Republican nominee and tea party favorite Ron Johnson by an eight point margin with Johnson holding 52 percent of potential voters and Feingold grabbing 44 percent. 

The NRSC Backs O'Donnell

Politico reports that the National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (R-TX) says that he  fully backs Delaware GOP Senatorial Candidate Christine O’Donnell and that the NRSC is committed to working with her campaign.  O’Donnell surprisingly beat the NRSC original choice Mike Castle in the primary and is now vying against Democrate Chris Coons for the Senate seat left vacant by Vice President Joe Biden. 

O’Donnell had her first meeting with the NRSC since her primary win, on Wednesday.

Favorable Rating Doesn't Equal Votes For Tea Party

A Hill/ANGA 2010 Midterm Election Poll found a 45-34 favorable-unfavorable rating for the Tea Party movement in 12 competitive districts.

Poll also found that 55 percent of Independent and 53 percent of Republican voters say that an endorsement of a candidate by the Tea Party will not sway their election day decision.  Half of Democrats say that Tea Party support will make them less likely to support a candidate. This means that Tea Party support will more likely cause a slightly higher number of Democratic voters to turn away from candidate then it will rally Republican and Independent voters around them.  

Boehner Upset At Dems Over Prospect Of Early Dismissal

In response to reports that House members may leave as early as this week to hit the campaign trail in their respective states and districts, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement:

“It appears Democratic Leaders would rather adjourn than help our economy create jobs by stopping all of President Obama’s job-killing tax hikes, even though a clear bipartisan majority in the House supports doing so. Instead of coming up with new ways to thwart the will of the people, Democratic Leaders should be working with Republicans to stop all of the tax hikes and cut government spending. Anything less fails our economy and shows that out-of-touch Washington Democrats are more focused on keeping their jobs than doing them.”