Video Games: Playing Whack a Candidate in Ohio

by Mike Hall, Oct 31, 2006

Blogger Adam Connor hit the Ohio campaign trail yesterday and tagged along with a candidate caravan that included union-backed Ted Strickland for governor, Sherrod Brown for U.S. Senate, Victoria Wulsin for Congress in Ohio’s 2nd District, Jennifer Brunner for secretary of state and Rich Cordray for state treasurer.

At an evening rally in Waverly, he notices the caravan has been joined by an opposition “tracker” who is videotaping the event hoping to capture an embarrassing misstep, such as the video clip of Sen. George Allen’s (R-Va.) racially-tinged “macaca” reference to an American college student of Indian descent.

Writes Adam:

Standing next to Roger Strickland [the candidate’s brother] again, I ask him what he thinks about the tracker following his brother’s every move. He laughs as two members of the Painters and Allied Trades Union strategically relocate their sign in front of the tracker’s camera and says, “Maybe after the election they can watch the tape and learn how to run a real campaign.”

Click here to read Adams’ full post, with pictures and video at MYDD. Learn more about the Ohio and Virginia races at the AFL-CIO’s Labor 2006 website.

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