Growing calls from the right for Herman Cain’s campaign manager Mark Block to step down.
Herman Cain’s press conference last night and Sharon Bialek’s press conference Monday.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH): “Last night Ohio took a very big step towards rebuilding the middle class.”
In the battle between the late Steve Jobs and Adobe over whether Flash would be functional on Apple mobile devices, Adobe has thrown in the towel.
Some TPM readers are emailing in to throw a bit of cold water on the idea that last night’s election results augur well for Dems there in 2012: Read More
The results were not entirely unexpected. But the margins and the uniformity of last night’s election results tell an important story going into 2012. Across the country, Republican overreach coming out of the 2010 election was decisively rejected by voters in multiple states.
In Ohio, Gov. John Kasich’s signature anti-union legislation was rejected by an almost 2-1 margin. That’s a big win for the labor movement and will put in place a deep anti-Republican undercurrent next November. Kasich will be an albatross around the neck of the Republican nominee and there’s organization on the ground that will be an important force too. Read More
We’ll be tracking the returns in Ohio and Mississippi tonight here at TPM.
In Ohio, there’s the big battle over collective bargaining for state employees where voters look poised to repeal Senate Bill 5, which stripped many of those rights from workers. It’s a contest with national implications for both parties. More background here.
In Mississippi, voters decide on the “personhood” amendment which would define life as beginning at the moment of fertilization.
You can see all the results on the TPM Scoreboard.
Which was the best Cain-ism of the day?
Was it declaring that he belongs on Mt. Rushmore?
Or was it his claim that men get sexually harassed, too?
Or maybe it was the destined to be immortal “I don’t even know who this lady is!”
Late Update: A late entrant making a strong push: “I’m not an expert on how the brain works.”