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Dems push Ohio job loss on McCain
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
As McCain sits down today with southern Ohio residents concerned about the likely closing of a local DHL facility, the Ohio Dems and DNC are reminding reporters of the "straight talk" the Republican nominee offered on the question last month.
"I don't know if I can stop it or not, or if it will be stopped," McCain said of the closing at a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, Ohio, when asked about it by a tearful lady.
Democrats are also trying to link McCain campaign manager Rick Davis to the potential job loss, reminding reporters that he lobbied for the shipping company. McCain's campaign notes, however, ...
McCain Playing "Jocko Homo" As The Double Talk Express Pulls Into Wilmington, Ohio Today?
DownWithTyranny! —
Just over a week ago I called Democratic congressional candidate Jane Mitakides to ask her about an unfolding tragedy in the district she seeks to represent in southern Ohio. It's a saga that pits the Republican economic agenda and the Bush Economic Miracle against working American families. Ohio's third congressional district, centered in Dayton but including Wilmington and Clinton County is represented by a far right Republican ideologue, rubber stamp Congressman Mike Turner. Even after the tsunami of job losses due to NAFTA hobbled Ohio's economic development and devastated hundreds of thousands of Ohio families, Turner was still, ...
Politics in the American Midwest
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
Ari Kelman reports from the Heartland:
Straight talk. My friends: Having just spent more than a month in Northeast Ohio, I can tell you anecdatally that the economy is THE story there. In my parents’ reasonably nice, middle-class suburb, every third house is on the block (4 bdr/2.5 bath — $159,000!). And the local paper, The Plain ...
Straight Talk In Ohio
Obsidian Wings —
by hilzoy
A couple of days ago the Ohio Democrats released this ad:
It shows footage from the town meeting described here:
"Mary Houghtaling, who runs a hospice in Wilmington, Ohio, choked up as she told McCain of DHL's plans to close its domestic air hub in her town, a move ...
Straight Talk, Plain Dealing
Rising Hegemon —
