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00:00:05AND INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX
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00:00:07ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
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AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:00:12ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
121,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
00:00:15PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER
EDUCATION FACULTY, COMMITTED TO
00:00:17THE SUCCESS OF EVERY CHILD,
ONLINE AT OHEA.ORG.
00:00:28IT APPEARS THERE WAS ANOTHER
PROBLEMATIC EXECUTION IN OHIO.
00:00:30AND WE PREVIEW THE MAY BALLOT
WITH TWO PEOPLE PLAYING CRITICAL
00:00:32ROLES IN DECIDING WHETHER THERE
WILL BE PRIMARIES IN THE
00:00:48ERNOR'S RACE.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:51A CONDEMNED KILLER APPEARED TO
GASP SEVERAL TIMES DURING HIS
00:00:53PROLONGED EXECUTION, DONE WITH A
LETHAL INJECTION PROCESS NEVER
00:00:55BEFORE TRIED IN THE U.S.
COLUMBUS DISPATCH REPORTER ALAN
00:00:57JOHNSON, A VETERAN OF 18
EXECUTIONS, SAYS THE DEATH OF 53
00:01:00YEAR OLD DENNIS MCGUIRE STARTED
OUT AS OTHERS HAVE, WITH THE
00:01:03INMATE MAKING A FINAL STATEMENT
AND THEN CLOSING HIS EYES.
00:01:07BUT THEN JOHNSON SAYS MCGUIRE
APPEARED TO BE HAVING TROUBLE
00:01:10BREATHING.
>> IT APPEARED TO BE LIKE A
00:01:17SNORT OR A SNORT.
THEN HE BEGAN GASPING DEEPLY AND
00:01:22HIS CHEST OR STOMACH WOULD
COMPRESS AND EXPAND.
00:01:24IT WAS A RATTLING, GASPING, EVEN
CHOKING SOUNDS I WOULD SAY.
00:01:32THIS WENT ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR
AT LEAST 10 MINUTES.
00:01:35JOHNSON ALSO SAYS IT TOOK A
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN SEVERAL
00:01:38MINUTES TO PRONOUNCE HIM DEAD,
WHEN NORMALLY IT TAKES JUST A
00:01:40MINUTE.
ANOTHER WITNESS SAYS IT WAS ONE
00:01:44OF THE LONGEST EXECUTIONS SINCE
OHIO RESUMED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
00:01:46IN 1999.
THEY SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT A
00:01:53REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED AS IT
IS AFTER EVERY EXECUTION.
00:01:56MCGUIRE WAS PUT TO DEATH FOR
KILLING 22-YEAR-OLD JOY STEWART
00:02:01IN PREBLE COUNTY IN WESTERN OHIO
IN 1989.
00:02:03ONCE AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR?S STATE
OF THE STATE SPEECH WILL BE A
00:02:05TRAVELING ROAD SHOW.
GOV.
00:02:07JOHN KASICH GOT PERMISSION FROM
THE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK TO
00:02:09MOVE HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO A
JOINT SESSION OF LAWMAKERS TO
00:02:11MEDINA.
THAT'S THE HOMETOWN OF SPEAKER
00:02:20BILL BATCHELDER, WHO'S LEAVING
THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF TERM
00:02:21LIMITS.
BUT IT?S ALSO A STRONGLY
00:02:22REPUBLICAN COUNTY ON THE
DOORSTEP OF HIS LIKELY OPPONENT,
00:02:24CUYAHOGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED
FITZGERALD.
00:02:26THE SPEECH IS SCHEDULED FOR
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 AT 7PM.
00:02:33YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE
OUR COVERAGE OF THE SPEECH ON
00:02:35MANY OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC RADIO
AND TELEVISION STATIONS.
00:02:37VOTERS WHO WANT TO CAST BALLOTS
EARLY IN THE MAY PRIMARY WILL
00:02:39HAVE TO DO IT BY MAIL, OR DO IT
MOSTLY DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
00:02:43SECRETARY OF STATE JON HUSTED
SET UNIFORM STATEWIDE STANDARDS
00:02:46FOR ALL 88 COUNTIES FOR THE MAY
6 PRIMARY AT A CONFERENCE OF THE
00:02:50OHIO ASSOCIATION OF ELECTIONS
OFFICIALS THIS WEEK, SINCE THOSE
00:02:54HOURS HAD NOT BEEN SET BY THE
LEGISLATURE.
00:02:57STARTING ON TUESDAY, APRIL 1,
THE HOURS ARE WEEKDAYS FROM 8AM
00:02:59TO 5PM, EXCEPT ON APRIL 7, WHICH
IS THE LAST DAY OF VOTER
00:03:02REGISTRATION.
THE ONLY SATURDAY IN THE
00:03:17SCHEDULE IS MAY 3, FROM 8AM TILL
NOON.
00:03:19HUSTED SAYS THE HOURS REFLECT
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A
00:03:20BIPARTISAN ELECTION OFFICIALS
GROUP, BUT A LEAGUE OF WOMEN
00:03:22VOTERS OFFICIAL CALLS THE HOURS
INSUFFICIENT.
00:03:27WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS BUSY
UPCOMING ELECTION YEAR WITH
00:03:28SECRETARY OF STATE HUSTED NEXT
WEEK.
00:03:30FEBRUARY 5 IS COMING CLOSER --
IT'S THE PRIMARY CANDIDATE
00:03:33FILING DEADLINE.
AND FOR BOTH THE DEMOCRATS AND
00:03:39REPUBLICANS, IT'S UNCLEAR
WHETHER A PRIMARY WILL HAPPEN,
00:03:41SINCE AS OF NOW THERE ARE NO
ANNOUNCED CHALLENGERS TO
00:03:43REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT GOV.
JOHN KASICH OR DEMOCRATIC
00:03:45CHALLENGER ED FITZGERALD.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FITZGERALD
00:03:47ANNOUNCED HIS RUNNING MATE,
SHAREN NEUHARDT OF SOUTHWEST
00:03:52OHIO, WHICH MEANS HE'LL BE ABLE
TO START CIRCULATING PETITIONS,
00:03:58AND IT'S EXPECTED KASICH AND LT.
GOV. MARY TAYLOR WILL BE A TEAM
00:03:59AGAIN THIS YEAR.
THIS WEEK, I?LL TALKED TO TWO
00:04:02PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHETHER THERE
WILL BE A GOP OR DEMOCRATIC
00:04:04PRIMARY.
FIRST UP IS THE LONE DEMOCRATIC
00:04:05HAMILTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER WHO
SHOOK THINGS UP LAST MONTH WHEN
00:04:07HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS THINKING OF
LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN AGAINST
00:04:10FITZGERALD.
TODD PORTUNE SAID HE FEELS THERE
00:04:12NEEDS TO BE A CHOICE FOR
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, AND HE'S
00:04:17HIGHLIGHTED HIS RECORD AS A
FISCAL CONSERVATIVE AND TWO
00:04:18DECADES OF WORKING WITH
REPUBLICANS IN HIS EXECUTIVE
00:04:20POSITION IN THE COUNTY AS
REASONS TO SUPPORT HIM.
00:04:22AND TODD PORTUNE NOW JOINS US
THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF CET IN
00:04:26CINCINNATI.
KWAK>> ARE YOU RUNNING OR NOT
00:04:37RUNNING?
>> THERE IS A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
00:04:41THE FIRST STEP WAS ANSWERED IN
THE AFFIRMATIVE.
00:04:42I NEED TO SATISFY MYSELF THAT
THERE WAS AN APPETITE I
00:04:48DEMOCRATS TO WANT TO HAVE A
CHOICE FOR WHO THEIR STANDARD
00:04:52BILL WAS GOING TO BE IN THE FALL
ELECTION.
00:04:53THE SECOND PIECE IS REALLY TO
GET AROUND THE STATE, GET TO ALL
00:05:00THE PLACES I WAS UNABLE TO GET
IN THE GO AROUND AND MAKE SURE
00:05:03THAT WHAT I HEARD DURING THE
LATTER TWO WEEKS IN DECEMBER WAS
00:05:09BEING A VOICE IN E BY DEMOCRATS
AROUND THE STATE.
00:05:11I'M LEARNED TO SATISFY MYSELF,
BUT I WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO
00:05:17PUT TOGETHER THE INFRASTRUCTURE
YOU NEED NOT JUST TO WIN A
00:05:19PRIMARY RACE BUT TO SUCCESSFULLY
CHALLENGE THE FONT IF HE THE
00:05:27CURRENT INCUMBENT.
IT IS A MULTI STEP PROCESS.
00:05:31I AM ABOUT TO BEGIN A PRETTY
IMPORTANT TRIP TOMORROW.
00:05:38I'LL BE ON THE ROAD FOR FIVE
DAYS AND GETTING TO ALL THE
00:05:41PLACES IN THE STATE THAT I AM
NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO WHERE IN
00:05:44ORDER TO SATISFACTORILY ANSWER
EVERYONE.
00:05:48AND I HAD TRULY BEEN AROUND THE
STATE, I THINK AT THE END OF
00:05:55THIS WEEK I WILL BE ABLE TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN THE
00:05:59AFFIRMATIVE.
>> WHY ARE YOU IN THIS?
00:06:01IT SEEMS TO BE A LOSING BATTLE.
YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL MAY TO GET
00:06:10YOUR NAME OUT THERE.
IT IS A BIG STATE.
00:06:12YOU HAVE ALL THE COUNTY PARTY
CHAIRS WHO HAVE SAID THEY ARE
00:06:17BEHIND.
WHY ARE YOU IN THIS?
00:06:18>> WHAT I HEARD FROM DEMOCRATS
TOWARD THE END OF 2013 WAS THAT
00:06:23THEY WANTED TO HAVE A CHOICE FOR
WHO THEIR STANDARD WAS GOING TO
00:06:30BE.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR DURING
00:06:45THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
AS A DEMOCRAT WHO RUNS VERY
00:06:48SUCCESSFULLY FROM THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE AND SOUTHWEST
00:06:53OHIO IN PARTICULAR, I'LL ANSWER
ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS PEOPLE
00:06:57HAVE.
CAN YOU COUNTER THE BIG BLOC OF
00:07:01REPUBLICAN VOTE THAT TYPICALLY
COMES FROM SOUTHWEST OHIO IN
00:07:05ORDER TO WIN THE STATE?
LOOKING BACK TO THE ELECTION IN
00:07:102012, WE SAW THE PRESIDENT OBAMA
CARRIED OHIO LARGELY BECAUSE HE
00:07:14WAS ABLE TO WIN HAMILTON COUNTY.
I HAVE BEEN ON A BALLOT PROBABLY
00:07:2230 TIMES OR MORE.
I DO VERY WELL.
00:07:27I HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO EIGHT
CONSECUTIVE ELECTIONS.
00:07:32I AM THE TOP VOTE GETTER.
IN 2000 12 I GOT MORE VOTES IN
00:07:41THE PRESIDENT IS IN HAMILTON
COUNTY.
00:07:42HE WON HAMILTON COUNTY.
I AM ABLE TO ANSWER THE CALL
00:07:46VERY WELL.
I CAN REDUCE THE MARGIN.
00:07:50I CAN WIN IN THE SOUTHERN PART
OF THE STATE.
00:07:55WHEN YOU ADD THE BIG LOT OF
DEMOCRATIC VOTES THE COUNTRY
00:07:58NORTH IN OHIO THAT IS REALLY THE
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN THE
00:08:04GENERAL ELECTION.
I BRING THAT TO THE TABLE.
00:08:09FROM THE STANDPOINT OF YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC
00:08:10MACHINERY BEING AGAINST ME, THEY
ARE.
00:08:13WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM VOTERS IN
CONNECTION WITH THAT IS THAT
00:08:20THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE
CHOICE MADE FOR THEM.
00:08:23BY ANY PARTY, WHETHER IT IS A
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR SOMETHING
00:08:29ELSE.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
00:08:31THAT CHOICE AND EXERCISE THEIR
RIGHT TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE OF
00:08:35THEIR CHOOSING.
IT HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING.
00:08:38THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER DID
AN ONLINE POLL THIS PAST FRIDAY.
00:08:44WHILE THOSE THINGS ARE NOT VERY
SCIENTIFIC AT ALL, THEY GIVE YOU
00:08:50AN INTERESTING SNAPSHOT OF HOW
THEY DEAL WILL OUT THE
00:08:53CANDIDATES.
THEY ARE BEING RUN BY THE PLAIN
00:08:57DEALER.
THIS HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE
00:09:02FRIDAY.
I AM CURRENTLY WINNING BY A
00:09:05LARGE MARGIN, 75% TO 22% AGAINST
MR. FITZGERALD.
00:09:08THAT TELLS ME A LOT OF THINGS
ABOUT HOW THE PEOPLE IN THE
00:09:15NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE HAVE
REACTED TO HIS CANDIDACY AND HIS
00:09:18MESSAGE AND WHETHER THE CHOICE
IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE
00:09:22THIS MAY AND THEN LEADING INTO
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
00:09:27>> YOU HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF
DOING THIS BEFORE.
00:09:29AND THEN NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH.
TO SOME IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A
00:09:37TRICK OR A WAY TO GET ATTENTION
FOR AN OFFICE DOWN THE ROAD.
00:09:39TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.
>> I HAVE NEVER TAKEN AN
00:09:43INTEREST OR BEING ASKED TO LOOK
AT A RACE THIS SERIOUSLY OR
00:09:51TAKEN THIS FAR.
THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT ABOUT SOME
00:09:53FUTURE RACE DOWN THE ROAD.
THIS IS ABOUT THIS YEAR, THIS
00:09:59YEAR, THIS ELECTION.
HAVING THE DEMOCRATIC
00:10:04REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH PARTIES
BE A PERSON WHO CAN BEST
00:10:11ACCOMPLISH THAT IN THE FALL AND
SUPPORT OUR TICKET.
00:10:13SOMEONE WHO CAN BEST LEAD THE
TICKET TO ENSURE SUCCESS OF THE
00:10:18OTHER RACES.
>> ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE
00:10:20EFFECTS THAT A PRIMARY MIGHT
HAVE ON THE PARTY IF INDEED YOU
00:10:27EAT UP PAT FITZGERALD.
IT DOESN'T HE GO INTO THE
00:10:33NOVEMBER ELECTION BRUISED AND
BLOODIED AND WEAKER?
00:10:35HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU WILL HAVE AN
EFFECT ON THE PARTY?
00:10:39X I DO THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
PRIMARY ON PARTIES.
00:10:48AND TO THAT MY EFFORT IS ONE
THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEGUN.
00:10:59I TEND TO THINK THAT PRIMARIES
ARE VERY HEALTHY AND GOOD FOR
00:11:04PARTIES.
THEY ENERGIZE THE BASE.
00:11:08THEY GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO
PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM THE SAME
00:11:10PARTY AND TOLD THE SAME IDEALS
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK IS
00:11:16IMPORTANT.
NOT JUST IN A STATE BUT ALSO
00:11:18LEADERSHIP ROLES WITH RESPECT TO
THE PARTY.
00:11:21THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN GENERATE
MORE INTEREST IN THE ELECTION,
00:11:28MORE VOLUNTEERS.
MORE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE
00:11:34EFFORT.
I THINK PARTIES ARE STRENGTHENED
00:11:36BY HAVING AN ELECTION.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SPEND ALL OF
00:11:40YOUR MONEY IN A PRIMARY.
I THINK IT IS FISCALLY
00:11:44IRRESPONSIBLE IF YOU ARE GOING
TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON A
00:11:49PRIMARY.
A PRIMARY PROBABLY HAS 30% OF
00:11:51THE ELECT ARE.
OF THAT PERCENTAGE, THIS WILL BE
00:12:0425% OR 30% OF THAT.
IT WILL SHOW UP AS REGISTERED
00:12:08DEMOCRATS.
YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE
00:12:12VOTING.
I THINK YOU LOOK AT IT MUCH MUCH
00:12:17DIFFERENTLY.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BANKRUPT THE
00:12:22PARTY.
>> HOW MUCH RUNNING DO YOU
00:12:24EXPECT TO RAISE?
HIM MIGHT BE YOUR RUNNING MATE?
00:12:26>> I AM IN VERY SERIOUS
CONVERSATIONS WITH THREE PEOPLE
00:12:35RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE
00:12:39CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEK.
AS SOON AS THE PROCESS IS
00:12:41COMPLETED THAT WILL BE
ANNOUNCED.
00:12:44YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
FILINGS AND THE CHALLENGERS ARE
00:12:51AT WE ARE IN EXACTLY THE SAME
POINT.
00:12:55NEITHER ONE OF US HAS ANNOUNCED
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CANDIDATE.
00:12:58NEITHER ONE OF US HAS CIRCULATED
A SINGLE PETITION YET.
00:13:02NO PETITIONS HAVE BEEN
CIRCULATED.
00:13:11WE'RE BOTH STARTING AT GROUND
ZERO WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
00:13:13AS FAR AS MONEY.
TO WIN AT THIS DAY AND AGE IT IS
00:13:20EXPENSIVE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS ONE OF
00:13:25THE BAD SIDE OF POLITICS.
THE MONEY THAT IS IN IT.
00:13:27SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT JOHN
KASICH WILL SPEND $20,000 OR
00:13:33MORE TO WIN AN ELECTION.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO RAISE THE SAME
00:13:36AMOUNT OF MONEY.
YOU REACH A SATURATION PART
00:13:48WHERE IT IS NOT PRODUCTIVE.
I THINK THIS ELECTION IN
00:13:54PARTICULAR WE ARE STARTING FROM
A VERY GOOD STARTING POINT.
00:13:55THIS REACHES NOT JUST DEMOCRATS
OF THAT ALL WORKING PEOPLE
00:14:01THROUGHOUT OHIO, THOSE IN THE
PUBLIC SECTOR AS WELL AS THE OR.
00:14:06PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR CHANGE.
THEY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK
00:14:11TO THE ISSUES.
>> IS SURE SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE
00:14:20MAJOR YOUR DECISION WHETHER
YOU'RE GOING TO RUN.
00:14:22I AM AND IT WOULD BOTH BE RIGHT
NOW.
00:14:25YOU HAVE TO RUN.
YOU HAVE TO RUN LIKE YOU ARE IN
00:14:30IT TO WIN IT.
THIS'LL BE FOR THE RIGHT
00:14:33REASONS.
BY AN OBJECTIVE DETERMINATION, I
00:14:39CAN LEAD THIS TICKET AND I CAN
BE JOHN KASICH IN THE FALL.
00:14:42>> WOULD YOU INTERESTED IN BEING
FITZGERALD'S RUNNING MATE?
00:14:44>> HE HAS NOT ASKED ME.
UNTIL HE DOES, THAT IS A
00:14:49QUESTION NOT IMPORTANT FOR
EITHER ONE OF US TO SPECULATE
00:14:51ON.
>> TOP FORTUNE, WE AWAIT YOUR
00:14:56DECISION.
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT AT THE
00:15:01ZERO DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH AFRICAN-
00:15:04AMERICAN LEADERS.
HE WOULD PREFER THAT THE
00:15:08AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
CONFIRM WHICH CANDIDATE HAS THE
00:15:10SUPPORT.
THAT VOTE IS CRITICAL FOR A
00:15:12DEMOCRAT TO WIN.
WE TURN NOW TO THE OTHER SIDE OF
00:15:14THE TICKET -- AND A PERSON WHO?S
IN A POSITION TO KNOW WHETHER
00:15:16THERE WILL BE A CHALLENGER TO
REPUBLICAN JOHN KASICH IN THE
00:15:18MAY PRIMARY.
TOM ZAWISTOWSKI IS THE EXECUTIVE
00:15:20DIRECTOR OF THE PORTAGE COUNTY
TEA PARTY AND ONE OF THE MOST
00:15:22VISIBLE TEA PARTY ORGANIZERS IN
THE STATE.
00:15:25HE JOINS ME WITH THE HELP OF THE
CREW AT WNEO IN KENT.
00:15:33LET'S START OUT WITH THE BASIC
QUESTION.
00:15:36WILL THERE BE A CHALLENGE?
>> WE CERTAINLY HOPE SO.
00:15:38THEY WOULD HIJACK THE ELECTION
PROCESS.
00:15:53WE FOUND THAT IT IS NOT WORKING
OUT VERY WELL.
00:16:04WE SPENT ALL OF OUR TIME TRYING
TO CALL HOUSE MEMBERS AND SENATE
00:16:08MEMBERS AND AS A NOT TO DO AS
FAVORS BUT TO DO THINGS THAT ARE
00:16:13GOOD FOR OUR STATE AND CITIZENS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY REASON TO
00:16:19DO THAT.
THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY OTHER
00:16:21PEOPLE.
WE ARE HOPEFUL.
00:16:25THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE
IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS BEING
00:16:27WILLING TO RUN IN THE RACE
AGAINST GOVERNOR KASICH AND WE
00:16:31HOPE WE CAN GET THE BALLOT
SIGNATURES THEY NEED TO DO THAT.
00:16:33>> DON ALLEN, A VETERINARIAN
FROM YOUNGSTOWN, AND KELLY COLE
00:16:41HAVE SAID THEY WERE WILLING TO
RUN AGAINST CASE IT -- GOVERNOR
00:16:46KASICH.
WHY THOSE TWO PEOPLE ?D
00:16:50?
>> I NOT MET DR. DON ALLEN UNTIL
00:17:02A FEW WEEKS AGO.
HE HAD ONE AGAINST BILL JOHNSON
00:17:05FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN
2010.
00:17:07HE HAD RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008
BECAUSE HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED
00:17:12WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR
COUNTRY.
00:17:13THINK KELLY COLE I HAVE KNOWN
FOR QUITE A WILD.
00:17:18SHE IS WITH THE WARREN COUNTY
TEA PARTY.
00:17:22SHE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH
EDUCATION REFORM, PARTICULARLY
00:17:26HELPING US UNDERSTAND COMMON
CORE.
00:17:27I DO NOT KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE
BEST CANDIDATES.
00:17:31HONESTLY, THEIR COURAGE IS JUST
INSPIRING.
00:17:36IT IS WITH THE RING.
THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO
00:17:39STOP ANYONE FROM RUNNING.
FOR THEM TO STAND UP AND SAY WE
00:17:45WILL FACE THE STORM, WE WILL
STAND UP AND GIVE PEOPLE A
00:17:48CHOICE, I HAVE TO RESPECT THAT
IMMENSELY.
00:17:50>> WHY HAVE YOU HAD SO MANY
PROBLEMS FINDING SOMEONE TO RUN
00:17:55AGAINST GOVERNOR KASICH?
A ROOMFUL OF GOVERNORS SEEMED
00:18:04UPSET.
YOU ARE OUR YEARLY ONE OF THE
00:18:05BEST TEA PARTY ACTIVISTS IN THE
STATE.
00:18:08WHY HAS THERE BEEN A PROBLEM?
THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST HALF IS
00:18:13WHY DON'T OTHER PEOPLE RUN.
QUITE FRANKLY IT IS BECAUSE OF
00:18:18INTIMIDATION AND THREATS.
THERE ARE LOTS OF QUALIFIED
00:18:21CANDIDATES WHO WOULD RUN BUT
WHEN HE TRIED TO TALK TO THEM
00:18:28ABOUT RUNNING THEY ARE WORRIED
ABOUT RICHARD BIJAN FROM THE
00:18:31PARTY.
IF YOU STAND UP TO THESE PEOPLE
00:18:34WE WILL HURT YOUR CAREER.
IT IS NOT JUST THE REPUBLICAN
00:18:39PARTY.
IT IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS
00:18:40WELL.
WE WILL SEE HOW FAR THAT GOES.
00:18:48THE PHONE STARTS TO RING.
THEY SAY YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT
00:18:51TO DO THAT.
WHY DO YOU RUN FOR THIS OTHER
00:18:54RACE WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE A
CANDIDATE. THAT IS TO ANSWER
00:18:59YOUR FIRST QUESTION.
AS FAR AS ME NOT RUNNING, I RAN
00:19:01FOR CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY LAST YEAR.
00:19:04THAT WAS A GOOD.'S.
I THOUGHT I HANDLED THAT WELL.
00:19:08WE GOT A LOT OUT OF THAT.
IF I WERE TO RUN THAT IT WOULD
00:19:13BE ALL ABOUT ME AND NOT ABOUT
MOVEMENT AND NOT ABOUT CHOICE.
00:19:15I FELT IT WAS BETTER FOR ME TO
BE IN A SUPPORTIVE ROLE FOR
00:19:20WHOEVER WOULD RUN.
THE OTHER THING PEOPLE DO NOT
00:19:24UNDERSTAND IS ONCE YOU RUN THERE
ARE LAWS THAT ARE KEEPING YOU
00:19:30FROM COORDINATING BETWEEN
VARIOUS GROUPS.
00:19:31IF I RAN I WOULD NOT EVEN BE
ABLE TO THE LIBERTY GROUPS.
00:19:35THAT IS WHY I DID NOT THINK I
WAS THE BEST CHOICE.
00:19:40>> THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO
WONDER WHY YOU WOULD DO THIS
00:19:43WITHIN THE PARTY AND POTENTIALLY
END UP EITHER DAMAGING GOVERNOR
00:19:50KASICH OR HE CANNOT WIN IN
NOVEMBER OR SUPPORTING ANOTHER
00:19:53CANDIDATE AND POTENTIALLY
GOVERNOR KASICH LOSES THE
00:20:00ELECTION IN NOVEMBER AND YOU END
UP WITH A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR.
00:20:04IS THAT REALLY WHAT THE TEA
PARTY MOVEMENT WANTS.
00:20:05WHY WOULD YOU DO IT?
>> WE ARE ABOUT PRINCIPLES AND
00:20:12GOOD GOVERNANCE.
THE IRONIC THING TO ALL OF US IS
00:20:22THIS PIECE HAD ONE AND OTHERS
HAVE LOST EVERYONE WOULD BE
00:20:29LINING UP AGAINST MEDICAID
EXPANSION.
00:20:31BECAUSE JOHN KASICH ONE, THE
HYPOCRITES ARE FOR IT.
00:20:33WE HAD TO GET THEM TO NOT GO
WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION.
00:20:42THEN HE RAN THE CONTROLLING
BOARD.
00:20:43WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE NOT MUCH.
-- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
00:20:51NOT MUCH.
WE DO NOT OWE THE PARTY
00:20:54ANYTHING.
TODAY IN WASHINGTON THEY'RE
00:20:59GOING TO BE VOTING THIS WEEK ON
THE ON THE THE SPENDING BILL.
00:21:02THEY ARE DOING PARTY POLITICS IS
IT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.
00:21:06THAT IS WHAT GOT A STOP AT
FEDERAL LEVEL.
00:21:08>> I WANT TO ASK YOU A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
00:21:13HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THIRD BASE POLITICS REPORTED
00:21:15THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE
RUNNING ON YOUR SIDE. YOU GOT
00:21:23INTO A LITTLE WAR OF WORDS WITH
THE THIRD BASE POLITICS.
00:21:27YOU SAID THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE
BALL ARE RUN BY THE REPUBLICAN
00:21:33PARTY.
THEY WORK FULL-TIME TO DESTROY
00:21:35ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WHO SAYS
ANYTHING.
00:21:39THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE
WILL OR AMERICAN VALUES.
00:21:41THEY ARE NOW RESPONDING BY SAY
YOU DEMAND TO 100% LOYALTY TO
00:21:45YOUR POSITION AND THAT ONE THING
WE DO NOT DO IS MAKE UP LIES
00:21:50ABOUT SOMEBODY AND SPREAD THEM
ACROSS THE STATE.
00:21:53WHO ARE THE REAL THUGS?
DID THEY REPORT THE FACTS?
00:21:55DID THEY MAKE UP FALSE
ACCUSATIONS AND LIES?
00:21:59THEY ARE FORCING A LOT OF THE
TEA PARTIES TO RELY ON HAND
00:22:06CHOSEN CANDIDATES WHO HAVE SORT
OF PASS THE TAX PROBLEMS.
00:22:08THESE ARE THE KIND OF PROBLEMS
THAT WILL SINK A CAMPAIGN.
00:22:15THE BIGGER CAMPAIGN IS WHY IS
THERE THIS IN TERMS -- THIS
00:22:18INTERIM PARTIES QUADRILLE --
INTERIM PARTY SQUABBLE?
00:22:27>> THEY ARE DISINGENUOUS.
THE SORDID PAST OF OUR
00:22:33CANDIDATES, WHAT A BUNCH OF
HYPOCRITES.
00:22:37GUESS WHAT?
THIS INSTRUCTOR STARTED THE BLOG
00:22:42IN TALKS TO THE PEOPLE ALL THE
TIME.
00:22:44DO NOT CALL ME A HYPOCRITE, OK?
SOMEONE HAS A BANKRUPTCY.
00:22:54ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE IN
OHIO HAVE A BANKRUPTCY WITH THE
00:22:57HOUSE WENT UNDERWATER.
THEY ARE TRYING TO INTIMIDATE
00:23:03PEOPLE.
WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED.
00:23:05NOTHING THEY SAY IS OF ANY
VALUE.
00:23:06THAT IS WHY NO ONE PAYS
ATTENTION TO THEIR LITTLE
00:23:08HEADPIECE.
LET'S JUST GO OUT AND GET OUR
00:23:13IDEAS.
YOU GET YOUR IDEAS OUT FROM.
00:23:15LET'S SEE WHO WINS.
WE DO NOT DEMAND 100% GOING
00:23:20ALONG WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY DO NOT
00:23:24EVEN WANT YOU TO HAVE A SAY.
AND HOW THEY PROTECT HIM FROM
00:23:43TALKING TO THE PEOPLE.
OK?
00:23:45THIS IS JUST A CORRUPT
ORGANIZATION ON TOP TO BOTTOM.
00:23:48WE ARE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR
THAT.
00:23:50IT IS NOT US TO DEMAND THE
COMPLIANCE.
00:23:53IT IS THEM.
SIT DOWN.
00:23:55SHUT UP.
WE WILL GIVE YOU SOME BRIBE
00:23:57MONEY TO GO ALONG.
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
00:24:01>> WE DO NOT TAKE BRIBES.
WE STAND UP FOR THE AMERICAN
00:24:04PEOPLE AND WE WANT WHAT IS RIGHT
FOR OUR PEOPLE.
00:24:06>> THIRD BASE POLITICS HAS SOME
OF THIS IN THEIR BLOG HERE IT I
00:24:12WANT TO ASK YOU ONE MORE
QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
00:24:15HAPPENED THIS WEEK. THERE IS A
REPORT THE FBI'S NOT PLANNING TO
00:24:20FOUL CRIMINAL CHARGES INVOLVING
THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
00:24:21LECTURES BRITNEY -- SERVICE
EXTRA SCRUTINY.
00:24:27>> IS NOT A REAL INVESTIGATION.
THEY HAVE NOT TALKED TO ANYONE
00:24:31THAT THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED
AGAINST.
00:24:33THEY HAVE NOT TALKED TO A SINGLE
TEA PARTY.
00:24:35>> THEY HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU.
>> HOW CAN THEY BE DOING AN
00:24:38INVESTIGATION?
THE NOT TALKED TO ME.
00:24:41>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
00:24:43WHILE THE ATTENTION MAY BE ON
THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, THE TEA
00:24:50PARTY'S GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO
FIND CANDIDATES TO RUN AGAINST
00:24:52DEMOCRATS AND SOMETIMES
REPUBLICANS IN EVERY HOUSE AND
00:24:55SENATE CONTEST, AND TO RUN FOR
SEATS ON THE REPUBLICAN STATE
00:24:57CENTRAL COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
00:25:02FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
00:25:05WATCHING.
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