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>> OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH
00:00:40CHRIS REDFERN AND MATT BORGES,
THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
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00:00:49NEARLY EVERY STATEWIDE CANDIDATE
FROM THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL
00:00:55PARTIES HAS APPEARED FOR A
SITDOWN INTERVIEW ON THIS SHOW
00:00:56IN THE LAST 60.
THIS WEEK, I'M PLEASED TO
00:00:58WELCOME THE CHAIRMEN OF THE TWO
MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES.
00:00:59FIRST UP IS CHRIS REDFERN, A
STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S
00:01:01CHAIRED THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC
PARTY SINCE 2005.
00:01:03WELCOME, CHRIS REDFERN.
THIS WEEK, REPRESENTATIVE MATT
00:01:12HUFFMAN WAS QUOTED IN AN ARTICLE
ABOUT THE MAJORITY THAT
00:01:15REPUBLICANS ARE EXPECTING TO
MAINTAIN IN THE OHIO HOUSE.
00:01:16WE WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
60TH SEAT, NOW NOT WORRIED ABOUT
00:01:2470 C.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE 70TH
00:01:27SEAT?
>> I'M MORE ABOUT REPUBLICANS
00:01:33CRAFTING RULES THAT ENABLE THEM
TO HOLD A MAJORITY IN A STATE
00:01:38THAT ELECTED SHARON BROWN AND
BARACK OBAMA TWICE.
00:01:39-- SHERROD BROWN AND BARACK
OBAMA TWICE.
00:01:43THEIR VOTES DO NOT REFLECT TO
ALLY WITH IS AND WHO WILL MY
00:01:47WINS ARE.
-- WHO OHIOANS ARE.
00:01:51THEY CONTROL THE GERRYMANDERING
PROCESS OF THE VOTERS DON'T PICK
00:01:55LEGISLATORS, LEGISLATORS AND
VOTERS, AND MATT CAN CROW ABOUT
00:02:00WHAT HE THINKS OR DOESN'T THINK.
THE MAJORITY OF OHIOANS SUPPORT
00:02:06THE PREVAILING WAGE, SUPPORT
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, THE
00:02:08MAJORITY OF OHIOANS THINK WOMEN
SHOULD HAVE UNFETTERED ACCESS TO
00:02:13CONTROL THEIR OWN REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE DECISIONS.
00:02:15NO NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS SERVING
IN THE LEGISLATURE CAN GO
00:02:18AGAINST WHAT OHIOANS TRULY WANT.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON,
00:02:24AND IF WE CAN GET OUR MESSAGE
OUT, WHAT MATT THINKS OR DOESN'T
00:02:28THINK WILL MATTER VERY LITTLE
THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION.
00:02:29>> LATEST TO BE AT POLL SHOWS
GOVERNOR KASICH MEETING WITH
00:02:33WOMEN TO DID YOU-30 9%, GETTING
25% OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS --
00:02:4252-30 9%, GETTING 25% OF
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
00:02:44ARE PEOPLE NOT HEARING ABOUT THE
ISSUES YOU CARE ABOUT?
00:02:47>> THERE IS A COLLAPSING THAT
OCCURS AMONG THE ELECTORATE THAT
00:02:52STARTS TO PAY ATTENTION, AND WE
BELIEVE THAT THESE ELECTIONS ARE
00:02:56GOING TO BE MUCH CLOSER THAN
MATT HUFFMAN THINKS AND MATT
00:02:59BORGES THINKS OR ANY NUMBER OF
REPUBLICAN LOBBYISTS WHO HAVE
00:03:03TIED THEIR MORTGAGES TO JOHN
KASICH'S SUCCESS.
00:03:05>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE
WEBSITE THAT THE REPUBLICAN
00:03:10PARTY HAS SET UP GOING AGAINST
JOHN CARNEY AND DAVID PEPPER?
00:03:14>> THEY DO THAT EVERY FOUR
YEARS.
00:03:17THEY ENGAGE IN THAT KIND OF
DISTRACTION.
00:03:20THEIR POLICIES ARE NOT
REFLECTING WHAT OHIOANS CARE
00:03:24ABOUT.
A VAST MATURITY OF OHIOANS LEAVE
00:03:29COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SHOULD BE
INSURED FOR POLICE AND
00:03:33FIREFIGHTERS.
A VAST MAJORITY OF OHIOANS
00:03:34BELIEVE WOMEN SHOULD HAVE
UNFETTERED ACCESS TO BIRTH
00:03:38CONTROL AND TO THEIR OWN
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
00:03:39DECISIONS.
AS A WOMAN, I THINK YOU WOULD
00:03:41PROBABLY AGREE WITH THAT
ASSERTION.
00:03:43WHETHER OR NOT MATT BORGES LIKES
NINA TURNER AND WANTS TO ENGAGE
00:03:48IN GUTTER POLITICS, IT DOESN'T
MATTER TO ME WHAT MATT BORGES
00:03:52THINKS, DOESN'T MATTER TO ME
WHAT HE SAYS.
00:03:54>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE GET
OUT THE VOTE EFFORT.
00:03:58YOU HAVE BEEN TURNING TO THAT
THE COUSIN PROBLEMS -- BECAUSE
00:04:01OF PROBLEMS --
>> BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DO,
00:04:04KAREN.
WE GET OUT THE VOTE FOR
00:04:10CELEBRITY AND ENSURE THAT VOTING
IS NOT A PRIVILEGE, -- VOTE POST
00:04:14LIBERTY AND ENSURE THAT VOTING
IS NOT A PRIVILEGE, IT IS A
00:04:18CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED
RIGHT.
00:04:20WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AT
LEAST FOR ME SINCE THE 2006
00:04:23RACE, WHERE MY REPUBLICAN
FRIENDS TEND TO SHOUT ABOUT
00:04:26THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER OR
DIVIDE ABOUT THINGS THAT DO AND
00:04:32DEMOCRATS GO UP OF THE BUSINESS
OF TRYING TO TURN OUT AS MANY OF
00:04:33OUR VOTERS -- DEMOCRATIC,
INDEPENDENT, THE FEW REPUBLICANS
00:04:36WITH A CONSCIENCE -- TURNED OUT
TO VOTE.
00:04:39NO ONE THOUGHT BARACK OBAMA WAS
GOING TO WIN OHIO.
00:04:42NOT ONLY DID WE WIN, WE WANT
TWICE WITH MORE THAN 50% OF THE
00:04:47VOTE.
DON'T YOU THINK OUR LEGISLATIVE
00:04:49DISTRICT SHOULD REFLECT THE WILL
OF THE VOTER, NOT OF THE
00:04:52LEGISLATOR?
>> BUT IN THE OFF YEAR ELECTIONS
00:04:57THE DATA SHOWS THAT DEMOCRATS
JUST DON'T SHOW UP.
00:04:58>> IF THE GUBERNATORIAL
ELECTIONS WERE THE SAME AS THESE
00:05:03ELECTIONS, HE WOULD BE TAX
REPEAL THE EARLY VOTE MUCH MORE
00:05:08VIGOROUSLY THAN HE EVER HAS --
BE TRYING TO REPEAL THE EARLY
00:05:12VOTE MUCH MORE VIGOROUSLY THAN
HE EVER HAS.
00:05:14THEY WOULD BE WORKING AGAINST A
WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE MUCH
00:05:17MORE SO THAN THEY HAVE BEEN,
WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN.
00:05:18WE ARE RIGHT ON THE ISSUES.
THEY ARE RIGHT ON THE RULES
00:05:24BECAUSE THEY WRITE THOSE RULES.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT WHERE WE
00:05:29HAVE COME FROM THE LAST FEW
YEARS.
00:05:30IN 2011 THE DEMOCRATS TURNED
BACK SENATE BILL FIVE.
00:05:34AS YOU MENTIONED, SHERROD BROWN
AND BARACK OBAMA WERE ELECTED.
00:05:42NOW THE GOVERNOR HAS A 5-1
FUND-RAISING ADVANTAGE.
00:05:49IT HAPPENED TO THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY -- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
00:05:53DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
>> THE PARTY OR THE CANDIDATES.
00:05:56THE FUNDRAISING FOR THE PARTY AS
IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
00:06:01CANDIDATES.
NINA TURNER, JOHN PATRICK
00:06:04CARNEY, DAVID EVER COME THEY ARE
ALL VERY COMPETITIVE.
00:06:06WE ANTICIPATE WINNING ONE OR
BOTH OF OUR SUPREME COURT RACES.
00:06:09FUNDRAISING DID LIKE IT HAS
CONTINUED TO LAG.
00:06:14ALSO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
SO DID OHIO'S ECONOMIC
00:06:18PROSPECTS.
100,000 JOBS SHORT OF WHERE WE
00:06:19WERE WHEN WE ENTERED THIS WILL
RECESSION -- THIS GLOBAL
00:06:23RECESSION.
THE PROMISES JOSH KASICH MADE --
00:06:26THE PROMISES JOHN KASICH MADE --
YOU REMEMBER OHIO'S MIRACLE.
00:06:30GIVE THOSE WORDS.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW
00:06:33JOHN KASICH?
>> LAST WEEK.
00:06:35>> YOU CAN ASK HIM A QUESTION.
YOU COULD DO THAT WITH GEORGE
00:06:40ONE IMAGE AND TED STRICKLAND.
CAN YOU DO THAT WITH JOHN
00:06:44KASICH?
THEY KEEPING HIM IN A BUNKER.
00:06:47IF YOU ANTICIPATE THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO OBJECT TO JOHN KASICH,
00:06:53YOU WILL GET KICKED OUT OF A
RALLY, LIKE THE TEA PARTY LEADER
00:06:55WAS TREATED THIS WEEK.
IF YOU ARE THIS -- AGAINST
00:07:00OBAMACARE, JOCKEYS IS AGAINST
OBAMACARE.
00:07:01IF YOU ARE FOR OBAMACARE, HE IS
GOING TO SEE IS FOR OBAMACARE.
00:07:06LITERALLY ON THE SAME DAY HE
SAYS HE'S FOR MEDICARE EXPANSION
00:07:11AND THEN HE SENDS OUT A PRESS
RELEASE SAYING THAT OBAMACARE IS
00:07:16HURTING OUR ECONOMY.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS,
00:07:18GOVERNOR KASICH, BUT I GUESS YOU
CAN IF THE STATE HOUSE PRESS IS
00:07:23KEPT AT ARMS LENGTH AND YOU
DON'T GET A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN
00:07:25WITH HIM AND HE WON'T DEBATE.
WE ARE THE SEVEN LARGEST STATE
00:07:28IN THE UNION AND WE ARE TREATED
-- WE HAVE A GOVERNOR TREATING
00:07:32THE PRESS CORPS AND THE PUBLIC
AS IF THEY JUST DON'T MATTER.
00:07:33THE MATTER -- THE PEOPLE WHO
MATTER TO JOHN KASICH OTHER
00:07:37PEOPLE IN DES MOINES AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE BECAUSE HE IS SET ON
00:07:42RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, MAKE NO
MISTAKE.
00:07:43>> HOW DO YOU GET THAT MESSAGE
OUT WITHOUT THE MONEY TO GO ON
00:07:48TELEVISION LIKE GOVERNOR KASICH
AND OTHER FOLKS HAVE DONE AND
00:07:50OTHER FOLKS SUPPORTING JOHN
KASICH HAVE DONE?
00:07:51HOW DO YOU MOTIVATE VOLUNTEERS
TO MAKE -- WHO MAY BE LOOKING AT
00:07:56THE POLLS OF MAYBE SAY "WHAT IS
THE POINT"?
00:07:59>> YOU SAY "MAY" AS IF YOU HAVE
TALKED TO THOSE VOLUNTEERS.
00:08:06DEMOCRATIC BALLOTS ARE EXCEEDING
OUR EXPECTATIONS OVER REPUBLICAN
00:08:10BALLOTS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ARE MORE
00:08:13DEMOCRATIC BALLOTS CAST, WE ARE
HITTING THE GOAL WE NEED TO HIT
00:08:16IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STATEWIDE
ELECTIONS.
00:08:18METRICS AND SECOND TERMS OFTEN
ARE.
00:08:25THESE THINGS HAPPEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
00:08:27WE MAY WIN SEATS, WE MAY LOSE
SEATS.
00:08:32REGARDLESS WE ARE RIGHT ON
ISSUES.
00:08:33IF THE LINES WERE DRAWN FAIRLY,
AND IF VOTERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE
00:08:37POLLS, WE WOULD WIN.
THAT IS WHY MATT HUFFMAN AND
00:08:46JOHN KASICH WORK SO HARD TO
CURTAIL THOSE FREEDOMS THAT THEY
00:08:47TAKE FOR GRANTED.
>> I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK
00:08:50ABOUT DRIVERS LICENSES.
I TALKED TO FITZGERALD ABOUT THE
00:08:52ISSUE WHEN HE WAS HERE.
OUR COMMENT ATTRIBUTED TO YOU IN
00:08:58"THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAMMERED
BOTH THAT YOUR CANDIDATE AND THE
00:09:02COMPANY THAT INVENTED --
>> OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
00:09:0610 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN THE
LEGISLATURE I INSTRUCT BY THE
00:09:08FACT THAT WE FOLLOW THE BRIGHT
SHINY OBJECTS.
00:09:10YOU HAVE THE GOVERNOR OF THE
SEVENTH LARGEST STATE IN THE
00:09:17COUNTRY WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN TO
YOU DIRECTLY AND WON'T UNLESS
00:09:18YOU DRIVE DOWN TO THE CINNATI
BELL INTO HIM AND IT -- BOB INTO
00:09:23HIM AT AN EVENT --
>> WE DID HAVE A SITDOWN WITH
00:09:27HIM IN THE STUDIO.
>> IF I MAY.
00:09:29HIS POLICIES ARE WHAT THIS
ELECTION IS ABOUT.
00:09:34IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER
RICK HODGES IS QUALIFIED TO BE
00:09:36THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH DRINK
EBOLA CRISIS, LET'S TALK ABOUT
00:09:39IT.
IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER
00:09:43OR NOT HIS POLICIES HAVE
HINDERED THE STATE ECONOMIC
00:09:46RECOVERY OR HEALTH, LET'S TALK
ABOUT IT.
00:09:47LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF
OHIO WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN SHUT
00:09:51OUT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND
OTHER KINDS OF LINKS TO RECEIVE
00:09:53CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS
BECAUSE JOHN KASICH IS BEHOLDEN
00:09:57TO THE FAR RIGHT WING OF HIS
PARTY.
00:09:58WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS -- THOSE
ISSUES BECAUSE THOSE MATTER MOST
00:10:03TO OHIOANS.
>> YOU FEEL, AS THE HEADLINE IN
00:10:07THE PLAIN DEALER" SAID, YOU
THROUGH FITZGERALD UNDER THE
00:10:11BUS?
>> I DON'T CARE WHAT "THE PLAIN
00:10:13DEALER" I STOOD I CARE WHETHER
PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
00:10:17"THE PLAIN DEALER" IS NOT
SUPPORTED ANY FITZGERALD FROM
00:10:24DAY ONE.
"THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH" IS A
00:10:27FUNDRAISING ARM OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:10:29THE PUBLISHER AND FORMER EDITORS
OF "THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH,"
00:10:36SO-CALLED GREATEST NEWSPAPER IN
OHIO, ARE DIRECT CONTRIBUTORS TO
00:10:39JOHN KASICH.
THEY HAVE HOSTED FUNDRAISERS FOR
00:10:43REPUBLICAN PARTY FUNCTIONS.
IT IS AS IF WE CAN LOOK THE
00:10:45OTHER WAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A
BELL GOING OFF SOMEWHERE AND
00:10:48THAT IS THE WAY WE SHOULD
BEHAVE.
00:10:49>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
FUTURE BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE
00:10:52LOOKING TOWARDS THE NEXT
ELECTION CYCLE.
00:10:54>> YOU SAY "UNFORTUNATELY."
YOU LOVE THIS STUFF!
00:11:00>> BUT WHERE DO YOU CANDIDATES
COME FROM INDIVIDUAL IF YOUR
00:11:06CANDIDATES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
RUN AGAIN --
00:11:07>> YOU REALIZE JOSH MANDEL LOST
HIS LAST ELECTION AGAINST
00:11:12SHERROD BROWN.
"THE DISPATCH" WITH THE:
00:11:14SUGGESTING -- WRITES A COLUMN
SUGGESTING HE COULD RUN FOR
00:11:20HIGHER OFFICE.
DAVID PEPPER WILL WIN, NINA
00:11:24TURNER WILL WIN, WE WILL HAVE
CANDIDATES UP AND DOWN THE
00:11:26BALLOT WHO CAN RUN FOR HIGHER
OFFICE IF THEY CHOOSE.
00:11:27>> FITZGERALD --
>> WE ALSO HAVE CANDIDATES --
00:11:34WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH
THE LIST?
00:11:35WE CAN MAKE THIS A 20-MINUTE
SEGMENT AND NOT 12.
00:11:39COMMENTARIES BY THE SO-CALLED
MEDIA ELITE, THEY CAN MAKE
00:11:43JUDGMENTS, THAT IS FINE.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T SEEK GUIDANCE
00:11:47ABOUT WHO SHOULD RUN AMONG
DEMOCRATS FROM THE PAGES OF "THE
00:11:50COLUMBUS DISPATCH."
IT IS A FUNDRAISING ARM FOR THE
00:11:54REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> FINALLY, I WANTED TO ASK YOU,
00:12:00WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND
00:12:01SPECIFICALLY YOUR FUTURE?
DO YOU PLAN TO BE THE CHAIRMAN
00:12:03OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN
SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS?
00:12:07>> YOU WROTE -- PERHAPS ON YOU,
BUT SOMEBODY WROTE THE OBITUARY
00:12:14OF THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN
2010 AND LESS THEN A MONTH LATER
00:12:16WE WERE COSTING MORE THAN ONE
MILLION SIGNATURES IN SENDING
00:12:20JOHN KASICH'S PARAMOUNT AND MOST
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION
00:12:25TO THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY HERE
IN THIS STATE.
00:12:29SOME HAVE WRITTEN THE OBITUARY
OF OTHER POLITICAL LEADERS AND
00:12:30PARTIES IN THE PAST.
YOU REMEMBER CELESTE.
00:12:36HE LOST THE GUBERNATORIAL
ELECTION AND WON TWO MORE.
00:12:37IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT WE TALK
ABOUT IN THE SOCIAL SETTINGS
00:12:45HERE IN COLUMBUS AND WHAT IS
WRITTEN IN THE PAGES OF "THE
00:12:47COLUMBUS DISPATCH."
WHAT MATTERS ARE THE IDEAS THAT
00:12:52WILL PROPEL OUR STATE FORWARD
AND DEMOCRATS ARE RIGHT ON THOSE
00:12:55IDEAS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO BE THE
00:12:56CHAIRMAN?
>> I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR TERM AND I
00:13:00WAS REELECTED IN MAY OF LAST
YEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
00:13:03CONTINUING TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
OF MY PARTY AND MY DISTRICT AND
00:13:05MY STATE HAS ABLY AND AS BEST I
CAN.
00:13:06>> CHRIS REDFERN, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
00:13:09>> THANK YOU, KAREN.
>> WE WILL BE FIGHT BACK.
00:13:13--RIGHT BACK.
NOW, MATT BORGES, THE CHAIR OF
00:13:23THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY,
ELECTED IN 2012 TO TAKE OVER
00:13:25FROM FORMER CHAIR BOB BENNETT,
WHO STEPPED IN AFTER KEVIN
00:13:27DEWINE WAS OUSTED IN AN
INTRA-PARTY SHAKEUP IN 2011.
00:13:30WELCOME, MATT BORGES.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
00:13:34>> THIS WEEK MATT HUFFMAN WAS
QUOTED IN AN ARTICLE AS SAYING
00:13:40THE HOUSE MAJORITY IN THE
LEGISLATURE THAT WENT HE STARTED
00:13:47SIX YEARS AGO, "IF WE COULD GET
TO 65 SEATS AND GET A MAJORITY,
00:13:49THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
NOW I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE 70TH
00:13:52SEE."
THAT SOUNDS LIKE OVERCONFIDENCE
00:13:55AND WITH DEMOCRATS AND SOUNDS
LIKE THE EFFECTIVE
00:13:58GERRYMANDERING.
>> I LOVE ARE PRESENTED OF
00:14:02HOFFMAN AND I LOVE HIS OPTIMISM
AND ENTHUSIASM.
00:14:03IT IS THAT KIND OF OPTIMISM THAT
IS DRIVING US TO GET OUT THERE
00:14:08AND PLAY FOR EVERY VOTE, FIGHT
FOR EVERY DISTRICT.
00:14:11WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO WIN AS
MANY SEATS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
00:14:13I HAVE CERTAINLY FELT WORSE
ABOUT THINGS 2.5 WEEKS OUT FROM
00:14:20AN ELECTION IN CYCLES PASS.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN SITUATIONS
00:14:21WHERE YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW THINGS
WERE GOING TO GO.
00:14:25THIS IS ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHERE
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SEE HOW
00:14:29HIGH WE CAN CLIMB.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT GETTING OHIO
00:14:32-- GETTING OHIO MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
00:14:34I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE STARTED THAT
PROCESS FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN
00:14:39REPUBLICANS MOVED IN TO ALL OF
THESE OFFICES AND WE TOOK BACK
00:14:44THE LEGISLATURE IN 2011 AND
BEGAN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL
00:14:46IOWANS ARTWORK -- GETTING
OHIOANS BACK TO WORK.
00:14:50WE ARE BEING REWARDED WITH WHAT
APPEARS TO BE SOME PRETTY BROAD
00:14:59SUPPORT ACROSS THE STATE ARE
TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED, AND
00:15:02WORKING HARD.
WHILE REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMAN --
00:15:07HUFFMAN IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR
CHANCES IN A LOT OF RACES, WE
00:15:14WILL BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT OUR
CHANCES ARE AND FIGHT FOR EVERY
00:15:16VOTE.
>> THE STATE ALSO HELPED REELECT
00:15:20PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SHERROD
BROWN IN 2012 AND THE VOTERS
00:15:23TURNED BACK SENATE BILL FIVE.
IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, AND
00:15:28RECENT POLLS ON SOCIAL ISSUES
SHOW A MAJORITY OF OHIOANS
00:15:31SUPPORT THINGS LIKE SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE.
00:15:32IS THE PARTY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE LIKELY LOWER DEMOCRATIC
00:15:36TURNOUT AND ITS POWER IN THE
LEGISLATURE TO FORCE THINGS ON
00:15:41OHIOANS THAT MANY OF THEM DON'T
WANT?
00:15:42>> WE ARE SICKENED AT THE
QUINTESSENTIAL SWING STATE.
00:15:46ANYONE WHO DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
THAT DOESN'T ALLOW -- WE ARE
00:15:49CERTAINLY BE AN ESSENTIAL SWING
STATE.
00:15:50ANYONE WHO DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
THAT DOESN'T BELONG IN THIS
00:15:53BUSINESS.
THIS GOVERNOR HAS COVERED THAT
00:15:54WAY.
IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT HE IS
00:16:00BEING REWARDED WITH HIGH
APPROVAL RATINGS, SEEMINGLY GOOD
00:16:05POPULARITY, AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE REELECTED WITH A STRONG
00:16:11MAJORITY.
AGAIN, TAKING NOTHING FOR
00:16:14GRANTED.
THE GOVERNOR IS OUT WORKING VERY
00:16:17HARD FOR REELECTION OR NOT
TAKING HIS FOOT OFF THE GAS AND
00:16:21DOING EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY CAN
TO TURN OUT A SINGLE VOTE.
00:16:24IN THIS MONTH OF THE VOTING THAT
WE HAVE IN OHIO, THANKS TO THE
00:16:29REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP -- LET'S
NOT FORGET THAT EVERY SINGLE
00:16:34DEMOCRAT INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUES
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, THE
00:16:36CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, WHO SERVES IN THE OHIO
00:16:39HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
VOTED AGAINST THE RE--- CREATION
00:16:41OF EARLY VOTING IN OHIO, VOTING
IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE
00:16:44STATE.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT VOTERS REWARD
00:16:48REPUBLICANS FOR THEIR STEADY
STEWARDSHIP OF ALL OF THESE
00:16:52OFFICES, AND THAT WE GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
00:16:56>> LOOKING AT THE RECENT VOTE IN
POLLS, I'M WONDERING IF YOUR
00:17:02CANDIDATES ARE NOT MORE
CONSERVATIVE THAT MOST OHIOANS
00:17:05ARE.
JOHN KASICH IS AN "THE
00:17:06WASHINGTON POST" TALKING ABOUT
REFORMING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:17:10ARE YOUR CANDIDATES MORE
CONSERVATIVE THAN MOST OHIO
00:17:15VOTERS?
>> I THINK WE HAVE CANDIDATES
00:17:19WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT BALANCING
BUDGETS AND CUTTING TAXES AND
00:17:21GETTING OHIOANS BACK TO WORK,
WHICH IS CERTAINLY WHAT OUR
00:17:25GOVERNOR RAN ON, WHAT OUR
CANDIDATES TALKED ABOUT, AND
00:17:27WHAT ARE CANDIDATES DID AND
OFFICEHOLDERS.
00:17:28-- TAKE A LOOK AT THE
TREASURER'S OFFICE, WHERE THERE
00:17:34WAS LITERALLY A CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE BEING RUN BY THE
00:17:35PREVIOUS -- BY THE DEMOCRAT WHO
HELD THAT OFFICE PREVIOUSLY.
00:17:39MIKE MARTIN DAN, WAS ELECTED TO
RUN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
00:17:45OFFICE, -- THE STEADY
STEWARDSHIP OF MIKE DEWINE IN
00:17:47THE OFFICE NOW -- THESE ARE
OFFICEHOLDERS WERE DOING
00:17:54TERRIFIC JOBS IN THE OFFICES
THEY HAVE ELECTED TO ADMINISTER,
00:17:56AND THEY ARE BEING REWARDED WITH
WHAT SEEMS TO BE HIGH POPULARITY
00:18:03AND BROAD APPEAL ACROSS OHIO.
THAT -- THOSE ARE THE THINGS
00:18:09THEY'RE GOING TO BE REELECTED ON
AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:18:14APPEAL TO OHIOANS ON BROADLY.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE?
00:18:22BY THE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES,
BECAUSE THE WAY THE PRIMARY
00:18:27SYSTEM WORKS -- ARE THEY MORE
CONSERVATIVE THAN MOST OHIOANS?
00:18:29>> NO, I WOULD SAY THAT OHIO IS
AS FIBERS OF THE STATE AS THE
00:18:35UNITED STATES ARE DIVERSE -- AS
DIVERSE OF A STATE AS THE UNITED
00:18:40STATES ARE.
WE HAVE OHIOANS OF EVERY SHAPE
00:18:44AND SIZE AND FROM EVERY SOCIAL
ECONOMIC CLASS AND URBAN
00:18:55ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURAL
ENVIRONMENT AND OUR LEGISLATURE
00:18:59DEFINITELY REPRESENTS THAT.
IT IS A LEGISLATURE THAT EVERY
00:19:05TWO YEARS WAS THE JEWEL -- LET'S
NOT FORGET, THAT GAVEL WAS IN
00:19:11THE HAND OF A DEMOCRAT NOT THAT
LONG AGO.
00:19:14LINES THAT WERE DRAWN BY
REPUBLICANS THAT WERE WON BY
00:19:20DEMOCRATS AND THEN SWUNG BACK TO
THE REPUBLICANS BECAUSE THE
00:19:21DEMOCRATS DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD
JOB WHILE THEY HAD CONTROL.
00:19:24THOSE LEGISLATE FORCE WHO
REPRESENTED WHAT IS LEGISLATORS
00:19:28--IS LEGISLATORS REPRESENTED
WHAT OHIOANS WANTED TO HAPPEN
00:19:34WERE ELECTED AND GOT OHIO MOVING
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT
00:19:38IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO OHIOANS
AND THAT IS WHAT WAS REFLECTED
00:19:41IN THE LAST COUPLE CYCLES.
>> WITH ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID,
00:19:45I'M WONDERING WHY MUST
UNDERSTAND WHAT -- STATEWIDE
00:19:46CANDIDATES DID YOU WANT TO
DEBATE THEIR COLLEAGUES, OTHER
00:19:51THAN GAY VIDEOS, STATE AUDITOR?
OTHER THAN DAVID YOST, STATE
00:19:57AUDITOR?
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT DAVID YOST.
00:20:01HERE IN COLUMBUS, CHANNEL,
CHANNEL FOUR, "THE COLUMBUS
00:20:07DISPATCH," "THE CLEVELAND PLAIN
DEALER" -- IT WAS JUST FLAT OUT
00:20:15IN LINE.
-- A LIE.
00:20:18CANDIDATES LYING ABOUT THEIR
OPPONENTS.
00:20:22>> WOULDN'T EDIT A BEING
OPPORTUNITY TO CALL OPPONENTS
00:20:26OUT ABOUT THAT?
>> REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE AN
00:20:31ISSUE WITH DEBATING.
IT IS ABOUT DEBATING THESE
00:20:33PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
THEY GO OUT AND LIE ABOUT
00:20:36OPPONENTS AND SAY THINGS THAT
ARE COMPLETELY NOT TRUE AND HIDE
00:20:38BEHIND THIS GREATER RISK OF
WHETHER OR NOT THE DATES ARE
00:20:42GOOD FOR THE PROCESS.
IT IS -- WAS NOT GOOD FOR THE
00:20:46PROCESS IS A CANDIDATE ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE LIKE ED
00:20:51FITZGERALD WAS NEVER COME CLEAN
ON THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC RECORDS
00:20:54OR WHAT HE WAS DOING IN A CAR
WITH A WOMAN WHO IS IN HIS LIFE
00:20:55AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING -- WHO
ISN'T HIS WIFE AT 4:30 IN THE
00:20:59MORNING WHILE HE WAS CUYAHOGA
COUNTY EXECUTIVE, HAS NEVER COME
00:21:03CLEAN ON WHY HE DIDN'T HAVE A
DRIVERS LICENSE FOR 10 YEARS,
00:21:08WHO HAS EVER COME CLEAN ON
ISSUES WITH HIS OWN CABINET.
00:21:10THIS IS THE LEVEL OF CANDIDATE
THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO PUT UP,
00:21:17THEN THEY SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO
HAVE JOHN KASICH STAND ON STAGE
00:21:21AND WASTE OHIOANS' TIME LEADING
DEMOCRATS MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE
00:21:28PROCESS.
THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE ENOUGH.
00:21:29LET'S NOT PUT OHIOANS FOR.
IF THEY HAVE A CANDIDATE WORTHY
00:21:35OF DEBATE, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO
DEBATE THEM.
00:21:36>> YOU HAVE HAMMERED HIM ON THE
TRANSPARENCY ISSUES AND THE DATA
00:21:40CARDS IN HIS OFFICE.
THE QUESTION FROM A LOT OF
00:21:43DEMOCRATS, IS IT.
-- IS IT FAIR FOR YOU TO DO THAT
00:21:48BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD TAX
PROBLEMS IN THE PAST INCLUDING
00:21:50MAY OF THIS YEAR?
>> THE ISSUES THAT FITZGERALD
00:21:56HAS FACED, HE HAS NEVER COME
CLEAN ON.
00:21:57I HAVE ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION
THAT HAS EVER BEEN ASKED ABOUT
00:22:00ANY ISSUE -- INCLUDING ON THIS
PROGRAM, AS YOU WELL REMEMBER.
00:22:04>> LAST YEAR.
>> MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
00:22:10DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAT ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THIS TABLE AND
00:22:14INTERESTING TO REFLECT ON WHERE
WE HAVE BEEN FROM THAT POINT TO
00:22:17HERE.
THIS IS NOT MOVING FORWARD AND
00:22:23WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GO FROM
HERE.
00:22:24FOR ALL THE TOUGH TALK FROM THE
DEMOCRATS BACK THEN, LOOK WHAT
00:22:31THEY CAME UP WITH, AND LOOK AT
THE CANDIDATES THEY PUT FORWARD.
00:22:39NOT A LOT TO BE PROUD OF ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE FROM THIS CYCLE.
00:22:40WE ALSO KNOW ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE OF THE PENDULUM SWINGS TO
00:22:46WASTE -- TWO WAYS.
IT APPEARS TO BE SWINGING
00:22:56BACK OUR, BUT THERE'S THAT GREAT
LINE FROM "WALL STREET," "ENJOY
00:23:04IT WHILE IT LASTS, BECAUSE IT
NEVER DOES."
00:23:05IF WE CONTINUE TO MOVE OHIO AND
THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT IS WHAT
00:23:11IT SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT.
>> YOU SET UP A WEBSITE ABOUT
00:23:12DAVID PEPPER, JOHN CARNEY, NINA
TURNER, WITH REGARDS TO CONCERNS
00:23:16ABOUT THE CANDIDACY.
WHY NOT CONNIE PILLICH?
00:23:20ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT IS
BECAUSE THAT IS CLOSE?
00:23:23>> I'M NOT SURE THAT ONE
ACTUALLY IS PULLING THE CLOSEST.
00:23:28CONNIE PILLICH, WHO WAS PART AND
PARCEL TO ALL OF THOSE ISSUES
00:23:33THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN
SHE WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE WHEN
00:23:35TED STRICKLAND WAS GOVERNOR AND
SHE WAS HELPING AS A MEMBER OF
00:23:40THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VOTE FOR THOSE BUDGETS THAT
00:23:41KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD,
AND YOU MENTIONS LINDA POTTER
00:23:49WEBSITE -- ALL I WOULD SAY THAT
THIS ELECTION ISN'T OVER YET
00:23:51BECAUSE -- YOU MENTIONED
SOMETHING ABOUT A WEBSITE AND
00:23:54ALL I WOULD SAY IS THAT THIS
ELECTION ISN'T OVER YET SO
00:23:56STAGING.
>> THERE'S INHERENT
00:23:59COMPETITIVENESS, BUT PEOPLE WHO
FOLLOW YOU ON TWITTER HAVE SEEN
00:24:00A REAL SENSE OF NASTINESS,
BITTERNESS, PERSONAL ATTACKS.
00:24:05WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
WHY IS IT GETTING SO NASTY?
00:24:09>> I THINK THAT, THEN COME AND
GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE A YEAR
00:24:17AGO -- A YEAR AGO NOW, IN FACT,
WHEN WE SAT ON THIS SET AND THE
00:24:20PERSONAL VICIOUSNESS OF THE
OTHER SIDE REARED ITS UGLY HEAD
00:24:25--
>> BUT YOU'RE SUCH A PRETTY
00:24:29VICIOUS, TO -- GOT PRETTY
VICIOUS, TOO--
00:24:34>> PERSONAL ATTACKS ON ME
AND MY FAMILY AND THINGS THAT
00:24:41DID NOT HOLD TO OFFER MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE --
00:24:47HOLD UP TOO WELL FOR MY
COLLEAGUE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
00:24:48WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CANDIDATES
AND THE ISSUES.
00:24:52UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE THINGS HAVE
NOT HELD UP VERY WELL FOR THEM
00:24:53THIS YEAR.
A LOT OF TALK TALK BUT NOT A LOT
00:24:56TO BACK IT UP AND NOT GOOD
CANDIDATES TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE
00:25:02IS FORWARD FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN
2014.
00:25:03HAVING SAID THAT, WE NOT TAKING
NOTHING FOR GRANTED.
00:25:06WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS OUR
MESSAGE AND GET THOSE VOTES OUT
00:25:14AND ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS
OF DOING SO.
00:25:16I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL ELECTION NIGHT ON
00:25:20NOVEMBER 4, BUT THIS IS ABOUT
WHO SAYS WHAT ON TWITTER THAT
00:25:26THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHO SAYS WHAT
ON TWITTER.
00:25:27THIS IS ABOUT OUR REMOVING OHIO
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION -- ARE WE
00:25:30MOVING OHIO IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION?
00:25:31THE ANSWER IS YES AND THE TIME
IS NOT RIGHT TO GO BACK TO THE
00:25:36FAILED POLICIES OF THAT -- OF
TED STRICKLAND AND ED FITZGERALD
00:25:42AND THE REST OF THE OHIO
DEMOCRATS LYING ABOUT THEIR
00:25:43OPPONENT, GETTING INTO
RIDICULOUS PANIC MODE NOW.
00:25:50THESE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT
OHIOANS SHOULD TURN THE
00:25:53STEWARDSHIP OF STATEWIDE OFFICE
TWO.
00:25:54>> MATT BORGES, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
00:25:56NEXT WEEK, OUR COMPREHENSIVE
ELECTION COVERAGE CONTINUES,
00:25:58WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ONLY
OTHER CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT
00:26:01FOR GOVERNOR, GREEN PARTY
CANDIDATES ANITA RIOS AND BOB
00:26:02FITRAKIS, AND A CHAT WITH
OFFICIALS WITH THE OHIO
00:26:04LIBERTARIAN PARTY.
THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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