00:00:00>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST COMES FROM THE LAW
00:00:04OFFICES OF PORTER, WRIGHT,
MORRIS, AND ARTHUR L. L.P.,
00:00:11HELPING INDIVIDUALS SOLVE
COMPLEX LEGAL PROBLEMS ACROSS
00:00:15THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE
WORLD.
00:00:18AND, FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
00:00:24131,000 TEACHERS AND FACULTY
WERE DUE FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:00:28SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
00:00:33POSSIBLE BY ETCH OHIO.
>>A NEW POLL SHOWS ONE
00:00:43PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS
LEADING IN OHIO AND TWO OTHER
00:00:45SWING STATES.
THE GROUP THAT WANTS TO TAKE
00:00:47THE OUT OF THE HANDS OF
LAWMAKERS IS OPPOSITION
00:00:50ORGANIZATION IS ALREADY MAKING
ITS CASE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL.
00:00:53AND GOING BACK THROUGH HISTORY
TO VISIT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
00:00:56FROM THE PAST - ALL BY WAY OF
POSTERS, PINS PLATES AND EVEN
00:00:59PUPPETS.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:01:02OHIO."
00:01:07A NEW POLL SHOWS PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA HAS CRACKED THE
00:01:10EXPERTS SEE AS A KEY MOMENT IN A
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
00:01:11A QUINNIPIAC POLL OUT THIS WEEK
OHIO BY 50 PERCENT TO 44
00:01:18PERCENT IN OHIO.
THE POLL ALSO FOUND OBAMA
00:01:22LEADING IN PENNSYLVANIA 53% TO
42%, AND IN FLORIDA HE'S
00:01:24TOPPING ROMNEY 51% TO 45%.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS BACK IN
00:01:29OHIO THIS WEEK, STOPPING IN
MANSFIELD AND AKRON.
00:01:32HE TOOK A LITTLE HEAT FOR
CHOOSING MANSFIELD - HE LANDED
00:01:37AT AN AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE
THAT'S ON A LIST OF BASES
00:01:39FACING CUTS.
AND THE C-27J PROGRAM AT THAT
00:01:45BASE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE
COUNTRY NOT GETTING A NEW
00:01:47MISSION.
THE VICE COMMANDER OF THE 179TH
00:01:50AIRLIFT WING IN MANSFIELD SAYS
C-27JS WERE CAREFULLY
00:01:53POSITIONED AT THE BASE SO THE
PRESIDENT WOULD SEE THEM WHEN HE
00:01:56ARRIVED.
MEANWHILE, THE GREEN PARTY'S
00:02:00ALL FEMALE TICKET HAS BEEN
CLEARED FOR OHIO'S BALLOT.
00:02:02JILL STEIN AND CHERI HONKALA
WILL ON THE BALLOT IN OHIO AND
00:02:07A FEW OTHER BATTLEGROUND STATES.
STEIN IS A HARVARD-EDUCATED
00:02:11PHYSICIAN, INSTRUCTOR OF
INTERNAL MEDICINE, AND
00:02:13ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE.
SHE BEAT OUT ACTOR AND COMEDIAN
00:02:16ROSANNE BARR FOR THE PARTY'S
NOMINATION IN JULY.
00:02:18HONKALA IS NATIONAL COORDINATOR
FOR THE POOR PEOPLE'S ECONOMIC
00:02:24HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, AND BEAT
OUT A MULTI-RACIAL, AMERICANS.
00:02:30AND MORE PROOF THAT POLITICS
BRINGS TOGETHER ALL SORTS OF
00:02:37PEOPLE.
THE GROUP PROGRESS OHIO AND A
00:02:39PAIR OF DEMOCRATIC STATE TO THE
OHIO SUPREME COURT OVER THE
00:02:44STATE'S JOB CREATION AGENCY
JOBSOHIO.
00:02:45THE 1851 CENTER FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, A TEA
00:02:50PARTY-BACKED OFFSHOOT OF THE
CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK THE
00:02:54BUCKEYE INSTITUTE.
THE GROUPS ARE BOTH CONCERNED
00:02:57THAT TWO COURTS THREW OUT
PROGRESS OHIO'S LAWSUIT AGAINST
00:02:59JOBSOHIO ON THE GROUNDS THAT
THE GROUP DOESN'T HAVE STANDING
00:03:02TO SUE.
THE GROUPS ARE ALSO CONCERNED
00:03:07THAT LACK OF STANDING WAS THE
SAME DECISION GIVEN WHEN THE
00:03:11LAWSUIT CHALLENGING ELECTRONIC
SLOT MACHINES AT HORSERACING
00:03:15CONSERVATIVE OHIO ROUNDTABLE -
WAS THROWN OUT IN MAY.
00:03:17PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT WAS ONE
OF THE BIG THINGS HAPPENING IN
00:03:22POLITICS THIS WEEK IN OHIO.
AND OF COURSE THERE'S ALSO A
00:03:25VERY BIG RACE ON THE TICKET
JUST DOWN FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL
00:03:29CONTEST - THE US SENATE BATTLE
BETWEEN INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT
00:03:32SHERROD BROWN AND REPUBLICAN
STATE TREASURER JOSH MANDEL.
00:03:34LAST WEEK TWO MAJOR PARTY
STRATEGISTS WERE ON THE SHOW TO
00:03:38TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGNS.
00:03:40BUT I ALSO ASKED CHRIS REDFERN,
CHAIR OF THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC
00:03:42PARTY, AND REPUBLICAN
CONSULTANT TERRY CASEY ABOUT THE
00:03:44RACE FOR THE US SENATE.
>> LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION.
00:03:53THIS IS ALREADY THE MOST
EXPENSIVE U.S. SENATE RACE IN
00:03:57OHIO HISTORY.
WHY?
00:03:59>> IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OF THE
DOLLAR'S SENATOR BROWN HAS HAD
00:04:04TO SPEND IT WOULD STILL BE THE
MOST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE
00:04:07$11.5 MILLION ABOUT SIDE DOLLARS
FUNDED LARGELY BY THE COKE
00:04:13BROTHERS AND OTHERS SUPPORTING
JOSH MANDEL.
00:04:19>> THERE IS OUTSIDE MONEY ON THE
OTHER SIDE, TOO.
00:04:23>> HARRY REID AND OTHERS ARE
SPENDING THE MOST MONEY BE AS
00:04:27THEY HAVE TO SAVE ONE THE MOST
LIBERAL SENATORS IN THE U.S..
00:04:31>> WHERE YOU SAID IS NOT TRUE.
>> THE MONEY FROM HARRY REID,
00:04:35THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE?
00:04:37>> THAT COMMITTEE HAS SPENT LESS
THAN $1.5 MILLION.
00:04:44THE KOCK-BROTHER FUNDS ARE ABOUT
-- KOCH BROTHER-FUNDED
00:04:57ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FOUND THE
$11.5 MILLION.
00:04:59IT IS 5-TO-ONE.
>> RIGHT NOW IT IS.
00:05:05>> YOUR QUESTION WAS RIGHT NOW.
WE CANNOT TELL WHAT WILL HAPPEN
00:05:10IN TWO MONTHS.
>> IT IS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS.
00:05:15TO GET SHERROD BROWN ON YOUR
SHOW AND DESK WHEN THE U.S.
00:05:18SENATE PASSED A BUDGET -- ASKED
WHEN A U.S. SENATE PASSED A
00:05:23BUDGET?
NEXT MONTH, WE WILL APPROACH $16
00:05:27MILLION.
>> THE MOST RATE OF SPENDING
00:05:30SINCE EISENHOWER.
>> $16 CHARGE INCURRED >> ASKED
00:05:34JOSH MANDEL HE MISSED THOSE
MEETINGS, AND WHY HE WAS FLYING
00:05:42TO PLACES LIKE THE BAHAMAS TO
RAISE MONEY FOR HIS SENATE
00:05:45CAMPAIGN.
>> YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE OHIO
00:05:48REPUBLICAN PARTY.
IS JOSH MANDEL TO THE RIGHT
00:05:55CANDIDATE TO REPLACE SHERROD
BROWN?
00:05:56>> WE NEED TO REPLACE SHERROD
BROWN?
00:05:59TEXAS, OBAMA-CARE, AND THE
ANSWER IS YES.
00:06:03REPUBLICANS HAD A LOT OF
CANDIDATES.
00:06:07JOHN HUSTON, MARY TAYLOR, A
NUMBER OF EXCELLENT CANDIDATES.
00:06:12HE'S ONE SAID NOW.
IT WAS NOT THAT JOSH SAID I WANT
00:06:16TO RUN FOR SENATE, IT IS THAT WE
CANNOT LET SHERROD BROWN GET A
00:06:20FREE RIDE AND CONTINUE TAXING
AND SPENDING.
00:06:23WE DID DIFFERENT SENATOR.
WE'VE SEEN THE DIFFERENCE ROB
00:06:27PORTMAN HAS DONE.
WE HAVE A U.S. SENATOR THAT IS
00:06:31NOT AN EGOMANIAC AND PUBLICITY
TRIPS.
00:06:32[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU SAY THAT WITH STRAIGHT
00:06:37FACE.
>> IT IS TRUE.
00:06:39>> HE VOTED TO SAVE 850,000
AMERICAN JOBS IN THE STATE OF
00:06:44OHIO, AND SHARED -- ROB PORTMAN
OPPOSED IT.
00:06:50HE SUPPORTED ACCESS TO HEALTH
CARE THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
00:06:53THAT HAS SHUT THE DOOR REGION
THAT HAS LONG SHUT THE DOOR AND
00:06:56ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND AND
BIGOTRY.
00:07:01SHERROD BROWN THOUGHT IT WAS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO TO END THAT
00:07:05BIGOTRY.
>> DID NOT FORGET, THEY HAVE TO
00:07:08FLY HIM BACK ON A MILITARY
PLANE.
00:07:10TO BE THE SIXTH AND DECIDING
VOTE FOR THE WALL STREET BOYS,
00:07:14THE RICH BOYS GIVING HIM MONEY.
>>-THAT GOT A PANTS ON FIRE FROM
00:07:19PUBLIC PACT -- PUBLIC SECTOR >>
LET'S CLOSE WITH PREDICTIONS.
00:07:27>> I THINK THE BIG THING THE
MEDIA OUGHT TO GIVE ATTENTION
00:07:33IS IN AUGUST, WHEN THE NATIONAL
DEFICIT GOES OVER $16 TRILLION,
00:07:38GREECE, SADLY, HERE WE COME WITH
FOUR MORE YEARS OF SHERROD BROWN
00:07:43AND BARACK OBAMA.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF?
00:07:47>> THAT IS A MESS, TOO.
THIS PRESIDENT CAME IN WITH THE
00:07:51IDEA OF SPEND, SPEND, THE HECK
WITH DEFICITS, I WANT TO GET
00:07:56REELECTED.
>> DOESN'T EVERYONE THINK THAT?
00:07:59>> NOBODY HAS EVER DONE IT LIKE
OBAMA.
00:08:02EVEN GREECE AND SPAIN DID NOT
SPEND THAT MUCH.
00:08:07>> HOW DO YOU YOU RESPOND TO AN
ANALYST THE SUGGESTS THE
00:08:12PRESIDENT IS A SCHIZOPHRENIC?
IT IS THE LOWEST GROWTH OF
00:08:16SPENDING SINCE EISENHOWER.
EXODUS THE GROWTH OF SPENDING.
00:08:20>> AND THE DEFICITS --
>> SOME OF US BELIEVE SUCH A WAY
00:08:28EVERY PUBLIC DOLLAR WILL BE
TRACKED AS INTO RECESSION.
00:08:32DO YOU KNOW WHO SAID THAT?
THE END OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
00:08:36UNDER RONALD REAGAN.
MANY ECONOMISTS BELIEVE IF YOU
00:08:39WERE TO BE IMMEDIATELY RETRACTED
NOT STIMULATE THE ECONOMY
00:08:43BECAUSE THERE IS NO EQUITY ON
THE PUBLIC SIDE, YOU WOULD HAVE
00:08:48A RECESSION DEEPER THAN THE ONE
WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
00:08:51WE HAVE CHEERLEADERS A FAILURE
WHO HAVE DONE QUITE WELL IN
00:08:55GOVERNMENT WHO ARE NOW CRITICAL
OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WORK OF
00:08:59DEMOCRATS TO SAVE THE AUTOMOBILE
INDUSTRY JOBS.
00:09:01TWO AND PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, TO
00:09:07DO THE THINGS THAT WILL TRIAL
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RECESSION, AND
00:09:12THE NUMBERS, AS DAMNABLE AS THEY
ARE TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
00:09:16SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE ARE ANY PATH TO RECOVERY.
00:09:21>> EVERYONE HAS FACTORED >> --
EVERYONE HAS THEIR FACTS.
00:09:26>> THE FACT IS THE STATES ARE
RESPONDING.
00:09:29>> SO FAR, THERE HAVE AGREED TO
ONE TELEVISED DEBATE, OCTOBER
00:09:3715.
WE WILL BRING YOU HIGHLIGHTS.
00:09:38CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS FILED
THIS WEEK SHOW THAT A COALITION
00:09:41PUSHING CHANGES TO THE WAY OHIO
DRAWS LEGISLATIVE AND
00:09:44CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS HAS
RAISED MORE THAN $1.
00:09:476 MILLION, WITH THE VAST
MAJORITY OF DONATIONS COMING
00:09:51FROM UNIONS AND UNION-BACKED
GROUPS.
00:09:53IT'S STILL UNCERTAIN RIGHT NOW
IF THE VOTERS FIRST PROPOSAL
00:09:58WILL BE ON THIS FALL'S BALLOT.
THE GROUP CAME UP SHORT IN ITS
00:10:02FIRST FILING OF SIGNATURES FOR
ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,
00:10:05WHICH WOULD CREATE A 12-MEMBER
CITIZENS COMMISSION TO DRAW THE
00:10:09MAPS, AND POLITICIANS,
LOBBYISTS BE ALLOWED ON THE
00:10:12COMMISSION.
HAS BEEN FIERCELY FIGHTING THE
00:10:16PLAN, AND NOW A GROUP HAS BEEN
FORMED TO CARRY THAT BATTLE A
00:10:19BIT FURTHER.
IT'S CALLED PROTECT YOUR VOTE
00:10:21OHIO, AND IT SAYS IT'S
CONCERNED THAT THE VOTERS FIRST
00:10:24AMENDMENT WOULD CREATE A PANEL
THAT IS UNACCOUNTABLE TO VOTERS,
00:10:27WOULD BE FUNDED WITH UNLIMITED
TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND WOULD BE
00:10:31RUN WITH ARBITRARY AND
INFLEXIBLE ELIGIBILITY RULES.
00:10:33MARK RICKEL IS A FORMER MEDIA
MANAGER FOR THE NATIONAL
00:10:38FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT
BUSINESS AND WAS THE TAFT.
00:10:41HE'S NOW SPEAKING FOR PROTECT
YOUR VOTE OHIO.
00:10:49>> WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS?
>> IT IS FLAWED IN THE SENSE
00:10:57THAT IT DOES NOT PROVIDE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANYONE,
00:11:01ESPECIALLY VOTERS.
IT WOULD BE A 12-PERSON
00:11:04COMMISSION, THROUGH A CONVOLUTED
AND ARBITRARY SYSTEM OF
00:11:08REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS WHO CAN
SERVE AND WHO CANNOT SERVE, AND
00:11:14THEY DO NOT ANSWER TO THE
VOTERS.
00:11:14IT TAKES THE VOTER'S VOICE OUT
OF THE.
00:11:19WHEN IT IS BEING SOLD AS A
SYSTEM TO REMOVE POLITICS AND
00:11:24SPECIAL-INTEREST FROM THE
PROCESS IN WHICH THE DISTRICT
00:11:27LINES ARE DRAWN, WE HAVE FOUND
THIS WEEK THAT IT IS NEITHER.
00:11:32IT DOES NOT DO THAT.
WHEN YOU SEE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
00:11:35REPORTS THAT INDICATE THAT THIS
AMENDMENT IS BEING SUPPORTED, BY
00:11:40AND LARGE, THE UNIONS AND
SPECIAL INTERESTS, IT DOES NOT
00:11:45TAKE POLITICS AND SPECIAL
INTERESTS OUT OF THE PROCESS.
00:11:48>> THEY ARE YOU THE POLITICS AND
SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE IN THE
00:11:53PROCESS AS THEY STAND NOW, WITH
REPUBLICANS DRAW IN THE LINING
00:11:58IN FAVOR OF REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES, TO KEEP MORE OF
00:12:01THEIR POWER.
HOW TO YOU ANSWER THAT?
00:12:04>> WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THE
CURRENT SYSTEM IS FRAUGHT WITH
00:12:08POLITICIANS AND SPECIAL
INTERESTS, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
00:12:12IT, IT IS JUST A PLAN TO GET
THEIR SPECIAL INTERESTS AND
00:12:17POLITICIANS INTO THE SYSTEM.
>> YOU WROTE A STATEMENT THIS
00:12:20WEEK ABOUT HOW THOUSANDS OF
POLITICIANS WOULD STILL BE
00:12:24ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON THE
COMMISSION, BUT IT IS AN ALL-
00:12:28POLITICIAN COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT NOT A STEP TOWARD
00:12:33FAIRNESS?
>> THESE ARE POLITICIANS SAID
00:12:36HAVE POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS AND
SEEK OFFICE.
00:12:39WHILE THIS PLAN DOES EXCLUDE
STATE REPRESENTATIVES, STATE
00:12:44LEGISLATURES, FEDERAL
LEGISLATORS, AND EMPLOYEES AND
00:12:49FAMILY MEMBERS, A MAYOR, A CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY
00:12:55COMMISSIONER -- ALL OF THOSE
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE
00:12:58STATE OF OHIO WHEN YOU CONSIDER
TOWNSHIPS, MUNICIPALITIES,
00:13:02COUNTIES -- ALL OF THOSE ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OR
00:13:07POLITICIANS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE ON THIS COMMISSION
00:13:10AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS, BY
AND LARGE, THAT'S A POLITICAL
00:13:14ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR LOCAL
PARTY -- THAT SEEK A POLITICAL
00:13:19ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR LOCAL
PARTY, OR WORK TO GET ON THE
00:13:22COUNTY SLATE CARD SEEK THEIR
SUPPORT.
00:13:28SO, THE POLITICS IS NOT GETTING
OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
00:13:31>> YOUR GROUP HAS SAID VOTERS
FIRST WOULD HAVE A BLANK CHECKS
00:13:38-- BLANK CHECK, ACCESS TO
TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THIS
00:13:42PROCESS.
THE PROCESS, AS IT STOOD, HEAD
00:13:46$10,000 IN TAXPAYER MONEY TO
HELP DRAW THE MAP.
00:13:51IS THE BLANK CHECK NOT ALREADY
THERE?
00:13:53>> IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, NOBODY
IS SAYING IT IS FLAWLESS, AND WE
00:14:00SHOULD REMAIN WHAT IS GOING ON.
I WILL SAY THERE IS A BIPARTISAN
00:14:05PANEL LED IS REVIEWING THIS
PROCESS, -- THAT IS REVIEWING
00:14:10THIS PROCESS AND LOOKING TO
REFORM THE PROCESS.
00:14:12WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS WHAT THE
PROCESS HAPPEN.
00:14:15GOING BACK TO THE BLANK CHECK,
THAT GETS TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:14:21THIS IS A 12-MEMBER COMMISSION.
THE LEGISLATURE OF VOTERS CANNOT
00:14:27REMOVE THEM.
IT DOES NOT ALLOW -- WHEN THE
00:14:31COMMISSION IS SET UP IN A WAY
THAT ALLOWS FOR PARTISAN
00:14:35POLITICS, DESPITE WHAT THE
PROPONENTS OF THE PLAN SAY, THIS
00:14:40IS FLAWED, AND IT IS DANGEROUS
TO PUT LANGUAGE LIKE THIS IN THE
00:14:44CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO
00:14:48FIX IT.
I SAY IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE IT
00:14:50WOULD COST MONEY, REQUIRE
SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT, AND YOU
00:14:54WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE
VOTERS.
00:14:57THIS PLAYING AROUND WITH THE
CONSTITUTION ON POLICIES THAT
00:15:00ARE POTENTIALLY FLAWED OR THAT
ARE FLAWED IS A DANGEROUS
00:15:04NOTION.
>> ONE OF THE CONCERNS THEY YOU
00:15:07RAISED, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW
VOTERS FIRST HAS A LOT OF UNION
00:15:11BACKING.
>> NOT A LOT, PRIMARILY UNION-
00:15:15BACKED.
>> THESE ARE CONCERNS THAT WERE
00:15:19SHARED BY THE OHIO REPUBLICAN
PARTY, AND YOU HAVE BEEN
00:15:24SOLICITING DONATIONS FROM
REPUBLICAN ACTIVISTS AND
00:15:28CANDIDATES, SAID THIS WOULD LEAD
PEOPLE TO BELIEVE YOU ARE A
00:15:32FRONT FOR THE REPUBLICANS WHILE
YOU ARE ACCUSING THE OTHER SIDE
00:15:35OF BEING A FRONT FOR THE
DEMOCRATS.
00:15:38>> WE ARE TALK ABOUT WHO IS
BEING SUPPORTED WHEN THE TIME IS
00:15:42RIGHT, BUT THEY HAVE COME OUT
AND SAID THINGS LIKE GET
00:15:45POLITICS OUT OF THIS PROCESS,
GET THINGS BACK TO THE PEOPLE,
00:15:50AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO IS
BEHIND IT, IT IS THE SAME THING.
00:15:54BUT GET THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
REPORTS, AND ALL ALONG YOU SAY
00:16:00LOOK AT WHO IS LEADING THE
EFFORT, AND THE SPECIAL
00:16:03INTERESTS AND UNIONS.
>> THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP,
00:16:08PROTECT YOUR VOTE OHIO 2012, WE
HAVE HAD THIS WEIRD TITLES OF
00:16:16GROUPS COULD BE CONFUSING.
WITH ALL OF THE TALK ABOUT VOTER
00:16:21IDENTIFICATION AND THE ELECTION
LAW CHANGES, THAT COULD BE A
00:16:25CONFUSING NAME BECAUSE IT IS NOT
LIKE OHIO CAN VOTE ON THE MAP.
00:16:33THAT IS A LAWMAKER.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE
00:16:38VOTES BY NOT ALLOWING FOR THIS
TYPE OF PROPOSAL TO BE INCLUDED
00:16:45IN THE CONSTITUTION WHERE THIS
COMMISSION DOES NOT ALLOW FOR
00:16:50BOATERS TO CHANGE ITS VOTERS TO
CHANGE IT, TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF
00:16:57IT, TO HAVE A VOICE IN IT.
>> IT SHOULD BE SAID THIS IS NOT
00:17:01ON THE BALLOT YET.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT HOW SOME
00:17:06OF THE SIGNATURES WERE GATHERED?
>> THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF
00:17:09THAT, BUT NOW THAT THEY HAVE
DISCUSSED IT, THEY BELIEVE THEY
00:17:13HAVE ENOUGH SIGNATURES.
THAT WAS THE OTHER POINT.
00:17:18THE DISCUSSION WAS ALL OF THE
VOLUNTEERS THAT OUT TO GATHER
00:17:22SIGNATURES, AND THE NEW THE TO
THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT AND
00:17:26IT SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT, BIG, BIG
AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS SPENT ON
00:17:30CIRCULATORS, AND THAT WOULD
ATTEST TO WHY THERE WAS AN ISSUE
00:17:33WITH VALIDATION AND BEGIN
VALIDATION, BUT GOING FORWARD WE
00:17:38EXPECTED TO BEGIN BUT GOING
FORWARD, WE EXPECTED TO BE A --
00:17:46BUT GOING FOR WE EXPECTED TO BE
ON THE BALLOT.
00:17:49>> WILL REPUBLICANS BE
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST THIS?
00:17:52>> THAT IS TO WHICH WE ARE TOO
SOON TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
00:17:55-- WE ARE TOO SOON TO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
00:17:59THE PLAN TO GET POLITICS AND
SPECIAL-INTEREST OUT OF THE
00:18:03CURRENT WAY IN WHICH DISTRICT
LINES ARE REDRAWN, IF YOU LOOK
00:18:06BEHIND THE CURTAIN, THERE ARE
THE UNIONS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS
00:18:11ON THEIR SIDE, EQUALLY ENGAGED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
00:18:14THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO MIGHT
00:18:19SAY THAT POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
CREATE A LOT OF GARBAGE.
00:18:21BUT TO POLITICAL JUNKIES,
HISTORIANS AND A CERTAIN CLASS
00:18:25OF COLLECTORS, THAT'S AN
OUTRIGHT LIE.
00:18:26IN FACT, COLLECTORS OF
POLITICAL MEMORABILIA ARE ALL
00:18:33THREE, AND ARE HAPPY TO SHOW
THEIR TREASURES, AS THEY ARE
00:18:35THIS WEEKEND AT THE AMERICAN
POLITICAL ITEMS COLLECTORS
00:18:38CONVENTION IN COLUMBUS.
THE 3-THOUSAND MEMBER
00:18:40ORGANIZATION MEETS EVERY TWO
YEARS, AND IN ITS 60 YEARS IN
00:18:43EXISTENCE, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME SUCH A GATHERING HAS BEEN
00:18:46HELD IN OHIO.
AND WITH ATTENDEES FROM 40
00:18:50STATES HERE, IT'S THE BIGGEST
GATHERING THE GROUP HAS HAD IN
00:18:54DECADES.
WHERE ELSE WOULD A TEDDY
00:18:56ROOSEVELT IMPERSONATOR BE NOT
JUST WELCOMED, BUT TREATED LIKE
00:18:58A SPECIAL GUEST.
JOE WIEGAND CALLS HIMSELF A
00:19:02TEDDY ROOSEVELT REPRISOR, AND
SAYS THE 26TH PRESIDENT IS
00:19:06WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST
COLLECTED.
00:19:08>> THIS AUDIENCE, THE MEN AND
WOMEN THAT COLLECT POLITICAL
00:19:16ITEMS, THE LAW OF HISTORY AND
POLITICS.
00:19:19IT IS A WONDERFUL MELDING OF
THOSE TOPICS, AND TO SEE THE
00:19:23CREATIVITY OF AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING WITH REGARDS TO
00:19:25THE BUTTONS, POSTERS, AND ITEMS
PEOPLE WOULD COLLECT TO PROMOTE
00:19:31CANDIDATES.
>> OTHER POPULAR PRESIDENTS
00:19:40AMONG COLLECTORS ARE LINCOLN,
FDR AND JFK.
00:19:41AND THE HOBBY IS HARDLY LIMITED
TO BUTTONS - THEY DIDN'T COME
00:19:45ABOUT UNTIL 1896, AND WHILE
THEY ARE PROBABLY THE SINGLE
00:19:46MOST COLLECTED ITEM, THERE ARE
PLENTY OF OTHER ARTIFACTS AND
00:19:48THINGS THAT COLLECTORS LOVE TO
SEE ANDTOM PEELING IS A
00:19:50COLLECTOR AND DEALER FROM WEST
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
00:19:52>> WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
THERE ARE METAL TRAYS, CHINA'S,
00:20:00HAND PUPPETS.
I SAW RONALD REAGAN BEDROOM
00:20:03SLIPPERS.
THERE IS A MYRIAD OF THINGS AND
00:20:06PEOPLE COLLECT.
WHEN I WAS A KID I COLLECT
00:20:09INDIAN HEAD PENNIES, PEACE AND I
HAD THE MALL, AND THEN I LOST
00:20:14INTEREST.
IN THIS HOBBY, I HAVE 1200
00:20:18THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND ITEMS,
CONNECTICUT FOUR MORE THAT I DO
00:20:23NOT -- AND I PICKED UP FOUR
MORE.
00:20:26>> SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE SMALL
AND CURRENT.
00:20:28-- CURRENT - SOME ARE VERY OLD
AND COULD BE CONSIDERED
00:20:33PRICELESS TO THE RIGHT PERSON.
JACK DIXEY IS FROM CENTRAL OHIO
00:20:37AND IS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE
COLLECTORS.
00:20:39>> THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF HERE.
FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS A BUTTON
00:20:47THAT TRADED HANDS FOR OVER
$10,000 LAST EVENING.
00:20:51THAT IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FOR A
BUTTON.
00:20:54THERE IS SO MUCH MATERIAL THAT
CAN BE HAD FOR $1.
00:20:57YOU HAVE A PRICE RANGE OF $1, TO
$10,000.
00:21:04THAT COVERS A LOT OF BASES.
>> AND FANS OF POLITICAL
00:21:13MEMORABILIA - INCLUDING OUR OWN
BILL COHEN - DON'T LIMIT
00:21:15THEMSELVES TO WINNERS.
FAILED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
00:21:17GEORGE MCGOVERN AND BARRY
GOLDWATER ARE POPULAR WITH
00:21:19COLLECTORS, IN SOME PART BECAUSE
THEY CAN BE HARD TO FIND - IT
00:21:21WAS EASY FOR PEOPLE TO THROW OUT
THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
00:21:22LOSING CANDIDATE.
AND SOME SPECIALIZE IN CERTAIN
00:21:24AREAS - THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
MOVEMENT, OR THE EARLY 20TH
00:21:27CENTURY.
BUT THEY ALL ARE HISTORIANS,
00:21:30AND CAN TELL GREAT STORIES OF
WHAT AN ITEM MEANS AND HOW IT
00:21:33CAME ABOUT.
ROGER LOWENSTEIN IS FROM LOS
00:21:35ANGELES.
>> WE LOOK AT THESE PIECES OF
00:21:42AMERICANA, NOT JUST AS SOMETHING
TO THROW IN OUR DRAWER, BUT TO A
00:21:50CHILLY SYMBOLIZE A POLITICAL
ACTION THAT SOMEONE -- ACTUALLY
00:21:55SYMBOLIZE A POLITICAL ACTION
SOMEONE HAS TAKEN.
00:21:56>> RONNIE LAPINSKY SAX IS FROM
MARYLAND, AND SAYS THESE FOLKS
00:22:06ARE MORE THAN JUST HOBBYISTS.
>> WE ARE CUSTODIANS OF HISTORY.
00:22:11THIS WILL STAND THE TEST OF
TIME.
00:22:14NOW THAT I HAVE THESE IN THE
COLLECTION, THEY WILL GO FROM ME
00:22:18TO MY DAUGHTER OR SOMEPLACE, AND
WE ARE ONLY CUSTODIANS FOR A
00:22:22SHORT TIME.
HISTORY IS LONG, AND THAT IS
00:22:25REALLY WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
>> IS A MEDAL GIVEN TO HONOR
00:22:34ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO PICKETED IN
FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1917
00:22:36AND LATER WENT ON A HUNGER
STRIKE - IT'S BEING OFFERED FOR
00:22:39$12,500.
>> SOME OF THE SMALLEST ITEMS
00:22:45ARE THESE PINS.
THE AMERICAN POLITICAL ITEM
00:22:49COLLECTORS SHOW IS AT THE
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL IN NORTH
00:22:50COLUMBUS TILL SATURDAY, BUT
THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE EXHIBIT OF
00:22:52MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY AT THE
STATEHOUSE THROUGH LABOR DAY.
00:22:54THE NEXT CONVENTION WILL BE IN
2014 IN DENVER.
00:22:56TURNING QUICKLY FROM POLITICS
TO POVERTY, AND PATHWAYS OUT OF
00:23:00IT.
OUR JO INGLES WAS THE MODERATOR
00:23:04AT THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN
CLUB THIS WEEK FOR A DISCUSSION
00:23:08ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF GETTING
INTO THE WORKFORCE AND PULLING
00:23:11UP TO THE MIDDLE CLASS, WHILE
OVERCOMING DISABILITIES, LACK
00:23:14OF EDUCATION AND OTHER
CHALLENGES.
00:23:15THE PANELISTS WERE MARJORY
PIZZUTI, PRESIDENT AT CEO OF
00:23:18GOODWILL COLUMBUS, AUTHOR AND
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
00:23:23ROGER BLACKWELL, BO CHILTON,
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF IMPACT
00:23:25COMMUNITY ACTION, AND STEVE
FIREMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE
00:23:30ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, A NON-
00:23:32PROFIT SMALL BUSINESS
MICROLENDER.
00:23:34THEY TALKED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS
WITH TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS
00:23:38TO TRAINING THAT MANY
UNEMPLOYED AND LOWER-INCOME
00:23:40PEOPLE FACE.
AND THEY TALKED UP THE BENEFITS
00:23:43OF PARTNERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY IN
GETTING THE CAPITAL AND
00:23:46CONNECTIONS TO START SMALL
BUSINESSES.
00:23:48>> VERY FEW PEOPLE WILL MOVE IN
THE WHOLE U.S. FROM THE
00:23:56STRUGGLING MIDDLE CLASS TO THE
PROSPEROUS MIDDLE CLASS UNLESS
00:24:00THEY KNOW HOW TO START A
BUSINESS AND GROW IT, AND RUN
00:24:05IT.
THERE ARE BETWEEN 18,000 AND
00:24:1119,000 CORPORATIONS THAT ARE
CLASSIFIED AS LARGE, OR 500 IN
00:24:15PLACE, BUT THERE ARE 26.5 SMALL
BUSINESSES IS A 26.5 MILLION
00:24:22SMALL BUSINESSES, -- 26.5
MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES, AND
00:24:29DID NOT EXPECT YOUR CHILDREN TO
BE IN A PROSPEROUS MIDDLE CLASS
00:24:33UNLESS THEY KNOW HOW TO START
AND GROW A BUSINESS.
00:24:35>> THE PANELISTS ALSO TALKED UP
THE IDEA OF TEACHING SMALL
00:24:41BUSINESS BUILDING
ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS IN HIGH
00:24:43SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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00:24:54WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH
MORE IMAGES FROM THE OHIO STATE
00:24:56FAIR, INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR
ENJOYING ONE OF THE FAIR'S BIG
00:25:00ATTRACTIONS, THE GIANT SLIDE.
THE FAIR ENDS ITS 12-DAY RUN ON
00:25:03SUNDAY.
>> WHO WON?
00:25:09>> YOU.
>> I CANNOT TELL.
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