| 00:00:01 | >> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF OHIO" |
| 00:00:08 | COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR |
| 00:00:10 | LLP, HELPING BUSINESSES AND
INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL |
| 00:00:15 | PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO, ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, AND AROUND WORLD. |
| 00:00:19 | AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING |
| 00:00:24 | 131,000 TEACHERS SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER |
| 00:00:26 | EDUCATION FACULTY WHO ARE
WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
| 00:00:29 | FOR EVERY CHILD.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "THE |
| 00:00:33 | STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE TECH OHIO AND THE |
| 00:00:39 | LIBERALS ALL FOUNDATION.
-- LUBRIZOL FOUNDATION. |
| 00:00:44 | CAPTIONED BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE |
| 00:00:46 | --WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
AS PRESIDENTIAL VISITS MOUNT AND |
| 00:00:53 | LAWSUITS OVER ELECTION LAW
CHANGES PILE UP, EVER MORE |
| 00:00:56 | ATTENTION IS BEING FOCUSED ON
SWING STATE OHIO. |
| 00:00:59 | I WILL TALK TO TWO EXPERTS IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE ABOUT WHAT |
| 00:01:03 | VOTERS THE CANDIDATES ARE
FIGHTING FOR AND HOW THEY CAN |
| 00:01:06 | WIN THEM OVER.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF |
| 00:01:08 | OHIO."
WITH ONLY 40-SOME DAYS |
| 00:01:11 | REMAINING TILL THE ELECTION, THE
MAJOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL |
| 00:01:15 | CAMPAIGNS SEEM TO BE MAKING SURE
OHIO IS ON THEIR WEEKLY TOURING. |
| 00:01:18 | .
PRESIDENT OBAMA DID BACK-TO-BACK |
| 00:01:21 | VISITS IN CINCINNATI AND
COLUMBUS ON MONDAY. |
| 00:01:24 | ON HIS OHIO VISIT, MR. OBAMA
ANNOUNCED A U.S. TRADE CASE |
| 00:01:29 | ACTION AGAINST CHINA WITH OF THE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. |
| 00:01:31 | THE CASE DEFINITELY HAS AN OHIO
IMPACT -- IT ALLEGES ILLEGAL |
| 00:01:37 | CHINESE SUBSIDIZING OF ITS AUTO
AND AUTO-PART EXPORT INDUSTRIES |
| 00:01:40 | HAVE COST THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
>> EARLIER THIS YEAR, I SET UP A |
| 00:01:46 | NEW TASK FORCE TO GO AFTER EVERY
UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE THAT HARMS |
| 00:01:50 | OUR WORKERS.
IT IS ALREADY DELIVERING. |
| 00:01:53 | TWO MONTHS AGO WE MOVED TO HOLD
CHINA CONABLE FOR UNFAIR TRADE |
| 00:01:58 | PRACTICES THAT HARM AMERICAN
AUTOMAKERS. |
| 00:01:59 | TODAY MY ADMINISTRATION IS
LAUNCHING A NEW ACTION AGAINST |
| 00:02:04 | CHINA, THIS ONE AGAINST ILLEGAL
SUBSIDIES THAT ALLOW COMMITTEES |
| 00:02:08 | TO SHIP AUTOPARTS AND JOBS
OVERSEAS, WHICH DIRECTLY HEARD |
| 00:02:11 | MEN AND WOMEN ON THE ASSEMBLY
LINES IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN AND |
| 00:02:16 | THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
YOUR SENATOR, BY THE WAY, |
| 00:02:19 | SHERIFF BROWN --
[APPLAUSE] |
| 00:02:21 | HAS FOUGHT AS HARD AS ANYBODY ON
THIS. |
| 00:02:25 | WHEN FOLKS ARE BREAKING THE
RULES, WE GO AFTER THEM. |
| 00:02:30 | WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET IT
STAND. |
| 00:02:31 | >> THE MOVE COMES AFTER
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE MITT ROMNEY |
| 00:02:38 | RAMPED UP CHARGES THAT OBAMA
LETS THE CHINESE GET AWAY WITH |
| 00:02:41 | WIDESPREAD TRADE CHEATING.
AT A RALLY IN CINCINNATI, OBAMA |
| 00:02:44 | SAID ROMNEY'S FIRM, BAIN
CAPITAL, CHAMPIONS OUTSOURCING, |
| 00:02:48 | AND THAT HIS TAX POLICIES FAVOR
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION. |
| 00:02:51 | AS THE PRESIDENT WAS PREPARING
TO STEP BEFORE THE CROWD IN A |
| 00:02:55 | COLUMBUS PARK, A U.S. SENATOR
WHO WAS THOUGHT TO BE ON THE |
| 00:02:58 | SHORT LIST TO BE ROMNEY'S
RUNNING MATE WAS ABOUT 1 MI. |
| 00:03:00 | AWAY, READY TO REACT.
FLORIDA SENATOR AND TEA PARTY |
| 00:03:04 | FAVORITE MARCO RUBIO TOLD ABOUT
300 PEOPLE AT THE STATEHOUSE |
| 00:03:07 | THAT MR. OBAMA HAS NOT ONLY NOT
DEALT WITH THE NATIONAL DEBT AS |
| 00:03:11 | HE PROMISED, BUT THAT HE'S MADE
IT WORSE. |
| 00:03:12 | >> IF WE STAY ON THE TRACK HE
HAS PLACED US ON -- THESE ARE |
| 00:03:18 | HIS NUMBERS, NOT MINE, HIS
IDEAS, NOT THE ONES I AM MAKING |
| 00:03:22 | UP FOR HIM -- THE DEBT WILL GROW
TO LEVELS KNOW PEOPLE HAVE EVER |
| 00:03:27 | SEEN.
AND THE DEBT IS JUST PART OF THE |
| 00:03:31 | PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS JUST AS BAD AS |
| 00:03:33 | THE DEBT?
INTEREST ON THE DEBT. |
| 00:03:34 | >> RUBIO SAYS THE ELECTION HAS
MOTIVATED THE PRESIDENT TO DO |
| 00:03:39 | SOMETHING ABOUT CHINA WHEN HE
SHOULD HAVE DONE IT 3.5 YEARS |
| 00:03:42 | AGO.
OF COURSE ROMNEY WILL BE BACK IN |
| 00:03:45 | OHIO.
HE AND HIS RUNNING MATE PAUL |
| 00:03:47 | RYAN WILL BRING A BUS TOUR
THROUGH OHIO STARTING ON MONDAY. |
| 00:03:49 | MORE ON PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
COMING OUT. |
| 00:03:54 | FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR,
THE STATE PUT A CONDEMNED KILLER |
| 00:03:57 | TO DEATH.
47-YEAR-OLD DONALD PALMER WAS |
| 00:04:00 | EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION 23
YEARS AFTER HE SHOT AND KILLED |
| 00:04:03 | PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR
LLP AND STEVEN VAR -- AFTER |
| 00:04:08 | HE SHOT AND KILLED CHARLES
SPONHALTZ AND STEVEN VARGO, TWO |
| 00:04:20 | MEN HE DIDN'T GO.
>> HE IS SAID "I KNOW WHAT IT IS |
| 00:04:26 | LIKE TO LOSE A PARENT, ASSEMBLY,
CHILD. |
| 00:04:33 | I HOPE THE PAIN AND HER TO DIE
WITH ME TODAY." |
| 00:04:35 | >> WHILE A FEW SAID THEY
BELIEVED HIS APOLOGY WAS |
| 00:04:43 | SINCERE, IT WAS TOO LITTLE, TOO
LATE. |
| 00:04:45 | THE INMATE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO
BE EXECUTED IN 2013 IS FIGHTING |
| 00:04:49 | HIS SENTENCE, SAYING HE'S TOO
OBESE FOR THE LETHAL INJECTION |
| 00:04:52 | PROCESS TO WORK.
53-YEAR-OLD RONALD POST SAYS |
| 00:04:58 | THAT HIS WEIGHT, VEIN ACCESS,
SCAR TISSUE, AND OTHER MEDICAL |
| 00:05:02 | PROBLEMS RAISE THE LIKELIHOOD OF
SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH EXECUTION. |
| 00:05:05 | HIS LAWYERS SAY THE EXECUTION
GURNEY MIGHT NOT HOLD THEM, AND |
| 00:05:09 | THAT THE PROCESS COULD CAUSE HIM
WHAT THEY CALL "A TORTUOUS AND |
| 00:05:14 | LINGERING DEATH."
POST WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR |
| 00:05:18 | SHOOTING A HOTEL CLERK IN
ELYRIA IN LORAIN COUNTY IN 1983. |
| 00:05:23 | THE PRESENT DEPARTMENT IS NOT
COMMENTING. |
| 00:05:25 | THE AGENCIES DEALING WITH AN
UPCOMING SHORTFALL IN THE DRUG |
| 00:05:29 | IT USES TO DO LETHAL INJECTIONS.
RECORDS SHOW THE STATE HAS |
| 00:05:33 | ENOUGH PENTOBARBITAL TO DO 7 OF
THE 10 EXECUTIONS SCHEDULED |
| 00:05:37 | THROUGH MARCH OF 2014.
THE STATE STOCKPILED A SUPPLY OF |
| 00:05:41 | THE DRUG BEFORE ITS MANUFACTURER
PROHIBITED ITS SALE FOR USE IN |
| 00:05:44 | EXECUTIONS.
A PRISON DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN |
| 00:05:48 | SAYS IT'S WORKING WITH STATE
PHARMACISTS AND THE ATTORNEY |
| 00:05:51 | GENERAL'S OFFICE TO ADDRESS THE
ISSUE. |
| 00:05:52 | A GROUP IS SUING OHIO'S
SECRETARY OF STATE, ASKING THE |
| 00:05:56 | COURT TO ORDER JON HUSTED TO
PURGE THE STATE'S VOTER ROLLS. |
| 00:06:01 | THE GROUP JUDICIAL WATCH SAYS
THE VOTING ROLLS ARE BLOATED |
| 00:06:03 | WITH INELIGIBLE VOTERS.
>> IT IS PART OF OUR EFFORT TO |
| 00:06:08 | MAKE SURE THAT THE VOTER ROLLS
ARE ACCURATE, BUT FROM THE |
| 00:06:10 | STANDPOINT OF SECURING THE
INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION, BUT |
| 00:06:14 | ALSO, YOU CAN REDUCE THE COST OF
ADMINISTERING THE ELECTION WHEN |
| 00:06:17 | YOU HAVE ACTUAL REGISTERED
VOTERS ON THE ROLLS VERSUS |
| 00:06:20 | PEOPLE WHO WERE REGISTERED BY
HAVE NOW LEFT THE STATE AND NO |
| 00:06:25 | LONGER ELIGIBLE.
>> HUSTED IS AVOIDING PURGING |
| 00:06:30 | THE VOTER ROLLS THE WAY THIS
GROUP WANTS HIM TO, AND IS |
| 00:06:37 | INSTEAD SENDING POSTCARDS TO
EVERYONE WHOSE ADDRESS IS |
| 00:06:39 | FLAGGED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE.
THOSE CARDS WILL ASK VOTERS TO |
| 00:06:42 | EITHER CANCEL OR UPDATE THEIR
REGISTRATIONS BEFORE THE |
| 00:06:44 | REGISTRATION DEADLINE ON OCTOBER
9. |
| 00:06:47 | HE SAYS THAT WILL HELP ELIMINATE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF |
| 00:06:49 | DUPLICATE OR EXPIRED
REGISTRATIONS. |
| 00:06:51 | HE SAYS 25,000 OHIOANS HAVE
ALREADY UPDATED THEIR |
| 00:06:56 | INFORMATION ON MYOHIOVOTE.COM.
THE STATE'S ELECTIONS COMMISSION |
| 00:07:02 | HAS FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE THAT A
MAILER SENT BY OPPONENTS OF THE |
| 00:07:07 | REST IS A STRING ISSUE KNOWN AS
ISSUE 2 VIOLATES OHIO ELECTION |
| 00:07:09 | LAW.
VOTERS FIRST, WHICH CREATED THE |
| 00:07:13 | AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REDRAW
DISTRICT LINES THROUGH A |
| 00:07:15 | CITIZENS COMMISSION, ALLEGED THE
FLIER SENT BY THE OHIO |
| 00:07:18 | REPUBLICAN PARTY IS MISLEADING
AND INACCURATE. |
| 00:07:20 | VOTERS FIRST FILED A TOTAL OF
THREE COMPLAINTS OVER THE |
| 00:07:23 | MATTER.
THE COMMISSION WILL HOLD A |
| 00:07:26 | HEARING ON OCTOBER 4 ON ONLY ONE
OF THEM, THE CLAIM THAT |
| 00:07:29 | COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL BE
SELECTED IN SECRET. |
| 00:07:31 | A MAN WHO WAS ONCE TALKED ABOUT
AS A POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC |
| 00:07:35 | CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR HAS LEFT
HIS JOB AS THE PROSECUTOR IN |
| 00:07:39 | OHIO'S LARGEST COUNTY.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTOR BILL |
| 00:07:42 | MASON RESIGNED EARLIER THIS WEEK
FOR A JOB AT A LAW FIRM. |
| 00:07:46 | HIS LAST DAY WILL BE SEPTEMBER
30. |
| 00:07:49 | FORMER JUDGE TIMOTHY MCGUIINTY,
ALSO A DEMOCRAT, WAS SELECTED TO |
| 00:07:55 | ACT AS ACTING PROSECUTOR AND
WILL FACE REPUBLICAN EDWARD WADE |
| 00:07:59 | JR. ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
LABOR DAY HAS BEEN THE |
| 00:08:02 | TRADITIONAL START OF THE
CAMPAIGN SEASON IN OHIO, BUT AS |
| 00:08:05 | WE KNOW, THE CAMPAIGNS FOR
PRESIDENT, SENATE, AND CONGRESS |
| 00:08:09 | BEGAN MONTHS AGO.
SOME PUNDITS HAVE SAID THE |
| 00:08:12 | CONGRESSIONAL RACES WERE ALL BUT
OVER AFTER THE PRIMARY, SINCE |
| 00:08:14 | MOST DISTRICTS ARE SO UN
COMPETITIVE THAT WHOEVER WON THE |
| 00:08:19 | PRIMARY WILL WIN THIS FALL.
A NEW POLL LAST MONTH HAD OBAMA |
| 00:08:26 | AT 50% AND ROMNEY AT 44%.
THE AVERAGE OF POLLS AT THE SITE |
| 00:08:30 | REALCLEARPOLITICS.COM SHOWS A
CLOSER RACE, WITH OBAMA OF 48.5% |
| 00:08:41 | AND ROMNEY AT 44.3%.
WITH 484,000 OHIOANS REQUESTING |
| 00:08:48 | ABSENTEE BALLOTS ALREADY,
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN |
| 00:08:51 | THIS FALL'S BALLOT.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE |
| 00:08:54 | PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN OHIO ARE
TWO POLITICAL SCIENTISTS WHO'VE |
| 00:08:57 | BEEN WATCHING IT CAREFULLY.
MICHAEL BRADY IS AN ASSISTANT |
| 00:09:01 | PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
AT DENISON UNIVERSITY IN |
| 00:09:02 | GRANTSVILLE, AND MELISSA MILLER
IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF |
| 00:09:07 | POLITICAL SCIENCE AT BOWLING
GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY. |
| 00:09:08 | WE WILL START WITH YOU, MELISSA.
WE HAVE THE SIX LAWSUITS |
| 00:09:12 | AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE JON
HUSTED. |
| 00:09:14 | ARE WE SETTING UP FOR A
DISASTROUS ELECTION LEADING UP |
| 00:09:18 | TO ELECTION NIGHT?
>> HOPEFULLY NOT, ALTHOUGH THERE |
| 00:09:22 | HAVE BEEN MANY SKIRMISHES IN THE
MONTHS LEADING UP TO THIS RACE |
| 00:09:25 | OVER THINGS LIKE EARLY VOTING
AND VOTING CENTERS AND WHO |
| 00:09:28 | SHOULD BE ABLE TO REGISTER.
I THINK THAT THE STAKES ARE HIGH |
| 00:09:32 | BECAUSE THE RATES ARE SO CLOSE.
IF THERE WAS A BIG GAP BETWEEN |
| 00:09:39 | THE CANDIDATES, NEITHER PARTY
WOULD BE SO CONCERNED ABOUT, FOR |
| 00:09:42 | INSTANCE, WHO SHOULD GET TO VOTE
EARLY AND FOR HOW LONG, AND IN |
| 00:09:47 | THAT LAST WEEKEND BEFORE THE
ELECTION, SHOWED EARLY VOTING |
| 00:09:50 | STILL BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
THE STAKES ARE SO HIGH BECAUSE |
| 00:09:55 | THE RACES SO CLOSE.
YOU GET THESE DEBATES AMONG |
| 00:09:59 | PROTESTANTS -- PARTISANS OVER
VOTING. |
| 00:10:05 | .
>> YOU SAID THAT OHIO WAS THE |
| 00:10:12 | FLOOR OF THE 2004 ELECTION.
SAME THING THIS TIME? |
| 00:10:14 | >> HOPEFULLY NINE.
NO ONE WANTS TO GO THROUGH WHAT |
| 00:10:18 | WE MIGHT WHAT A -- WHETHER IN
2000 OR 2004, WHEN THERE WERE |
| 00:10:25 | LONG LINES AND MACHINES HAD
BROKEN DOWN. |
| 00:10:26 | I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO
SEE THAT AGAIN. |
| 00:10:30 | YOU DON'T WANT A DEBACLE LIKE
FLORIDA IN 2000 OR THE PROBLEMS |
| 00:10:34 | WITH VOTING THAT OHIO EXPERIENCE
IN 2004. |
| 00:10:38 | IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
I THINK THAT THIS QUESTION ABOUT |
| 00:10:44 | WHETHER EARLY VOTING WILL EXTEND
THROUGH THAT FINAL WEEK FOR |
| 00:10:47 | EVERYONE, WHICH IS WHAT THE
DEMOCRATS ARE ASKING FOR, MAY |
| 00:10:51 | END UP IN THE SUPREME COURT
BEFORE ELECTION DAY. |
| 00:10:53 | THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
ARE AND HOW HOTLY CONTESTED THEY |
| 00:10:58 | ARE.
>> MIKE, IS THE KEY TO WINNING |
| 00:11:02 | THIS RACE WHICH SIDE CAN
MOTIVATE THEIR VOTERS TO GO? |
| 00:11:06 | >> I THINK SO.
AS MELISSA SAID, THE RACE IS |
| 00:11:11 | TIGHT.
THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A LOT |
| 00:11:13 | OF WIGGLE ROOM IN WHO IS LEFT TO
PERSUADE. |
| 00:11:16 | I DON'T THINK THERE IS NEW
VOTERS TO BRING ON LINE AT THIS |
| 00:11:20 | STAGE.
YOU HAVE A ROUGH BALANCE AND |
| 00:11:22 | WHAT YOU SEEING AND HIS
SUPPORTERS FOR ROMNEY AND OBAMA |
| 00:11:25 | IN LIKELY VOTERS.
WHAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN IS |
| 00:11:29 | THE GROUND GAME AND GET OUT THE
VOTE. |
| 00:11:32 | WE WILL ARGUE OVER WHO HAS
ACCESS ON ELECTION DAY. |
| 00:11:33 | >> IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF VOTERS
HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS. |
| 00:11:38 | THE NUMBER OF UNDECIDEDS SEEMS
TO BE SHRINKING, IN THE 6% RANGE |
| 00:11:47 | OR SO.
HOW MANY ARE THERE IN OHIO TO |
| 00:11:49 | REACH OUT AND GET THE MESSAGE
OUT FOR OBAMA TO COME TO OHIO |
| 00:11:52 | AND ROMNEY TO COME TO OHIO?
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THEY TRYING |
| 00:11:55 | TO REACH?
>> THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH AS |
| 00:11:59 | MANY OF THEIR BASE AS THEY CAN.
THE MOST RECENT POLL HAS |
| 00:12:02 | UNDECIDEDS AROUND 6%, WITH OBAMA
WITH A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE OUTSIDE |
| 00:12:08 | THE MARGIN OF ERROR.
THIS IS AN NBC POLL CONDUCTED |
| 00:12:11 | LATE THAT'S -- LATE LAST WEEK.
IT IS ABOUT ENERGIZING THE BASE |
| 00:12:19 | AND GENERATING ENTHUSIASM.
IF YOU CAN WIN OVER UNDECIDEDS, |
| 00:12:27 | ICING ON THE CAKE.
>> YOU HAVE THE RONNY NARRATIVE |
| 00:12:30 | OF "YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT" AND
FREE ENTERPRISE PHRASES, AND THE |
| 00:12:36 | OBAMA NARRATIVE OF BUILDING ON
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE THE PAST FOUR |
| 00:12:38 | YEARS.
ARE THOSE MESSAGES WE ARE |
| 00:12:42 | HEARING FROM BOTH CAMPAIGNS
REACHING TO VOTERS AND THEY ARE |
| 00:12:44 | TRYING TO REACH -- NOT JUST THE
BASE, BUT THE VOTERS WOULD NOT |
| 00:12:49 | MAKE UP THEIR MIND?
>> THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY ADS |
| 00:12:53 | ON THE AIRWAVES AND THE MEDIA
HAS BEEN COVERING THIS IS SO |
| 00:12:56 | HEAVILY THAT YOU HAVE TO BE
LIVING UNDER A ROCK TO HAVE NOT |
| 00:12:59 | ABSORB SOME OF IT.
THE QUESTION IS WHOSE MESSAGE IS |
| 00:13:02 | RESONATING MORE.
IS IT THE ROMNEY MESSAGE THAT WE |
| 00:13:05 | ARE NOT FAR ENOUGH, THAT THE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY HAS STALLED |
| 00:13:10 | AND MORE CAN BE DONE AND WE NEED
TO EASE REGULATIONS ON BUSINESS? |
| 00:13:14 | OR IS THE OBAMA AT MESSAGE
RESONATING MORE, THAT WE ARE ON |
| 00:13:18 | TRACK AND THAT THINGS ARE GOING
WELL AND IT MAY BE SLOW BUT WITH |
| 00:13:22 | FOUR MORE YEARS WE CAN GET THE
JOB DONE? |
| 00:13:23 | IT MAY BE A FEW VOTERS TO
DECIDE. |
| 00:13:26 | THOSE MESSAGES MAY BE PLAYING
DIFFERENTLY IN OHIO THAN THEY |
| 00:13:29 | ARE AND OTHER SWING STATES.
THE BIG REASON FOR THAT IS THAT |
| 00:13:33 | THE OHIO ECONOMY IS DOING BETTER
THAN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. |
| 00:13:37 | THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE
STATES, SWING STATES, WHERE IF |
| 00:13:42 | YOU LOOK AT THE JOB NUMBERS,
YES, OHIO IS DOING BETTER THAN |
| 00:13:46 | IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO, BECAUSE
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT |
| 00:13:50 | 7.2%, THE MOST RECENT NUMBERS
FROM JULY, MUCH BETTER THAN THE |
| 00:13:55 | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OHIO WAS
EXPERIENCING WHEN OBAMA TOOK |
| 00:13:57 | OFFICE.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT OBAMA |
| 00:13:59 | HAS ITS YIELD UP, THAT DOES NOT
MEAN THAT ROMNEY DOES NOT HAVE |
| 00:14:02 | AN EFFECTIVE MESSAGE.
BUT THE REASON OBAMA IS DOING |
| 00:14:07 | SOMEWHAT BETTER IN OHIO IS THAT
OUR ECONOMY IS, AT LEAST IS ON |
| 00:14:10 | THE JOBS NUMBERS, DOING BETTER.
ROMNEY AS A BIT OF A TOUGHER |
| 00:14:14 | TIME HERE.
>> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON |
| 00:14:18 | MESSAGE IS RESONATING WITH
VOTERS. |
| 00:14:19 | A LOT OF THE MESSAGES YOU TALKED
ABOUT WERE THE SAME KIND OF |
| 00:14:22 | MESSAGES WE HEARD IN 2010 IN THE
GOVERNOR'S RACE. |
| 00:14:24 | AND WITH WALL STREET AND BANKERS
AND JOB CREATORS AND TAXES AND |
| 00:14:30 | THE 1% AND THAT KIND OF THING, I
AM WONDERING, IF THOSE MESSAGES |
| 00:14:35 | MAY NOT HAVE RESONATED WITH
DEMOCRATS IN THAT RACE, ARE THEY |
| 00:14:38 | GOING TO RESONATE THIS TIME?
OR IS IT MAY BE GOING TO TAKE A |
| 00:14:42 | LITTLE BIT IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION? |
| 00:14:43 | >> IT IS REALLY TOUGH.
THE DEAL WITH OHIO IS THAT WE |
| 00:14:49 | CAN SWING IT BOTH WAYS, AND THAT
IS WHY WE ARE A SWING STATE. |
| 00:14:52 | ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE YOUR
COMMENT BROUGHT TO MIND, KAREN, |
| 00:14:59 | IS THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN
OHIO IS WHO GETS CREDIT FOR THE |
| 00:15:03 | ECONOMIC RECOVERY THAT SEEMS TO
BE UNDERWAY IN OHIO. |
| 00:15:06 | IS IT THE PRESIDENT, THE
STIMULUS PACKAGE, THE |
| 00:15:10 | COMBINATION OF THAT AND THE AUTO
BAILOUT? |
| 00:15:11 | OR IS IT THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR, WHO WAS ELECTED IN |
| 00:15:15 | 2010, AND THEN HE USHERED IN
TRYING TO LOWER TAXES AND |
| 00:15:19 | BALANCE THE BUDGET AND KEEP AND
ATTRACT BUSINESS IN OHIO? |
| 00:15:22 | REALLY, THE UNDERSTORY AND ALL
OF THIS IN OHIO IS WHO GETS |
| 00:15:28 | CREDIT.
IN OTHER STATES, THE QUESTION IS |
| 00:15:30 | WHO'S IS TO BLAME.
IN OHIO, WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH |
| 00:15:35 | TO SAY WHO GETS THE CREDIT FOR
THE RECOVERY THAT SEEMS TO BE ON |
| 00:15:38 | A WIDE.
THAT IS WHY THE MESSAGE IS THAT |
| 00:15:43 | -- THE MESSAGE IS THAT EACH
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BRINGS |
| 00:15:47 | TO LIGHT OF LISTENING SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT THAN ELSEWHERE. |
| 00:15:48 | >> MICHAEL, WHO IS NO FIRED UP
THIS YEAR? |
| 00:15:54 | IS THE REPUBLICANS, WHO SWEPT
GOP POLITICIANS INTO OFFICE IN |
| 00:16:00 | 2010?
OR WILL IT BE THE DEMOCRATS, WHO |
| 00:16:05 | HELPED PUT OBAMA INTO OFFICE IN
2008? |
| 00:16:07 | WHO IS MORE FIRED UP?
>> I THINK BOTH SIDES ARE. |
| 00:16:12 | YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN BASE THAT
IS REALLY UNHAPPY WITH THE |
| 00:16:14 | STATUS QUO.
THEY REALLY RESPOND TO THAT |
| 00:16:17 | MESSAGE.
I THINK THEY ARE MOBILIZED |
| 00:16:21 | AGAINST BARACK OBAMA.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU HAVE A |
| 00:16:26 | BUNCH OF DEMOCRATS WHO FOR ALL
THE REASONS HE STATED WANT |
| 00:16:31 | NOTHING MORE TO SEE -- THAN TO
SEE FOUR MORE YEARS OF THE OBAMA |
| 00:16:35 | ADMINISTRATION, AND ARE HIGHLY
UNFAVORABLE TO WHAT ROMNEY'S |
| 00:16:40 | MESSAGE IS.
THINGS LIKE THE VIDEO TAPE THIS |
| 00:16:41 | WEEK, AND IF THAT CONTINUES TO
PLAY AND WE SEE IT OVER AND OVER |
| 00:16:46 | AGAIN IN CAMPAIGN ADS, ARE GOING
TO MOBILIZE THE OBAMA BASE. |
| 00:16:50 | IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHICH
SIDE IS MORE FIRED UP. |
| 00:16:54 | THE ENTHUSIASM GAP IS CLOSED.
ONE POLLING DATA SETS TO LOOK |
| 00:16:58 | LIKE IT IS FAVORING DEMOCRATS.
>> IT IS NOT SEEM LIKE EITHER OF |
| 00:17:03 | THESE CANDIDATES ARE WHILE THE
POPULAR. |
| 00:17:05 | OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATING IS AT
50%. |
| 00:17:11 | ROMNEY IS SURVIVED A TOUGH
PRIMARY. |
| 00:17:14 | HE HAS NOT BEEN PARTICULARLY
POPULAR WITH CONSERVATIVES, WHO |
| 00:17:18 | EITHER COME OUT AGAINST HIM
AFTER THE TAPE YOU JUST |
| 00:17:21 | REFERENCED ABOUT THE COMMENTS HE
MADE ABOUT 47% NON-INCOME TAX |
| 00:17:27 | PAYING AMERICANS ARE VICTIMS AND
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN |
| 00:17:32 | LIVES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IS IT INTERESTING TO YOU, THE |
| 00:17:36 | POPULARITY OF THESE CANDIDATES,
AND WE STILL HAVE THIS |
| 00:17:39 | ENTHUSIASM FOR BOTH OF THEM?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT IS TIDWELL |
| 00:17:44 | WILL MAKE IT SURPRISING IS THAT
THE ENTHUSIASM IS NOT -- WHAT |
| 00:17:48 | WILL MAKE A SURPRISING IS THAT
THE ENTHUSIASM LEVELS ARE NOT |
| 00:17:52 | LIKE IN 2008.
IT MAY BE THE LESSER OF TWO |
| 00:17:55 | EVILS, A LOT OF VOTERS.
AS YOU REFERENCED, OBAMA'S |
| 00:18:01 | POPULARITY IS AROUND 50%, AND
WHILE THE STATE OF OHIO HAS SEEN |
| 00:18:05 | ECONOMIC GAINS, THE ECONOMY
NATIONALLY IS STILL STRUGGLING |
| 00:18:09 | AND THE INDICATORS ARE NOT
GREAT. |
| 00:18:11 | WILL WILL BE INTERESTING ABOUT
THIS CAMPAIGN IS IF OBAMA |
| 00:18:14 | SUCCEEDS IN WINNING REELECTION,
HE WILL BE DOING SO IS IN SPITE |
| 00:18:17 | OF THE FUNDAMENTALS.
THAT WILL MAKE THE STORY AT THE |
| 00:18:22 | END OF THE CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE
BATTLE BETWEEN OBAMA AND ROMNEY |
| 00:18:25 | AND HOW DID HE OVERCOME THE
FUNDAMENTALS THAT SUGGEST HE |
| 00:18:28 | SHOULD BE PERFORMING LESS
SUCCESSFULLY THAT HE IS. |
| 00:18:32 | >> MELISSA, I WANT TO ASK YOU
THE SAME IDEA, THE WHOLE ISSUE |
| 00:18:38 | OF THE CANDIDATE DOESN'T
NECESSARILY IT SEEM TO BE WILDLY |
| 00:18:45 | POPULAR, AND YET WE HAVE A
VOTER'S ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT |
| 00:18:48 | SUPPORTING HIM.
>> I HAVE TO AGREE, ESPECIALLY |
| 00:18:52 | WITH WHAT MIGHT SAID ABOUT THE
LESSER OF TWO EVILS. |
| 00:18:55 | THERE'S LESS ENTHUSIASM FOR
OBAMA ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE AND |
| 00:19:01 | THERE WAS IN 2008.
BUT I ALSO AGREE THAT WHAT BOTH |
| 00:19:05 | CAMPS OF THE VOTERS ARE EXCITED
ABOUT ARE KEEPING THE WHITE |
| 00:19:11 | HOUSE IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR
GETTING A IF YOU ARE A |
| 00:19:14 | REPUBLICAN, REGARDLESS OF THE
TOP OF THE TICKET. |
| 00:19:17 | THERE IS PARTISAN FERVOR OF
TRYING TO GET THE WHITE HOUSE |
| 00:19:19 | THIS TIME AROUND.
GOING BACK TO, AND A CLOSE |
| 00:19:23 | ELECTION, WHAT IS GOING TO TOWN,
I THINK THE GROUND GAME IS |
| 00:19:27 | IMPORTANT.
IT IS A COMBINATION FOR THE |
| 00:19:30 | WINNER OF WINNING OVER THE
SMALL GROUP OF VOTERS IN THE |
| 00:19:34 | MIDDLE BUT ALSO DELIVERING THE
BASE ON ELECTION DAY. |
| 00:19:37 | THE GROUND GAME IS IMPERATIVE
HERE, AND THAT IS WHERE OBAMA |
| 00:19:40 | HAS AN ADVANTAGE.
HE HAD AN ADVANTAGE OVER JOHN |
| 00:19:43 | MCCAIN AND IN 2000 BECAUSE HE
HAD MORE FIELD OFFICES AROUND |
| 00:19:46 | THE STATE.
THAT IS TRUE AGAIN IN 2012. |
| 00:19:51 | I CHECKED THE WEB SITE FOR THE
TWO CANDIDATES, AND THE OBAMA |
| 00:19:55 | CAMPAIGN HAS 96 FIELD OFFICES IN
OHIO VERSUS 36 ON THE RONNY WEB |
| 00:20:00 | SITE IN TERMS OF FIELD OFFICES
IN OHIO. |
| 00:20:03 | IF I WERE ADVISING THE ROMNEY
CAMPAIGN, I WOULD BE FOCUSING ON |
| 00:20:08 | GETTING THIS GROUND GAME READY
TO GO, BECAUSE EARLY VOTING IS |
| 00:20:11 | AROUND THE CORNER ON OCTOBER 2.
THERE IS A GAP THERE, AND THAT |
| 00:20:17 | COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN FAVOR
OF OBAMA. |
| 00:20:20 | >> THE POPULATIONS THAT YOU
MOSTLY SEE, COLLEGE STUDENTS -- |
| 00:20:26 | THESE WERE BIG VOTERS FOR OBAMA
LAST TIME AROUND. |
| 00:20:29 | I WONDER IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN A
SENSE OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THIS |
| 00:20:31 | ELECTION.
ITS GRADUATES WORRIED ABOUT |
| 00:20:34 | GETTING JOBS AFTER THEY LEAVE
SCHOOL. |
| 00:20:37 | ARE THEY BEING TARGETED BY BOTH
CAMPS? |
| 00:20:40 | ARE THEY PLANNING ON VOTING?
>> FIRST, I AM SEEING LESS ON- |
| 00:20:45 | CAMPUS ACTIVITY IN 2012 THAN IN
2008. |
| 00:20:48 | YOU ARE NOT SEEING ALL THE
CAMPAIGN POSTERS. |
| 00:20:52 | PARTICULARLY IN 2008, IT WAS
PRETTY ONE-SIDED. |
| 00:20:55 | THERE WERE SO MANY OBAMA
CAMPAIGN POSTERS AROUND CAMPUS. |
| 00:21:00 | I AM NOT SEEING NEARLY THAT
LEVEL. |
| 00:21:02 | IT IS STILL SEPTEMBER, BUT THE
LEVEL OF ORGANIZED ACTIVITY IS |
| 00:21:06 | NOT AT THE LEVEL IT WAS IN 2008.
HAVING SAID THAT, YOU POINTED |
| 00:21:11 | RIGHT UP TO THE PROBLEMS THAT
COLLEGE STUDENTS HERE AND |
| 00:21:13 | ELSEWHERE ARE FACING.
THIS IS A REALLY TOUGH JOB |
| 00:21:16 | MARKET FOR NEWLY MINTED COLLEGE
GRADUATES TO ENTER. |
| 00:21:19 | THEY ARE TAKING THIS ELECTION
VERY SERIOUSLY. |
| 00:21:23 | I THINK THERE IS SOME DISCIPLINE
AMONG PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR |
| 00:21:27 | OBAMA.
-- SOME DISAPPOINTMENT AMONG |
| 00:21:30 | PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA, NOT
UNLIKE OTHER PEOPLE WHO VOTED |
| 00:21:34 | FOR OBAMA, THAT THINGS DID NOT
TURN AROUND. |
| 00:21:36 | AT THE SAME TIME, ROMNEY'S
MESSAGING -- HE IS NOT REALLY |
| 00:21:41 | SPEAKING TO COLLEGE STUDENTS IN
A WAY THAT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN |
| 00:21:45 | IS.
PARTICULARLY ON THIS ISSUE OF |
| 00:21:47 | STUDENT LOANS AND SUPPORT FOR
STUDENT LOANS, THEY'RE THE |
| 00:21:50 | PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IS
RESONATING AMONG YOUNG VOTERS |
| 00:21:54 | MORE SO THAN MITT ROMNEY'S
MESSAGE. |
| 00:21:56 | THE QUESTION IS, WILL THEY GET
FIRED UP OVER THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN |
| 00:22:00 | AS THEY DID IN 2008?
AS YOU SAY, KAREN, THAT WAS |
| 00:22:06 | ESSENTIAL TO THE 2008 VICTORY.
>> MICHAEL, YOU ARE AT A |
| 00:22:11 | SMALLER, PRIVATE COLLEGE.
I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN |
| 00:22:15 | TERMS OF ACTIVITY COMPARED TO
2008 OR EVEN THIS TIME AROUND? |
| 00:22:20 | >> I SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS
EXCITED ABOUT THEIR FIRST |
| 00:22:25 | OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
FOR THEM, THIS IS A FORMATIVE |
| 00:22:28 | EXPERIENCE, BEING ABLE TO GO OUT
AND CAST A BALLOT IN THE FIRST |
| 00:22:33 | PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
BUT I DON'T SEE THE SAME AMOUNT |
| 00:22:35 | OF EXCITEMENT TO THE CAMPAIGN,
AT LEAST AS FAR AS IT IS |
| 00:22:43 | RECEIVED AMONG STUDENTS.
I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT |
| 00:22:46 | EARLY.
COLLEGE STUDENTS PROCRASTINATE, |
| 00:22:47 | RIGHT?
WE SAVE THE CAMPAIGN UNTIL WE |
| 00:22:51 | HAVE TO GO AND CAST THE BALLOT.
WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS |
| 00:22:55 | CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE JUST
TALKED ABOUT, REPUBLICANS OR |
| 00:23:02 | DEMOCRATS, POLITICAL ACTIVISTS
ON CAMPUS, HAVE REALLY BEEN IN A |
| 00:23:07 | CAGE AND GETTING THEIR PEERS AND
COLLEAGUES -- REALLY BEEN |
| 00:23:12 | ENGAGED IN GETTING THEIR PEERS
AND COLLEAGUES REGISTER TO VOTE. |
| 00:23:15 | >> ONE FINAL QUESTION, AND MAYBE
I'M JUST IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN |
| 00:23:20 | WATCHING THIS SO LONG, BUT IT
SEEMS LIKE THE CAMPAIGN ADS HAVE |
| 00:23:25 | TAPERED OFF, THAT IT HAS BACKED
OFF A LITTLE BIT. |
| 00:23:27 | MAYBE I'M NOT WATCHING THE
RIGHT CHANNELS OR SOMETHING. |
| 00:23:32 | WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
>> IT FEELS REALLY BUSY, BUT IT |
| 00:23:35 | MIGHT BE THAT WE ARE SATURATED
AND ARE STARTING TO TUNE IT OUT. |
| 00:23:38 | THIS CAMPAIGN STARTED SO EARLY.
OBAMA STARTED RUNNING ADS |
| 00:23:43 | AGAINST ROMNEY VERY EARLY IN THE
CAMPAIGN. |
| 00:23:45 | WE MAY NOT BE NOTICING THEM.
I THINK THEY ARE STILL THERE. |
| 00:23:51 | SPENDING IS STILL UP, RELATIVELY
BALANCED. |
| 00:23:53 | WHAT YOU'RE ALSO SEEING IN THE
POLLING DATA IS THAT VOTERS ARE |
| 00:23:58 | KIND OF DONE.
>> SOME OF THE STUFF HAS BEEN |
| 00:24:04 | PUSHED OUT BY ALL THE CAMPAIGN
ADS IN THE U.S. SENATE RACE. |
| 00:24:07 | A TON OF ADS IN THAT RACE AS
WELL. |
| 00:24:08 | LET ME ASK MELISSA.
YOU ARE IN A DIFFERENT MARKET. |
| 00:24:13 | WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
>> THERE IS STILL SATURATION |
| 00:24:17 | HERE.
I THINK VOTERS ARE GETTING KIND |
| 00:24:19 | OF TIRED OF ALL THE ADS,
FRANKLY, AND PARTICULARLY THE |
| 00:24:22 | NEGATIVE ADS.
THAT IS WHY I THINK THERE IS A |
| 00:24:25 | MESSAGE FOR MITT ROMNEY.
WHAT MITT ROMNEY OUGHT TO BE |
| 00:24:28 | AIRING IN THESE LAST WEEKS
BEFORE THE ELECTION IN OHIO AND |
| 00:24:31 | OTHER STATES IS POSITIVE ADS.
I THINK THE PROBLEM FOR MITT |
| 00:24:35 | ROMNEY THAT HE HAS BEEN HAVING
IS BTHAT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN |
| 00:24:40 | PAINTED HIM AS A CORPORATE
RAIDER WHO IS TAKING JOBS AND |
| 00:24:43 | SENDING THEM OVERSEAS, AND YET
THE REPUBLICANS MADE A LOT OF |
| 00:24:46 | HEADWAY AT THE CONVENTION, THAT
IN FACT HE HAS BEEN A |
| 00:24:48 | COMPASSIONATE PERSON AND SHOWN A
LOT OF COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE |
| 00:24:51 | WITHIN HIS OWN CHURCH.
AFTER THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, |
| 00:24:55 | THAT MESSAGE SEEMED TO HAVE
DISAPPEARED. |
| 00:24:58 | I THINK THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN
WOULD BE MOLLIFIES TO RUN SOME |
| 00:25:02 | POSITIVE ADS -- WOULD BE WELL
ADVISED TO RUN SOME POSITIVE |
| 00:25:06 | ADS, TESTIMONIALS FROM PEOPLE
WHO FEEL THAT HE HAS BEEN |
| 00:25:08 | HELPFUL TO THEM, AND THAT COULD
TIE IN UP IN OHIO. |
| 00:25:10 | >> MELISSA MILLER FROM A
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY |
| 00:25:16 | AND MICHAEL BRADY FROM
DENISON YOUR CITY, |
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