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KAREN: VOTERS THIS FALL COULD
00:00:30FACE A QUESTION THEY'VE NEVER
BEEN ASKED ON A BALLOT BEFORE.
00:00:33AND WE GO INSIDE THE HEADLINE
AND HISTORY-MAKING REPUBLICAN
00:00:36PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN
CLEVELAND.
00:00:38ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO".
00:00:48KAREN: FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER -
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TO
00:00:55LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IS SET TO GO
BEFORE OHIO VOTERS.
00:00:56SECRETARY OF STATE JON HUSTED
CERTIFIED MORE THAN 44,000
00:01:00SIGNATURES COLLECTED BY
RESPONSIBLEOHIO AFTER HUNDREDS
00:01:03OF THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES
SUBMITTED IN JUNE WERE THROWN
00:01:06OUT.
THIS GIVES THE GROUP MORE THAN
00:01:09320,000 SIGNATURES, WELL OVER
THE 305,000 NEEDED TO MAKE THE
00:01:12BALLOT.
AS YOU HEARD ON THIS SHOW LAST
00:01:15WEEK, RESPONSIBLEOHIO'S
AMENDMENT WOULD LEGALIZE
00:01:19MARIJUANA AND SET UP 10 GROWING
SITES, ALONG WITH LIMITED
00:01:22PERSONAL GROWING LICENSES AND
STATE REGULATIONS.
00:01:25BUT OPPONENTS SAY
RESPONSIBLEOHIO IS CREATING A
00:01:28POT CARTEL.
THEY'RE BACKING AN AMENDMENT
00:01:31ALSO DISCUSSED ON THIS SHOW LAST
WEEK THAT WOULD BLOCK GROUPS
00:01:34FROM EMBEDDED INTO THE
CONSTITUTION ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES
00:01:37FOR ONLY THEIR INTERESTS.
THAT ISSUE - ISSUE 2 - WOULD
00:01:42PREVENT RESPONSIBLEOHIO'S
AMENDMENT FROM TAKING EFFECT IF
00:01:44ISSUE 2 GETS MORE VOTES.
THE MOST SENIOR DEMOCRAT IN THE
00:01:49OHIO HOUSE HAS RESIGNED HIS
SEAT, AND IS REPORTEDLY SET TO
00:01:52PLEAD GUILTY TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE
CHARGES.
00:01:55RON GERBERRY OF AUSTINTOWN NEAR
YOUNGSTOWN, A 27-YEAR VETERAN OF
00:01:58THE HOUSE, SUBMITTED HIS
RESIGNATION THIS WEEK, AND
00:02:01REPORTS HAVE IT THAT HE'LL ADMIT
TO MISDEMEANOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE
00:02:04IRREGULARITIES.
THE 62-YEAR-OLD GERBERRY IS
00:02:08ACCUSED OF OVERPAYING SEVERAL
VENDORS AND THEN GETTING MUCH OF
00:02:10THAT MONEY BACK IN REFUNDS.
HIS RESIGNATION IS EFFECTIVE
00:02:14AUGUST 21, AND SOURCES HAVE SAID
THAT FORMER STATE LAWMAKER AND
00:02:18CONGRESSMAN JOHN BOCCIERI COULD
BE APPOINTED TO FILL OUT
00:02:21GERBERRY'S TERM, WHICH ENDS IN
2017.
00:02:24LAST WEEK MOST POLITICAL JUNKIES
HAD THEIR ATTENTION TURNED TO
00:02:28OHIO - SPECIFICALLY CLEVELAND,
FOR THE FIRST REPUBLICAN
00:02:31PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS SHOW,
00:02:33THE CHANCES ARE GOOD YOU WATCHED
THE 10 CANDIDATES IN THE MAIN
00:02:37DEBATE AT 9:00 P.M., AND MAYBE
EVEN THE SEVEN CANDIDATES IN THE
00:02:41EARLIER DEBATE AT 5:00 P.M.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD BY THIS
00:02:45POINT THAT GOV. JOHN KASICH HAS
BEEN GETTING GOOD REVIEWS FOR
00:02:49HIS PERFORMANCE - THE NEW YORK
>> JOHN DID EXTRAORDINARILY WELL
00:03:56THE THING THAT MAKES JOHN
STANDOUT TONIGHT WAS HIS
00:03:58CLARITY.
I THINK WHAT MAKES HIM STAND OUT
00:04:03IS HIS RECORD.
BALANCING THE BUDGET, CAN YOU
00:04:06IMAGINE THAT?
NOBODY HAS DONE NOT IN THE LAST
00:04:1020 YEARS.
KAREN: ALSO SPEAKING FOR KASICH,
00:04:16TWO OF HIS TOP STAFFERS.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN'S 2008
00:04:17PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST
JOHN WEAVER AND FORMER NEW
00:04:19HAMPSHIRE SEN. JOHN SUNUNU.
>> JOHN KASICH WILL BE THE NEXT
00:04:21PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
KAREN: OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY
00:04:24CHAIR MATT BORGES SPOKE FOR
KASICH AND STRONGLY AGAINST
00:04:27DONALD TRUMP FOR REFUSING TO
PLEDGE THAT HE WOULD NOT RUN AS
00:04:30AN INDEPENDENT IF HE IS NOT THE
NOMINEE.
00:04:33AND THEN KASICH CAME INTO THE
ROOM, AND WAS MOBBED BY NATIONAL
00:04:37AND STATE REPORTERS, WHO ASKED
HIM HOW HE FELT ABOUT THE
00:04:39QUESTIONS HE GOT.
>> I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD
00:04:46AND AS THEY KEPT SAYING TO ME,
WE HAD 10 PEOPLE, SO WE CANNOT
00:04:51ASK ENOUGH.
I WANTED TO TALK MORE ABOUT
00:04:53FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENSE.
ON THE STAGE, I HAVE MORE
00:04:56EXPERIENCE THAN ANYONE.
THEY HAVE A JEFF -- TOUGH JOB,
00:05:03TOO, AND I LIKE THEM ALL.
AS HARD AS IT IS TO BELIEVE, I
00:05:08LIKE THE MEDIA, I HAVE BEEN IN
THE MEDIA, AND PROBABLY WILL
00:05:11AGAIN.
KAREN: OF THE TEN CANDIDATES,
00:05:13ONLY FOUR CAME INTO THE SPIN
ROOM - KASICH, BEN CARSON,
00:05:16FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE
HUCKABEE, AND DONALD TRUMP.
00:05:19THIS IS THE CLOSEST I COULD GET
TO HIM.
00:05:22THE DAY BEFORE AND ALL DAY, IT
HAD BEEN BUSY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
00:05:26QUICKEN LOANS ARENA.
SATELLITE TRUCKS HAD STARTED
00:05:29MOVING INTO PLACE THE NIGHT
BEFORE, AND LOCAL STATIONS AND
00:05:32NATIONAL NETWORKS WERE SET UP
SIDE BY SIDE FOR LIVE SHOTS.
00:05:36AFTER THE 5:00 P.M. DEBATE
CONCLUDED, DEMONSTRATORS FROM A
00:05:39VARIETY OF PROGRESSIVE CAUSES
SET UP RIGHT BY THE ENTRANCE
00:05:42THAT DEBATE TICKETHOLDERS AND
REPUBLICAN PARTY INVITED GUESTS
00:05:45WOULD WALK THROUGH.
THERE WERE ABORTION RIGHTS
00:05:50ADVOCATES, PRO-IMMIGRATION AND
ANTI-GMO DEMONSTRATORS,
00:05:53MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
SUPPORTERS, AND ACTIVISTS WITH
00:05:56BLACK LIVES MATTER.
BUT THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF
00:06:01CONSERVATIVE PROTESTORS, TOO -
ONE DRESSED AS PRESIDENT OBAMA,
00:06:04AND A FEW WHO SUPPORT THE STRICT
ABORTION BAN KNOWN AS THE
00:06:07HEARTBEAT BILL, WHICH THEY SAY
KASICH HASN'T DONE ENOUGH TO GET
00:06:10PASSED.
KASICH'S PERFORMANCE IN THE
00:06:14DEBATE - AND PERHAPS THE
PERFORMANCES OF HIS FELLOW
00:06:17CANDIDATES - VAULTED HIM TO
HIGHER POSITIONS IN SOME POLLS.
00:06:21A SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY POLL OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE VOTERS HAD HIM IN 8TH
00:06:23PLACE WITH 12%.
AND WHILE THAT PERCENTAGE WAS
00:06:27THE SAME IN A BOSTON
HERALD/FRANKLIN PIERCE
00:06:30UNIVERSITY NEW HAMPSHIRE
POST-DEBATE POLL, IT'S ENOUGH TO
00:06:34PUT HIM IN THIRD PLACE IN THE
GRANITE STATE, WHICH HOSTS THE
00:06:36FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN
FEBRUARY.
00:06:39BUT KASICH'S RISE ISN'T
UNIVERSAL.
00:06:42IOWA HOSTS THE FIRST CAUCUSES IN
THE NATION IN FEBRUARY, JUST
00:06:44BEFORE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY.
00:06:47AND A POLL OF LIKELY CAUCUS
GOERS CONDUCTED BY CNN, WHICH
00:06:51HOSTS THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE IN SEPTEMBER, PUTS KASICH
00:06:54BACK AMONG THE SECOND-TIER
CANDIDATES - HOWEVER, SOME ARE
00:06:57SO CLOSE THEY'RE VIRTUALLY TIED.
WHILE IT CAN BE DEBATED WHO WON
00:07:01THE DEBATE, MANY EXPERTS SAY
THERE WAS ONE UNANIMOUS WINNER
00:07:04LAST WEEK - AND THAT WAS THE
CITY OF CLEVELAND.
00:07:07IT WAS ALL DECKED OUT FOR THE
DEBATE, INCLUDING THE ICONIC
00:07:10TERMINAL TOWER WHICH WAS LIT UP
IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
00:07:13THERE ARE NO NUMBERS YET ON THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE DEBATE,
00:07:17BUT THERE WERE CERTAINLY
THOUSANDS MORE PEOPLE IN THE
00:07:21CITY DURING DEBATE WEEK, WITH
LOTS OF SOLD OUT HOTEL ROOMS AND
00:07:24CROWDED RESTAURANTS.
BUT THE DEBATE WAS THE
00:07:26HIGHEST-RATED PRIMARY DEBATE IN
TELEVISION HISTORY, AND SO THERE
00:07:29ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
LONG-TERM IMPACT OF THE DEBATE
00:07:31ON REPUBLICANS IN OHIO, A STATE
WHICH HAS ELECTED PRESIDENT
00:07:34OBAMA IN THE LAST TWO
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND A
00:07:36STATE WHICH RECENT HISTORY HAS
SHOWN - AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW - A
00:07:39REPUBLICAN WOULD NEED TO CARRY
TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:07:43HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FORWARD
MOVING IMPACT OF THE DEBATE AND
00:07:46THE UPCOMING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION ON CLEVELAND AND THE
00:07:50GOP IN NORTHEAST OHIO, I'M
PLEASED TO WELCOME ROB FROST,
00:07:53CHAIR OF THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:07:56HE JOINS ME FROM THE STUDIO OF
WVIZ/IDEASTREAM IN CLEVELAND.
00:08:03LET ME ASK YOU, HOW DO YOU THINK
THE DEBATE WENT THIS PAST
00:08:05WEEKEND, HOW DID EVERYTHING GO,
ANY LESSON THAT YOU CAN TAKE
00:08:10AWAY FROM THE DEBATE THAT YOU
CAN PUT FORWARD TO THE
00:08:16CONVENTION COMING UP LESS THAN A
YEAR FROM NOW?
00:08:17ROB: I HEARD IN YOUR
INTERJECTION THE IDEA THAT THE
00:08:23ONE WINNER OF THE DEBATE WAS
CLEVELAND.
00:08:24I WOULD ADD TO THAT, A SECOND
WINNER, AND THAT WAS THE
00:08:29REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THAT IS THANKS, IN LARGE PART,
00:08:32TO THE WORK OF THE CITY OF
CLEVELAND TOGETHER WITH THE OHIO
00:08:34REPUBLICAN PARTY, OUR PARTNER,
IN HOSTING THE DEBATE.
00:08:37I REALLY FELT COME IN EVERY
REGARD, FROM THE VISITORS WHO
00:08:45SAW CLEVELAND, ENGAGED IN THE
PARTY AS PART OF THE DEBATE, TO
00:08:48THE MILLIONS OF VIEWERS AROUND
THE NATION WHO TUNED IN, THE
00:08:52REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS A CLEAR
WINNER.
00:08:53KAREN: 24 MILLION VIEWERS AS THE
LAST RATINGS I SAW INDICATED.
00:08:58THE CUYAHOGA REPUBLICAN PARTY,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IS NOT A
00:09:02POWERHOUSE.
DID THE CONVENTION GIVE YOU AN
00:09:07OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT IN
CUYAHOGA COUNTY AND MAKE IT
00:09:11STRONGER, OR COULD THESE EVENTS
OVERSHADOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
00:09:15DO AND PUT ALL THE FOCUS ON THE
OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE
00:09:19NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY AND
KEEP YOU FROM DOING SOME OF THE
00:09:22GRASSROOTS WORK YOU HAVE TO DO
TO BUILD THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN
00:09:27CUYAHOGA COUNTY?
ROB: LET ME START BY CLEARING OF
00:09:32A MISPERCEPTION THAT WE ARE NOT
A POWERHOUSE.
00:09:33WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DELIVER
MORE REPUBLICAN VOTES BEHIND A
00:09:37NOMINEE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY IN
THE STATE.
00:09:38WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST,
WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN IN 2016.
00:09:43BUT WE WILL ONLY DO THAT BY
GETTING OUT INTO EVERY
00:09:48NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENGAGING WITH
EVERY VOTER, NOT CONCEDING ANY
00:09:50TERRITORY, ASKING CLEVELAND
VOTERS -- WITH 53%
00:09:56AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION --
ASKING VOTERS TO CONSIDER A
00:10:01REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
WE NEED TO BE EARNING THEIR
00:10:03VOTE.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS OVER THE
00:10:07COURSE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS,
BUILDING A BIGGER TENT,
00:10:12EXPANDING AND ENGAGING WITHIN
THE CITY OF CLEVELAND AND
00:10:14THROUGHOUT CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
WHAT WE KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE
00:10:17CHALLENGES WE FACE, WE WIN BY
ADDITION AND NOT SUBTRACTION.
00:10:21IF WE CAN ADD MORE VOTERS TO THE
REPUBLICAN ROLES, WE CAN DELIVER
00:10:29200,000 VOTES-PLUS BEHIND A
CANDIDATE WINNING OHIO ON THEIR
00:10:35WAY TO WINNING THE PRESIDENCY.
KAREN: I IMAGINE YOU TALKED
00:10:39ABOUT THE URBAN GOP LEADERSHIP,
AS THE DEBATE WAS GOING ON,
00:10:44REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES IN URBAN AREAS, LIKE
00:10:48CLEVELAND.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU TALKED
00:10:50ABOUT THEIR IN THAT GOP
LEADERSHIP CONVENTION.
00:10:52ROB: THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING
THAT.
00:10:57IT WAS A GREAT CONVENTION AND
LEADERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY,
00:11:01AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO
HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS GOING ON IN
00:11:02OHIO.
AT THE FOREFRONT IS WHAT
00:11:04GOVERNOR KASICH, NOW RUNNING FOR
THE NOMINATION TO BE THE
00:11:08REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, IS WHAT HE
HAS DONE, THE CITY OF CLEVELAND,
00:11:14SCHOOLS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
EXPANDING THE STATES NETWORK,
00:11:20HIS OWN LEADERSHIP HERE IN
CLEVELAND HAS BEEN AT THE
00:11:24FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO.
00:11:25WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT
-- AND WE OPENED THE CONFERENCE
00:11:30WITH CONGRESSMAN MIKE TURNER.
FORMER MAYOR OF DAYTON,
00:11:32CURRENTLY REPRESENTING THE STATE
OF OHIO IN CONGRESS.
00:11:36A VERY DIVERSE CROWD, INCLUDING
A LARGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
00:11:42ATTENDANCE.
MANY REPUBLICANS CONSIDERING
00:11:49BECOMING A PART OF THE PARTY.
THEY WERE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT
00:11:54CONGRESSMAN TURNER HAD TO SAY
ABOUT OPPORTUNITY AND EQUALITY
00:11:56WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND
OUR LEADERSHIP.
00:11:58WE ALSO FEATURE THE FRANKLIN
COUNTY AUDITOR, THE CINCINNATI
00:12:05COUNCILWOMAN.
THERE IS GREAT LEADERSHIP AROUND
00:12:06THE STATE AND IN MAJOR URBAN
CENTERS BY REPUBLICANS.
00:12:10WE WERE PROUD TO SHOWCASE THAT
LAST WEEKEND.
00:12:14KAREN: YOU HAVE ALSO DONE SOME
OUTREACH TO SOME MINORITY
00:12:18COMMUNITIES.
YOU NOTE THAT YOU HAVE DONE
00:12:21OUTREACH TO THE JEWISH AND LGBT
COMMUNITY.
00:12:24WELCOMING EVENTS FOR THE
ATHLETES COMING TO THE GAY GAMES
00:12:32IN CLEVELAND LAST YEAR.
IS THAT DIFFICULT, SAYS THERE IS
00:12:36NO CONSENSUS ON LGBT ISSUES IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
00:12:39ROB: I THOUGHT OUR GOVERNOR PUT
IT PERFECTLY IN RESPONSE TO A
00:12:47DEBATE QUESTION LAST WEEK, AND
THAT IS, REGARDLESS OF THE
00:12:50DIFFERENCES WE HAVE ON POLICY,
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A OPEN
00:12:53AND WELCOMING PARTY.
IF PEOPLE AGREE ON THE BASIC
00:12:58THINGS FOR WHICH THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY STANDS ON -- WE ARE NOT
00:13:01INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO THEIR
LIFESTYLE.
00:13:03WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING
IS JOINING HANDS TOGETHER.
00:13:07THE BIG THING ABOUT THE GAY
GAMES, JUST WELCOMING PEOPLE TO
00:13:13CLEVELAND.
WE THOUGHT THE LEAST WE COULD DO
00:13:17IS BE WELCOMING TO VISITORS FOR
SOMETHING AS LARGE AS THE GAY
00:13:20GAMES.
JEWISH OUTREACH, WORKING WITH
00:13:24SENATOR ROB PORTMAN ON AN EVENT
EARLIER THIS YEAR, TALKING ABOUT
00:13:29U.S.-ISRAEL NATIONAL SECURITY
AND THE RISE OF ISLAMIC
00:13:34EXTREMISM.
A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE GREATER
00:13:36CLEVELAND AREA.
MORE RECENTLY -- AND THIS LEADS
00:13:41INTO OUR PREPARATIONS FOR THE
CONVENTION -- WE HAD AN EVENT
00:13:46NOT LONG AGO WORKING WITH
MINORITY CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS
00:13:49INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS
WITH REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:13:50WHETHER THAT IS IN A STATE OF
OHIO, THE PARTY ITSELF, THE
00:13:57COUNTY PARTY, OR EVEN THE
CONVENTION BEING PUT TOGETHER
00:13:59NEXT YEAR.
GREAT INTEREST IN EACH OF THOSE.
00:14:07DIVERSE LEADERSHIP CAME FORWARD
TO BE A PART OF EACH OF THOSE
00:14:13EVENTS.
KAREN: IS THE FUNDRAISING FOR
00:14:17THE CONVENTION DONE OR IS THERE
MORE MONEY TO RAISE?
00:14:19ROB: THE CLEVELAND 2016 HOST
COMMITTEE HAD A MEETING EARLIER
00:14:24THIS WEEK AND GAVE A STATUS OF
WHERE THEY ARE IN THE
00:14:27FUNDRAISING.
THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE PARTY
00:14:30ORGANIZATION.
THAT IS THE 5031 C NONPROFIT.
00:14:33WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO REPORT IS
THEY ARE FURTHER AHEAD THAN ANY
00:14:39OF THE PAST REPUBLICAN
CONVENTIONS AND ARE MAKING GREAT
00:14:41PROGRESS.
KAREN: BUT STILL NOT THERE YET?
00:14:42ROB: NO, I DON'T THINK ANYONE
WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THEM TO
00:14:50REACH THEIR GOAL TODAY, FOR WHAT
THEY NEED TO HAVE DONE BY NEXT
00:14:53YEAR.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO
00:14:54DAVID GILBERT, WHO HEADS THE
COMMITTEE.
00:14:57KAREN: FINALLY, A REPORT THAT
SAYS THE DEBATE WAS "THE
00:15:03BEGINNING OF AN AGGRESSIVE
CAMPAIGN BY REPUBLICANS TO WIN
00:15:06OHIO'S 18 ELECTORAL VOTES BEFORE
IT RETURNS FOR THE NATIONAL
00:15:11CONVENTION."
ALREADY 20 STAFFERS IN OHIO,
00:15:17WHICH WILL BALLOON TO MORE THAN
75, WITH HOPES OF WINNING OHIO
00:15:23BACK FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
IS THAT KIND OF EFFORT GOING TO
00:15:26BE ENOUGH, OR WILL IT TAKE A LOT
TO GET PAST WITH THE OHIO
00:15:33REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN SAID WAS A
DISJOINTED EFFORT IN 2012?
00:15:35ROB: THE CHAIRMAN HIT THE NAIL
ON THE HEAD.
00:15:42WE HAVE TO BE MORE ORGANIZED.
SEEING THIS LEVEL OF STAFFING
00:15:44BEING PUT IN PLACE -- AND I CAN
VERIFY IT'S HAPPENING.
00:15:47LATER TODAY, WE HAVE THE GRAND
OPENING OF OUR VICTORY CENTER
00:15:52HERE IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
WE HAVE STAFFERS ALL THROUGHOUT
00:15:56NORTHEAST OHIO.
IS THAT NUMBER OF STAFFERS
00:15:59ENOUGH?
NO, IT IS NOT.
00:16:04IT TAKES THE THOUSANDS OF
VOLUNTEERS THAT GET OUT TO WORK
00:16:08WITH US, WHO HAVE BEEN LOYAL
SUPPORTERS OF THE REPUBLICAN
00:16:10PARTY.
THEY DID THE WORK WITH US IN
00:16:122008 AND 2012, BUT THE PARTY LET
THEM DOWN.
00:16:16WE WERE NOT KNOWN -- LET THAT
HAPPEN THIS TIME.
00:16:20WE WILL CARRY OHIO BEHIND THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE AND ROB
00:16:25PORTMAN ON HIS WAY TO REELECTION
NEXT YEAR, AND THAT WILL HELP US
00:16:29TO ELECT THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
KAREN: ROB FROST, THANK YOU FOR
00:16:34BEING HERE.
WHILE CLEVELAND WAS OVERRUN WITH
00:16:35RED FOR THE GOP DEBATE, THERE
WAS A DEMOCRATIC PRESENCE THERE.
00:16:38DNC CHAIR DEBBIE WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE
00:16:41BEFORE THE EVENT, SORT OF A
"PRE-BUTTAL" ALONG WITH KEY OHIO
00:16:44DEMOCRATS.
AND SHE ALSO SPOKE AT THE CITY
00:16:47CLUB OF CLEVELAND THE DAY AFTER
THE DEBATE, BLASTING REPUBLICAN
00:16:51POLICIES ON EQUAL PAY, MINIMUM
WAGE, FAMILY LEAVE AND OTHER
00:16:53TOPICS.
AND THERE WERE THOSE
00:16:56DEMONSTRATING ON ISSUES CRITICAL
TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
00:16:58AND DEMOCRATIC FRONTRUNNER
HILLARY CLINTON IS HEADED TO
00:17:02CLEVELAND FOR A FUNDRAISER LATER
THIS MONTH.
00:17:04AND DEMOCRATS SAY THEY ARE NOT
TAKING THE STATE FOR GRANTED,
00:17:07EVEN THOUGH PRESIDENT OBAMA WON
HERE THE LAST TWO YEARS.
00:17:10THE LAST QUINNIPIAC POLL IN OHIO
IN JUNE HAD GOV. KASICH BEATING
00:17:12CLINTON IN A FACE TO FACE
CONTEST BY SEVEN POINTS.
00:17:17TO TALK ABOUT DEMOCRATIC
RESPONSE TO THESE MAJOR
00:17:19REPUBLICAN EVENTS, I'M HAPPY TO
WELCOME SEN. KENNY YUKO, A
00:17:23DEMOCRAT OF RICHMOND HEIGHTS IN
EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
00:17:28LET ME ASK YOU, YOU WERE IN
CLEVELAND DURING THE DEBATE WE.
00:17:30DID YOU WATCH?
SEN. YUKO: INTENTLY, WITH
00:17:38ANTICIPATION, BECAUSE WE WERE
EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO
00:17:39SAY.
WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
00:17:42DONALD TRUMP WOULD DO TO GET THE
FIREWORKS STARTED.
00:17:44IN CLEVELAND, WE HAVE THE
FIREWORKS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
00:17:49IN EDGEWATER.
WE KNEW SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, DONALD
00:17:55TRUMP WOULD EXCEED THOSE
FIRETRUCKS -- FIREWORKS.
00:17:59HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
HE CAME OUT SWINGING AND HE DID
00:18:02A GOOD JOB, I THINK, OF GETTING
PEOPLE WELL DEPTH FOR THE EVENT.
00:18:05-- WELL DEPTH FOR THE EVENT.
KAREN: A MUTED PRESENCE AT THE
00:18:14DEBATE.
ARE THERE PLANS TO STEP IT UP
00:18:18FOR THE CONVENTION COMING UP?
SEN. YUKO: I THINK SO.
00:18:23A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL
SEE OUR YOUR WORKING AMERICANS,
00:18:28THE BLUE COLLAR PEOPLE, THOSE
THAT ARE IMPACTED MOST BY WHAT
00:18:31THE REPUBLICAN PARTIES ARE
BRINGING TO THE TABLE, WOMEN IN
00:18:32PARTICULAR, WHO HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR EQUAL PAY FOR A
00:18:37LONG TIME.
THEIR PLEA HAS FALLEN ON DEAF
00:18:39EARS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE MAKING THE
00:18:44MINIMUM WAGE, AND IT'S NOT
ENOUGH TO PROVIDE FOR A FAMILY.
00:18:46FIGHTING DAY IN, DAY OUT TO MAKE
ENDS MEET, AND THEY ARE LOSING
00:18:50THE BATTLE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY WE ARE NOT
00:18:55TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE
REAL TO PEOPLE.
00:18:56I AM GLAD THEY PICKED CLEVELAND.
FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
00:19:02THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY THAT IT CREATED FOR
00:19:06US, WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE DEBATE OR THE CONVENTION,
00:19:08THE REAL DOLLARS WILL BE
EXCITING AND VERY MUCH NEEDED.
00:19:10AND IT WILL HELP PEOPLE, LIKE IN
MY SENATE DISTRICT, THE PEOPLE
00:19:17THAT WORK IN THE HOTELS,
CLEANING THE ROOMS, HELPING IN
00:19:20THE KITCHEN, WHATEVER --
KAREN: OR CONSTRUCTING THE NEW
00:19:26HOTEL WHICH IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
00:19:27SEN. YUKO: WE ARE HELPING MOVE
CLEVELAND FORWARD BY TAKING THAT
00:19:33ANTIQUATED COUNTY BUILDING,
MOVING THE LOCATION, AND
00:19:36CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR
TREMENDOUS GROWTH AT AN
00:19:40ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING
CONVENTION CENTER WHICH WAS
00:19:43RECENTLY BUILT, AND IS FIRST
CLASS.
00:19:44I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE
TO VIEW IT, BUT IT IS GORGEOUS.
00:19:49KAREN: NORTHEAST OHIO IS THE
STATE'S DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD.
00:19:58THE COUNTY CHAIR ROB FROST WAS
HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE
00:20:00WERE MORE REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY THAN ANY
00:20:01OTHER COUNTY IN OHIO, AND HE
TALKED ABOUT THE OUTREACH
00:20:07PUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TO
TO MINORITY COMMUNITIES, LGBT,
00:20:09JEWISH COMMUNITIES.
KAREN:IS THERE A CONCERN THAT TT
00:20:11COULD THREATEN THE ATTRACTION
YOU HAVE IN NORTHEAST OHIO?
00:20:16YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD NO.
SEN. YUKO: I REPRESENT PEOPLE
00:20:26FROM ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES IN MY
SENATE DISTRICT.
00:20:27AFRICAN-AMERICANS, FOR EXAMPLE,
HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME,
00:20:29DEMOCRATS ARE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS, WHETHER IT
00:20:33IS VOTING RIGHTS, WORKING RIGHTS
, MAKING SURE THEIR CHILDREN
00:20:39HAVE A GREAT SHOT AT A GREAT
EDUCATION AND NOT SETTLING FOR A
00:20:40SECOND-CLASS EDUCATION.
MAKING SURE THEIR HOMES ARE
00:20:43PROTECTED.
WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP
00:20:47THEM LIVE IN THE NICEST HOMES
POSSIBLE.
00:20:52THOSE IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY,
LET'S BE HONEST, YOU CAN SAY
00:20:53CERTAIN THINGS IN A NATIONAL
PRESENCE, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO IN
00:20:58LEGISLATION?
HOW WILLING ARE YOU TO LISTEN TO
00:21:01THEIR CONCERNS AND ACT ON THEM
IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER?
00:21:04THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
LOWER INCOME PEOPLE, THEY WANT
00:21:10THEIR VOICES HEARD.
THEY KNOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE
00:21:13THERE TO LISTEN TO THEM AND
RESPOND.
00:21:15THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE, THAT IS
WHAT SEPARATES THE DEMOCRATS
00:21:20FROM THE REPUBLICANS.
KAREN: I ASKED ROB FROST ABOUT
00:21:24THIS, A REPORT THAT SAYS THIS
DEBATE WAS THE BEGINNING OF AN
00:21:28AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN BY
REPUBLICANS TO WIN OVER OHIO'S
00:21:3218 ELIGIBLE VOTES.
THE REPORT SAYS THERE ARE
00:21:38ALREADY 20 STAFFERS IN OHIO.
THAT NUMBER WILL GO ALL THE WAY
00:21:41UP TO 175 BY THE TIME THE
CONVENTION AND THE ELECTION IS
00:21:45UPON US.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS A REAL
00:21:48THREAT?
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A STATE
00:21:55WHERE DEMOCRATS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OBAMA TWICE, BUT
00:21:56DEMOCRATS LOST ALMOST EVERY
OFFICE IN 2014, HUGE LOSS IN THE
00:22:02GOVERNOR'S RACE, A SUPER
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE THAT IS
00:22:06REPUBLICAN.
HOW WILL DEMOCRATS WIN NEXT
00:22:08YEAR, OR ARE THEY?
SEN. YUKO: WE ARE GOING TO WIN
00:22:12AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO HEAR JUST
00:22:17WHAT REPUBLICANS WILL DO ON THE
DEBATE NIGHT, WHAT THEY WILL SAY
00:22:20DURING THE CONVENTION.
IT IS WHAT HAPPENS FOR THOSE
00:22:23MONTHS AFTER MONTHS WHEN WE ARE
IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PASSING
00:22:28LEGISLATION, GOING TO THE
COMMITTEE PROCESS, WHAT BILLS
00:22:30ARE BEING OFFERED ON THE SENATE
AND HOUSE FLOOR, WHEN AN
00:22:37AMENDMENT IS OFFERED.
IS IT BEING TABLED ON PARTY
00:22:39LINES?
DO THOSE AMENDMENTS REFLECT THE
00:22:44PEOPLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
STRONGHOLDS?
00:22:45THAT IS WHY CLEVELAND IS SUCH A
DEMOCRATIC TOWN.
00:22:50THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
YOU CANNOT JUST COME TO THE
00:22:52DANCE PARTY.
JUST LIKE WITH A MARRIAGE -- I
00:22:56OFFER THIS ANALOGY NOT LONG AGO.
YOU CANNOT BE NICE TO YOUR
00:23:00GIRLFRIEND WHEN YOU ARE ENGAGED
AND THEN WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED,
00:23:04TREAT HER LIKE DIRT.
YOU HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
00:23:07YOUR MESSAGING.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN
00:23:10AND ACT IN A POSITIVE WAY.
KAREN: DO YOU THINK ALL THE
00:23:16ATTENTION ON REPUBLICANS IN
CLEVELAND IS GOOD OR BAD FOR
00:23:17DEMOCRATS?
SEN. YUKO: I THINK IT IS GREAT.
00:23:20IT WILL SHOWCASE HOW WE TAKE
CARE OF ALL PEOPLE.
00:23:23WE DO NOT JUST PICK AND CHOOSE
WHO WILL REPRESENT, WHO WE WILL
00:23:29LISTEN TO.
WE WILL NOT JUST PICK AND CHOOSE
00:23:32WHO WILL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION
THAT MAY BE HELPFUL TO THEM.
00:23:34WE TRY TO REPRESENT EVERY ONE OF
OUR OHIO REPRESENT -- RESIDENTS.
00:23:38KAREN: WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY
OF A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN THE
00:23:45SENATE.
HOW DO YOU THINK THE PRIMARY
00:23:46WITH TED STRICKLAND AND OTHERS
WILL PLAY WITH DEMOCRATS?
00:23:51SEN. YUKO: TED STRICKLAND HAS
BEEN IN PUBLIC OFFICE FOR A LONG
00:23:57TIME, HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT
WITH MESSAGING.
00:23:59PERHAPS BECAUSE OF HIS
UPBRINGING -- WE ALL HEARD WHEN
00:24:04HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR, HIS
BACKGROUND, HAVE TO THAT
00:24:10LIFESTYLE AND MOVE FORWARD, ALL
THE WAY UP TO THE GOVERNOR'S
00:24:11MANSION.
THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE AND SAID
00:24:15AND VOTED UPON WILL SPEAK LOUD
AND CLEAR TO THE VOTERS.
00:24:18KAREN: BUT DO YOU THINK THE
POSSIBILITY OF A PRIMARY HURTS
00:24:22THE PARTY?
SEN. YUKO: NO, IT GIVES OUR
00:24:29CANDIDATES AT CHANCE TO GET THE
STRONG DEMOCRATIC MESSAGE OUT
00:24:31THERE, WHICH EVERYONE WILL BE
PAYING ATTENTION TO.
00:24:32SENATOR PORTMAN, FRANKLY, WILL
HAVE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE
00:24:38CONCERNS.
KAREN: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:24:39AND FINALLY, IN CASE YOU'RE
WONDERING WHO THE LAST TO LEAVE
00:24:44THE Q WAS ON DEBATE NIGHT --
WE WERE AMONG THEM, DEPARTING
00:24:47AFTER KASICH, WHO WALKED BY THE
MEDIA AREA WITH THIS FINAL
00:24:54MESSAGE.
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