congressman, but he also worked in the bush administration in the president, george w. s, second term. mr. portman was the head of the bush administration s office of management and budget during the 2006 midterms when republicans lost their house majorities. he was also the u.s. trade representative as appointed by president bush, and, therefore, negotiated with other countries for u.s. trade deals. and democrats argue that he s cost ohio and the country jobs because of the bush economy that they claim obama has inherited and is causing the current problems and because of trade problems. lee fisher is the lieutenant governor of this state, a democrat, and he has some, something of a record himself that makes for an easy target as the number two democrat in ohio. a state with the ninth worst unemployment in the country, he s got some explaining to do. this state also has an $8 billion budget hole and as a consequence because he s the governor s number two, that s something that he has