for mitt romney, i think ohio is where we have to concentrate. unemployment there is at 7.2%. that is significantly lower than the national unemployment rate. how does that number, the ohio unemployment rate, play in this election? well, i think it s very helpful to the president. quite frankly. and lawrence ohio s economy let me stop you there. it s still a high number. 7.2 is not what anyone think of as low unemployment in ohio. of course. but we re moving in the right direction. and you know, it s unusual for ohio to have an unemployment rate lower than the national average. that s right. let me tell you why that s happening. it s because the president rescued the american auto industry. and today, multimillion dollar investments are being made in ohio. jobs are being created. we think about 850,000 ohio jobs
not have won your vote, but i hear your voices. i need your help. i ll be your president, too. the president also offered this reminder to ohio voters about jobs. ohio, when governor romney said we should let the auto industry go bankrupt, we said no. we re not going to take your advice. don t boo, vote. and we invented a dying auto industry. that supports one in eight ohio jobs and has come roaring back to the top of the world. joining me now are richard wolfe, vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com and former ohio governor ted strikland. governor strickland, what do ohio voters want to hear from vice president biden in this debate this week?
investments are being made in ohio. jobs are being created. we think about 850,000 ohio jobs were saved as a result of the president s action. and mitt romney was on the other side. and ohioans, lawrence, they really understand what s going on here. and that s one of the major reasons. the other major reason, quite frankly, was the recovery act. which enabled me and other governors in other states, to keep our states from falling ever deeper into this deep recession that we confronted. and now we re coming back and all mitt romney wants to do is to take us back to the same failed bush policies that led to this recession. ohioans are common sense people. we understand who s on our side and who s on the other side. and the president has been on the side of working ohioans and
simps simpson bowles. president obama today and mitt romney were both in ohio today. which has the biggest electoral fire the other guy needs to not lose it. the new cnn/opinion research poll out today research poll shows obama up by four, 51%/47% among likely voters. that poll was taken after the debate actually after the debate. before the debate obama had a wider margin. when you think about ohio. he said with el reinvented a dying auto industry, that supports one in eight ohio jobs and has come roaring back to the top of the world. another big speaker joining
should just let detroit go bankrupt, that would have meant walking away from an industry that supports one in eight ohio jobs. it supports businesses in 82 of 88 ohio counties. so when he said that, i said, no, i m going to bet on america. i m betting on american workers. ohio s 7.2% unemployment rate is directly linked to the auto rescue, the loan. romney s campaign will live to regret let detroit go bankrupt, that editorial, that of course he pinned in a detroit newspaper. according to cnn, a longtime gop strategist called obama s advantage on the automobile loan a kick in the blanks for the romney campaign. you can fill in the blanks for yourself. i think you know what he said. romney is also still struggling to undo the damage done by ads highlighting his record at bain capital. the obama campaign and super