didn t vote for me. but on the night of the election i said to those americans, i may 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
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?
let s solve this. mitt romney s move to the middle with the polls showing him trailing the president in battleground states, he showed more centerist last night than in the primary debates. i like the fact in my state we had republicans and democrats come together and work together. regulation is essential. you can t have a free market work if you don t have regulation. my view is that we aught to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. let s bring in former new york governor george pataki and former governor ted strikland. good to see you. governor strickland, do you think governor romney earned some undecided voters last night? i would give him a b-plus on style. i would give him a d-minus on
governor ted strikland for example. former governor of ohio. and governor rendell and myself and broad range of members of congress. donna edwards. there is a very long list of surrogates for the president. and they have been out there repeatedly. you know, i don t see it. i m not sure how you re not seeing it. i watch a lot of television congresswoman, i got to tell i, it looks like solo act. the president had to explain his position yesterday when he was being assaulted by the mutanteers, by ratener, booker and rendell. i didn t hear anybody jumping to his defense. did you? i think there are times when you when it is appropriate it put a surrogate out there and there are times when president obama believes that there is no one better than the president himself to stand up and make the
flet members that are restricted and unable to advocate on behalf of the president like attorney general and secretary of state, secretary of homeland security. so you won t see those cabinet officials out there because they are appropriately doing their jobs. but you do see secretary salizar, secretary of commerce, secretary of energy. you have i was just down in south florida with ambassador susan rice who came down to talk with the jewish community. she wasn t down it talk about the president s candidacy but about his record of accomplishment and support for israel. so we have internal surrogates who are making the case for the president and then we have a number of, and widespread, outside surrogates, like governor ted strikland for example. former governor of ohio. and governor rendell and myself and broad range of members of