Posted on 10/14/2010 5:41:04 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
Republicans appear poised for major gains in the Midwest, a region dominated by the president in 2008.
Two years ago this week, with a little more than two weeks left in the 2008 presidential contest, Barack Obama delivered a speech on the economy in Toledo, Ohio. His advisers touted the speech—on the most important issue of the race, in the state that decided the 2004 presidential contest—as the beginning of his closing argument.
One month after the collapse of Lehman Brothers froze the global economy and seized the campaign, Mr. Obama laid out his "emergency rescue plan." "It's a plan that begins with one word that's on everyone's mind, and it's spelled J-O-B-S."
Within a month of the inauguration, the Democratic majorities in Congress had passed Mr. Obama's stimulus plan with very few changes. Today, unemployment is 9.6%. And the Ohio voters that preferred Mr. Obama to John McCain by a margin of 51%-47% are not happy. A recent CBS poll of Ohio voters found that 38% approve of Mr. Obama's handling of the economy, with 55% disapproving. Thirty-two percent say Mr. Obama has made progress in improving the economy, but 61% say he has not.
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South Carolina already rolled the Tide.
You’re right,our third string could have taken SC,first string did’nt show.We take our loses,we’ll win the war.Just Watch.
I live in the 1st District and I agree 100%. The DCCC pulling half a million in ads this week further proves that Driehaus is finished. Every poll I’ve seen on this race has had Chabot ahead and without Obama on the ticket Driehaus wont’ get the turnout with the black vote that he had last time. All of the momentum is in the Republicans favor and at least two other House seats are primed for takeovers (Stivers/Kilroy, Renacci/Boccieri). The Governor’s race being closer than I’d like. The national Dems have put up big money for Strickland. Kasich is running a decent campaign but he hasn’t closed the deal yet. Very unlike Rob Portman who is running away with the Senate race against Lee Fisher.
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