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Obama Showering Ohio With Attention And Money
Washington Post ^ | September 25, 2012 | Jerry Markon and Alice Crites

Posted on 09/25/2012 10:30:53 PM PDT by Steelfish

Obama Showering Ohio With Attention And Money

Jerry Markon and Alice Crites September 25

After President Obama pledged in March to create up to 15 manufacturing centers nationwide, the first federal grant went to a place at the heart of his affections: Ohio.

When the Obama administration awarded tax credits to promote clean energy, the $125 million taken home by Ohio companies was nearly four times the average that went to other states.

And when a Cleveland dairy owner wanted to make more ricotta cheese, he won what was then the largest loan in the history of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

“One of the tastiest investments the government has ever made,’’ the president joked as he mentioned the dairy and other businesses his administration has helped in the state.

It goes without saying that, every four years, presidential candidates shower battleground states with attention. This time around, it’s Obama in Ohio, doling out the perks of office — all the time.

He will return to the state Wednesday to barnstorm in Bowling Green and Kent, making what will be his 29th visit since taking office. Excluding D.C.’s neighboring states, Virginia and Maryland, that’s more than any state except New York, where he often flies to raise money, and far more than other swing states, including Florida (22 visits), Colorado (14) and Wisconsin (9), according to White House records.

Either Obama or Vice President Biden has popped up in the Buckeye State every three weeks on average since they took office.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
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Reince Priebus RNC Chair and the old Bush operatives in the Romney camp need to be sacked. Instead of deluging OH and FL with attack ads and ads showing burning embassies and bodies returning in coffins as Obama's "bump in the Road" or running 24/7 videos of DNC delegates booing God, he goes on Talk-Show to explain to the converted why Obama should not be re-elected.

Cut this crap and go into the trenches and play for blood!

1 posted on 09/25/2012 10:30:59 PM PDT by Steelfish
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Obama Showering Ohio.....

I couldn't read any farther.

2 posted on 09/25/2012 10:38:40 PM PDT by Roccus
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To: Steelfish

FUBO


3 posted on 09/25/2012 11:23:07 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (Any man may make a mistake ; none but a fool will persist in it . { Latin proverb })
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So Ohio taxpayers are getting showered by their own money and they are buying it?


4 posted on 09/26/2012 3:36:01 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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So Ohio taxpayers are getting showered by their own money and they are buying it?

Many are not drinking the koolaid.

Why is 0bama putting so much time and money into Ohio for a sure thing???

5 posted on 09/26/2012 5:58:52 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good!)
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