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>> PRESIDENT OBAMA THE
INAUGURATION AND OHIO.
JOINING MIKE THOMPSON STATE
HOUSE REPORTER FOR THE ""DAYTON
DAILY NEWS."
PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTER FOR
""THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH"."
AND MARK WEAVER, REPUBLICAN
STRATEGIST.
>>> INAUGURATION DAY IS THE DAY
FOR THE COUNTRY TO COME
TOGETHER.
TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR
HIS SECOND TERM PRESIDENT OBAMA
TRIED TO DO THAT BUT UNLIKE FOUR
YEARS AGO WHEN HE FOCUSED ON
COMPROMISE AND BIPARTISANSHIP
THIS TIME AROUND HE PUT A STAKE
IN THE GROUND, A STAKE THAT
DEFINITELY LEANED LEFT AND HE
VOWED TO PUSH FOR THE CHANGE HE
CALLED FOR IN THOSE MANY
CAMPAIGN STOPS HERE IN OHIO AND
AROUND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
>> AMERICA'S POSSIBILITIES ARE
LIMITLESS BECAUSE WE POSSESS ALL
THE QUALITIES OF THIS WORLD
WITHOUT BOUNDARIES DEMANDS.
YOUTH AND DRIVE.
DIVERSITY AND OPENNESS.
AN ENDLESS CAPACITY FOR RISK AND
A GIFT FOR REINVENTION.
MY FELLOW AMERICANS WE ARE MADE
FOR THIS MOMENT AND WE WILL
SEIZE IT SO LONG AS WE SEIZE IT
TOGETHER.
FOR WE, THE PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND
THAT OUR COUNTRY CANNOT SUCCEED
WHEN A SHRINKING FEW DO VERY
WELL AND A GROWING MANY BARELY
MAKE IT.
WE BELIEVE THAT AMERICA'S
PROSPERITY MUST REST UPON THE
BROAD SHOULDERS OF A RISING
MIDDLE CLASS.
>> THE NATION IS TWIDED.
OHIO IS DIVIDED.
DID NATURAL INAUGURAL ADDRESS
HELP BRIDGE THAT DIVIDE, DO YOU
THINK?
>> I DON'T THINK SO AND I DON'T
THINK HE EVEN TRIED.
IT WAS A SECOND TERM INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO FACE
RE-ELECTION.
HE DONE HAVE TO LISTEN TO
ANYBODY'S AGENDA BUT HIS OWN AND
I WANT SHOWED.
YOU HAD A LOT OF THE LIBERAL
TOUCH POINTS IF YOU WILL FROM
GAY RIGHTS TO THE SAFETY NET,
THE HOLY TRINITY, MEDICARE,
MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY,
CLIMATE CHANGE, GOVERNMENT IS
GOOD.
NOT A WHOLE LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
THE FISCAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE
COMING UP OTHER THAN AN OBLIQUE
REFERENCE TO HARD CHOICE.
IT WAS SHORT.
CERTAINLY SHORTER THAN WILLIAM
HARRISON.
NOT A LOT OF MEMORABLE LINES.
THE ONLY ONE I HEARD MAYBE, WE
CAN'T MISTAKE ABSOLUTISM OR
TREAT NAME CALLING AS REASON
DEBATE.
OTHERWISE IT COULD HAVE BEEN
FROM THE STUMP HERE IN OHIO.
>> SOUND VERY MUCH LIKE A STUMP
SPEECH.
>> I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
WE WERE GLAD TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY.
WE FINALLY HAD A PROGRESSIVE
AGENDA IN THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS
SPEAKING LIKE A PROGRESSIVE ON
THE ISSUES.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK HIS WHOLE POSTURE IS
DIFFERENT.
THE ELECTION ALLOWED HIM TO FEEL
CERTAIN WAYS ABOUT WHO HE IS.
I WISH THEY HADN'T DROPPED THE
BALL IN THE SENATE BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT VERY
DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING
THROUGH.
BUT I THINK --
>> LACK OF FILIBUSTER.
>> LACK OF THE FILIBUSTER.
I THINK HIS SWAGGER IS ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT.
HIS STEP.
AND THAT WANT PIECE WHICH HE
STOPPED AT THE DOOR TO TURN BACK
AND LOOK, THAT SAID TO ME HE
KNOWS HE'S A PART OF HISTORY,
AND I THINK THE SECOND TERM WILL
BE A MAJOR PART OF REINFORCING
THAT HISTORY.
>> GREAT MOMENT FOR AMERICA
WHENEVER WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
GNAWING RATED WE CAN BE PROUD OF
OUR SYSTEM BUT THE GREAT IRONY
IS HE WAS SWORN IN ON THE
LINCOLN BIBLE AND LINCOLN DURING
HIS SECOND INAUGURATION FAMOUSLY
PROMISED WITH CHARITY TOWARDS
ALL AND MALICE TOWARDS NONE YET
THIS SPEECH WAS MALICE TOWARDS
HALF THE COUNTRY WHO DISAGREES
WITH HIM AND CHARITY IN THE FORM
OF GOVERNMENT CHARITY FOR THOSE
WHO SUPPORT OBAMA'S AGENDA.
THIS WAS NOT UNIFYING SPEECH
MUCH LIKE HIS FIRST SPEECH AT
THE CONVENTION IN 2004 WHEN HE
WAS SET UP AS THIS GREAT
UNIFIER.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS FAILED.
>> WOULD IT HAVE MATTER HAD HE
GIVEN A LINCOLN SECOND
INAUGURAL.
WOULD REPUBLICANS SAY YOU'RE
RIGHT WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER.
>> EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS.
PEOPLE LOOK TO THE PRESIDENT TO
SET THE TONE AND I THINK WE ALL
AGREE THIS WAS A LIBERAL SPEECH.
THIS WAS A CLEAR I WON.
FORGET HE WON.
THE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE WON
TOO AND THEY FEEL THEIR AGENDA
NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
>> HE WAS SWORN ON LINCOLN'S
BIBLE.
WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT OBAMA WANTS
TO SOLIDIFY HIS HISTORY, HIS
LEGACY IN HIS SECOND TERM.
I WAS READING "TEAM OF RIVALS"
AND IT TALKS ABOUT HOW LINCOLN
WANTED TO BE THIS EXCEPTIONAL
CHARACTER WHO MADE LIKE A HUGE
CONTRIBUTION TO MANKIND AND I
THINK THAT OBAMA MAY SORT OF SEE
HIS PRESENCE IN THAT LIGHT AS
WELL.
HE WANTS TO PUSH FOR THINGS HE
THINKS ARE IMPORTANT AND
TRANSFORMATIVE AND, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE RIGHT THE REPUBLICANS
DON'T AGREE WITH HIS AGENDA.
>> BUT LIKE HE DIDN'T TRY.
HE DID TRY.
THEY QUESTIONED HIS BIRTH, THEY
QUESTIONED HIS COLLEGE
GRADUATION.
THEN YOU HAD A CLOWN GO INTO
JOINT MEETING OF CONGRESS AND
GET UP AND CALL HIM A LIAR.
>> THERE'S ALWAYS WILL BE
EXTREMISTS ON BOTH SIDE.
LIKE OBAMA'S TEAM SAID ROMNEY
WAS A FELON, DOESN'T WANT POOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE MEDICARE HE
WANTED TO DESTROY SOCIAL
SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
ON EITHER SIDE THERE'S PEOPLE
CALLING NAMES.
IF BARACK OBAMA WANTS TO BE A
LEADER HE HAS TO SET THE TONE.
THAT SPEECH DIDN'T DO IT.
>> I THINK IT DID.
>> HE MENTIONED CLIMATE CHANGE.
THESE ARE BIG PICTURE THEMES.
CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS OHIO.
IF HE'S GOING TO PUSH FOR, YOU
KNOW, A FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL
WARMING OR CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT
AFFECTS COAL WHICH AFFECTS OHIO.
>> NO QUESTION, AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT CUTS ACROSS
PARTISAN LINES PROBABLY AGAINST
HIM BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
DEMOCRATS IN OHIO CERTAINLY FROM
SOUTHEAST OHIO THAT DON'T THINK
MUCH OF THIS CLIMATE CHANGE TALK
BECAUSE IT WILL SHUT DOWN COAL
BURNING PLANTS WHICH IS WHAT
OHIO RELY, THEY HAVE HUGE
REPOSITORIES OF COAL, DIRTY COAL
IF YOU WILL SO THAT'S FOR THIS
STATE.
IF HE THINKS THAT'S THE RIGHT
THING TO BE DONE, IF HE'S
CONVINCED THERE'S A GLOBAL
CRISIS AFOOT IF WE DON'T ADDRESS
GLOBAL CHANGE LET'S SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> PEW CAME OUT WITH A POLL WITH
WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKED
ABOUT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND GUNS,
PEOPLE WANT HIM TO TAKE ACTION
ON JOBS, DEBT, TAXATION PROBLEM.
NOTHING ON THOSE TOPICS FROM
OBAMA.
>> IT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE 80%
OR 90% OF OUR ELECTRICITY COMES
FROM COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS IN
OHIO AND ONE OF THE BIG ECONOMIC
ADVANTAGES THAT OHIO HAS IS WE
HAVE CHEAP UTILITY COSTS AND I
WANT HELPS OUT THE MANUFACTURING
BASE QUITE A BIT.
>> NATURAL GAS, SOME OF THE COAL
FARMS GETTING TURNED OFF BECAUSE
NATURAL GAS IS GETTING SO CHEAP
BECAUSE OF THAT COMING OUT OF
THE GROUND.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE,
SWITCH TO NATURAL GAS AND ALSO
USE MANUFACTURING TO BUILD WIND
TURBINES, SOLAR PANELS THAT KIND
OF THING.
>> THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT
EXISTS FOR THAT.
LONG TERM THERE'S OTHER ISSUES
THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND THE IDEA OF DEALING WITH
THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LARGE SEGMENT
OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE
PERMANENTLY UNEMPLOYABLE AND
WILL NOT HAVE JOBS UNLESS WE DO
SOMETHING STRUCTURALLY ABOUT THE
TWO ASPECTS THAT'S TRAINING AND
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION WHERE
THEY NEED SUPPORT.
>> WE'LL GET TO THAT WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT KASICH'S TRIP TO
SWITZERLAND.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ABLE TO TAKE
THE OATH OF OFFICE A SECOND TIME
BECAUSE HE WON OHIO, HE WON ALL
18 ELECTORAL VOTES ALTHOUGH HE
ONLY WON THE STATE BY A FEW
PERCENTAGE POINTS PAP NEW IDEA
BEING FLOATED BY REPUBLICAN
LEADERS WOULD HAVE OHIO AND
SEVERAL OTHER SWING STATES SCRAP
THE WINNER TAKE ALL SYSTEM OF
AWARDING ELECTORAL VOTES.
IT WOULD BE REPLACED BY A
PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM IF IT WERE
IN PLACE IN NOVEMBER MITT ROMNEY
WOULD HAVE PICKED UP SOME OF
OHIO'S ELECTORAL VOTES OR
PERHAPS A MAJORITY OF THEM.
IS THIS A TRIAL BALLOON OR
SOMETHING WE'LL HEAR MORE OF
>> NOT JUST A REPUBLICAN IDEA.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER MAINE AND
NEBRASKA ALREADY DO THIS.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND
SCRAPPING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
WOULD REQUIRE A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
THIS WILL HELP A LOT OF STATES.
>> MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO.
>> THE REASON BEHIND IT IS WHEN
CANDIDATES COME IN TO A STATE
THEY GO THE LARGE POPULATION
CENTERS AND THEY IGNORE RURAL
AREAS AND AS A RESULT THE POLICY
REFLECTS THAT.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE CANDIDATES TO
COMPETE IN EVERY PART OF THE
STATE TO GET THE VOTES KNOWING
THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE
WINNER TAKE ALL THEY HAVE TO WIN
EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
>> THIS IS THE LIKE THE
DEMOCRATS IN 2000 AFTER AL GORE
WON THE POPULAR VOTE LOST THE
ELECTORAL VOTES THEY SAID GEE WE
OUGHT TO CHANGE THE RULES.
EVERY LOSING CAMPAIGN SAYS LET'S
CHOOSE THE RULE.
NEXT TIME IF IT HAPPENS WE'LL
WIN.
>> THIS ONE DOESN'T PASS THE
SMELL TEST BECAUSE ALL THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT IS THE FIVE STATES
IN WHICH THEY LOST.
IF HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
WHOLE ELECTORAL SYSTEM THEN
THAT'S OKAY.
>> THINK IT WOULD BEING A GREAT.
DEMOCRATS WOULD WIN VOTES IN
TEXAS WHERE CURRENTLY THEY WIN
NONE.
>> THE DEVIL IS TRULY IN THE
DETAILS HERE.
THIS IS BASED ON CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS THEN WE GET INTO GERRY
MANDERING DISTRICTS.
IN OHIO HEAVILY REPUBLICAN
GERRYMANDERING DISTRICTS.
>> IT IS WHO CONTROLS THE
LEGISLATURE.
>> CLEAR ADVANTAGE TO GOP UNDER
THE CURRENT MAPS AND ALSO OHIO
WOULD LOSE ITS SWING STATE
STATUS.
WE WOULD NOT SEE WISH WE
WOULDN'T GET ANY ATTENTION FROM
THE POLITICIANS, WHICH SOME
MIGHT ARGUE WOULD BE A GOOD
THING.
>> COMMERCIAL TV STATIONS.
>> EVERY STATE WOULD BE A SWING
STATE BECAUSE ALL THE DISTRICTS
ARE IN PLAY.
>> IS THAT IS GOING HAPPEN?
WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN DOMINANT
STATE LEGISLATURE, A REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR.
THE HEAD OF GOP IS PUSHING THIS
BECAUSE WE HAVE STATES WHERE GOP
IS IN CHARGE BUT LOST TO
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCE THAT OHIO
GOES THIS WAY?
>> TOO HARD TO TELL.
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER PRESSING
ITEMS AT THE SAME HOUSE.
I DOUBT IT WILL SEE MUCH QUICK
PLAY.
IT'S WORTHY OF DISCUSSION.
>> THE OTHER ASECT UNTIL OUR
GOVERNOR IS RE-ELECTED HE WON'T
DO THAT.
THAT WOULD ADD TOO MUCH KINDLE
TO THE FLAME PRIOR TO HIS
ELECTION.
I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING
BEFORE THE RE-ELECTION OF THE
GOVERNOR, WHATEVER THEY SAY
ABOUT THE REST STATE.
I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING UNTIL
HE'S RE-ELECTED.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WE TALKED TO LEGISLATIVE
LEADERS AND AT A MINIMUM IT'S
NOT NEAR THE TOP OF THEIR LIST
IF IT'S EVEN ON THE LIST AT ALL.
>> DO YOU EVER SEE A DAY WHEN
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS PUT
ASIDE?
>> IT'S SO HARD.
REMEMBER VIEWERS SHOULD REMEMBER
IT TAKES TWO-THIRDS OF THE
CONGRESS AND THREE QUARTERS OF
THE STATES TO AMEND THE
CONSTITUTION.
IT'S NOT BEEN DONE IN 40 YEARS.
IN THIS POLARIZED SOCIETY IT'S
HARD TO IMAGINE WHERE YOU COULD
GET TWO THIRD OF THE CONGRESS
AND THREE QUARTERS OF THE STATE
TO AGREE.
>> YOU SAID EARLIER THE POLICY
IS LEANING TOWARDS THE
POPULATION CENTERS.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.
I THINK THE POLICY THAT COMES
OUT OF CONGRESS AND POLICY THAT
COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY IN THE STATE OF OHIO IS
VERY CONSERVATIVE.
IT DOES NOT LEAN TOWARDS THE
URBAN COMMUNITIES AT ALL.
>> PEOPLE WOULD DISAGREE AND THE
BEST EXAMPLE IS PEOPLE IN
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO THEIR ENTIRE
LIVELIHOOD IS ON THE LINE WITH
THIS OVER REGULATION BY THE
BARACK OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION
AND THEY FEEL AS THOUGH IF OBAMA
HAD COME IN AND HEARD AND
LISTENED TO THEM HE MIGHT HAVE
CHANGED HIS OWN POLICY BUT
THERE'S NO BIG MEDIA MARKET IN
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND SO AS A
RESULT HE GOES TO CLEVELAND OR
COLUMBUS OR DAYTON.
>> IT'S ECONOMICS HURTING POLL,
NATURAL GAS PRICES BEING LOW.
THAT'S ADDING TO IT.
>> OHIO POLITICS PLAYED OUT ON
DISTANT STAGES THIS WEEK.
GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH WAS IN
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND WHERE HE
TOUTED OHIO'S ECONOMIC REBOUND.
AND ONE OF HIS POTENTIAL
OPPONENTS RICHARD CORDRAY
NOMINATED TO BE THE HEAD OF THE
FINANCIAL BUREAU.
>> WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR
MISSION IS TO STAND ON THE SIDE
OF CONSUMERS.
OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS, SISTERS
AND BROTHERS, SONS AND
DAUGHTERS.
AND SEE THAT THEY ARE TREATED
FAIRLY.
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR WE'VE BEEN
FOCUSED ON MAKING CONSUMER
FINANCE MARKETS WORK BETTER FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE APPROACH THIS WORK WITH OPEN
MIND, OPEN EARS AND GREAT
DETERMINATION.
>> RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR?
>> I WOULDN'T COUNT ON THAT.
I'M NOT SURE AT ALL.
ON THE FIRST PART I WANT TO
APPLAUD THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS
EFFORTS IN SWITZERLAND AND IF IT
CAN BRING MORE JOBS AND
INDUSTRIES TO THE STATE.
I APPLAUD.
I DON'T THINK THAT SAYS
ANYTHING.
I THINK WHAT IT SAYS IS HE'S
GOING TO STAY THERE UNTIL THE
OPPORTUNITY, UNTIL HE MAKES HIS
DECISION ON WHETHER HE'S GOING
RUN.
FITZGERALD AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS
IN THE RUNNING BUT HE BASED ON
THAT POSTURE RIGHT THERE AND THE
PRESENTATION THERE, AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE'S EYES IS THE BEST
CANDIDATE AND NUMBER ONE
CANDIDATE.
>> AS THIS SHOW IS BEING TAPED
TODAY NEWS HAS BROKEN THAT A
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS RULED
THAT THE WAY PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS
MAKING APPOINTMENTS VIOLATES THE
CONSTITUTION AND RICHARD CORDRAY
WAS THAT KIND OF RECESS
APPOINTMENT.
THE SUPREME COURT COULD RESOLVE
THIS THEY MIGHT NOT.
WITH THIS UNCERTAINTY IT'S
ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THIS
MOVES CORDRAY TO COME BACK TO
OHIO.
>> WHEN DOES HE HAVE TO COME
BACK TO OHIO.
THE ELECTION ISN'T UNTIL 2014.
THE ELECTION ISN'T GOING TO
START UNTIL A YEAR FROM NOW.
THEY HAVE TO START RAISING
MONEY.
>> THEY HAVE TO START RAISING
MONEY IMMEDIATELY.
IT'S GOING AN EXPENSIVE RACE.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
BECAUSE OF THE POSITION RICHARD
CORDRAISIN HE CAN'T DO ANY
POLITICKING.
HE CAN ONLY HAVE SURROGATES.
HE'S TOTALLY HANDS OFF.
>> HIS FUNDRAISER WAS CAUGHT UP
IN A SCANDAL THAT THE DISPATCH
COVERED THAT SPLIT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
IF HE COMES BACK AND CRATES
ORDER FROM THE CAMPAIGN HE CAN'T
DO IT FROM AFAR.
>> SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS HE HAS TO
MAKE THAT DECISION OIRND TO GET
IN THE RACE.
>> YOU STAND NEXT TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND SAY I WANT THIS JOB.
CAN YOU SAY IT A MONTH LATE
CENTER
>> ON SECOND THOUGHT I DON'T
WANT IT SNOOUPTS INTERESTING.
MARK IS RIGHT ABOUT THE FEDERAL
COURT RULING OUT OF D.C. TODAY
ABOUT NLRB APPOINTEES.
WE'VE TALKED TO THE ATTORNEYS
THEY ARE SAYING IT'S PARALLEL.
WHITE HOUSE WILL APPEAL SO IT'S
NOT LIKE HE'S OUT OF A JOB
IMMEDIATELY.
>> STILL COULD GET CONFIRMED BY
THE SENATE.
>> AND, AGAIN, THIS TIES WITHIN
THE RECENT FILIBUSTER AGREEMENT,
HOW NICE ARE THE REPUBLICANS
GOING IN THE FLORIDA SENATE.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
I THINK EVERYONE IS RIGHT.
HE'S GOT TO MAKE A MOVE VERY
SOON.
ED FITZGERALD WILL BE IN THIS
RACE WITHIN THE MONTH, I WOULD
SAY, AND HE'S ANOINTED AS THE
FRONT-RUNNER.
IF HE RAISES MONEY, MEETING
DEMOCRATIC PARTIES, GOING
DINNERS, CORDRAY WILL BE BEAT
BEFORE HE GETS IN.
>> BEN FITZGERALD HAS HIS OWN
SET OF PROBLEMS COMING FROM
CLEVELAND WITH SOME OF HIS
ASSOCIATES WITH THE CHECKERED
PAST AND CORRUPTION UP THERE.
HIM PERSONALLY NOT BATH LOT OF
PEOPLE AROUND HIM WILL BE
BROUGHT INTO THIS.
CORDRAY HAS ONLY WON ONCE.
HE'S NOT A BANKABLE CANDIDATE
FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND SOME THINK
HE'S CLUMSY ON THE STUMP.
HE'S RUN BEFORE.
WELL-KNOWN, A LOT OF SUPPORTERS
SNEECHS THE LEADING VOTE GETTER
FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
AMONG THE DEMOCRATS HE'S
PROBABLY THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE
THAN THOSE WHO HAVE RUN FOR
ELECTION BECAUSE HE ONLY LOST BY
1%, AND THAT WAS A V-VERY CLOSE
ELECTION TOO.
>> IT WAS.
>> JOHN KASICH SWITZERLAND TOUR,
TALK ABOUT JOB TRAINING.
SEEMS LIKE A SALES PITCH.
>> THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS A
MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF REACHING A
BROADER ARRAY OF CEOs AND
LEADERS THAN GOING ON A TRADE
MISSION AND KIND OF LIKE ONE
STOP SHOPPING THEY ARE ALL
COMING IN.
SO IT'S A CRUCIAL PLACE TO BE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NEXT TOPIC THIS WEEK MARKS THE
40th ANNIVERSARY OF LEGALIZED
ABORTION.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THE DEBATE OVER
THE ISSUE DID NOT END WITH THE
1973 ROE V. WADE DECISION.
SINCE THAT TIME STATES HAVE
PLACED MORE AND MORE
RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION AND
OHIO WITH CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICANS DOMINATING THE STATE
HOUSE SEEM READY TO ENACT MORE
RESTRICTIONS.
WE SAW THE HEART BEAT BILL LAST
SESSION, WE SAW SOME MOVEMENT
FOR THE PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT
DECLARED LIFE BEGINS AT
CONCEPTION LEGALLY.
DO WE SEE THOSE THINGS COMING
BACK?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE HEART BEAT BILL WILL FOR
SURE COME BACK AND I THINK THAT
OHIO RIGHT TO LIFE HAS MADE ITS
PEACE WITH THE FACTION THAT WAS
PUSHING THIS AS LONG AS IT'S
LIKE THE COMPROMISED VERSION
THAT THEY PULLED TOGETHER AT THE
END.
WE'RE GOING SEE RIGHT TO LIFE
WILL PUSH ANOTHER EFFORT TO
DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND
TAKE AWAY FEDERAL FUNDING FOR
THEIR FAMILY HEALTH PROGRAMS.
I ONE THEY ARE GOING TO PUSH FOR
A BAN ON SEX SELECTION
ABORTIONS.
THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO WORK ON
ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE REFORMS
AND I TALKED WITH PRO CHOICE ON
THE OTHER SIDE AND THEIR
STRATEGY IS THEY HAVE A COUPLE
OF THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO
PUSH BUT MOSTLY THEY WANT TO
STOP THE ANTI-ABORTION FOLKS
FROM, YOU KNOW, GETTING ALL
THESE THINGS.
THEY HAVE A VERY FRIENDLY
LEGISLATURE.
>> DO WE EVER SEE A POINT IT
WON'T HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF YEARS BUT DO YOU SEE A POINT
WHERE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS ARE
LOOSENED.
WE SEE IT IN THE GUN AREA.
>> I KNOW THE DISPATCH DID A
FRONT PAGE STORY LAST WEEK AND
OTHER OUT LETS HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THIS.
THERE'S A GROWING TREND OF
PEOPLE IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AS
PRO LIFE AND THE DIRECTION IS
UNMISTAKABLE IF YOU LOOK AT THE
POLLING OVER THE LAST 15 OR 20
YEARS.
PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES PRO
LIFE HAVE GROWN.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD
CHANGE THAT TREND ANY TIME SOON.
>> THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER HAD A
POLL OUT SAID 63% OF THE PUBLIC
NATIONWIDE OPPOSE OVERTURNING
ROE, AND THEN 29% WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IT OVERTURNED AND THESE
ARE -- THESE NUMBERS HADN'T
BUDGED MUCH IN THE LAST 10 OR 20
YEARS.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE TRICKS IN
POLLING.
THE QUESTION IS ONE OF THE
QUINTESSENTIAL ISSUES OF OUR
TIME.
DEPENDS ON HOW YOU ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
THE PEW QUESTION IS GOOD, SOLID
MAJORITY WANTS TO KEEP ROE.
BUT UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES?
IF YOU ADD UP THOSE WHO WANT
ABORTION ILLEGAL, THOSE WHO WANT
IT LEGAL BUT ONLY UNDER VERY FEW
CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS MAYBE
***, ***, WHAT HOW FAR
THAT'S A CLEAR MAJORITY.
IF YOU DIVIDE IT UP AND ASK IT
THAT WAY.
>> BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
THE WORST THING THE RIGHT WANTS
IS OVERTURN ROE.
I REALLY DO THINK THAT'S THE
WORST THING THEY CAN DO.
>> IF THAT HAPPENS IT WOULD
DEVOLVE TO THE STATES AND EACH
STATE WOULD HAVE ITS OWN
POLICIES.
MASSACHUSETTS WOULD ALLOW
ABORTION AND WE CAN GUESS UTAH
WOULD NOT.
>> REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
CONSOLED WITH THIS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY INTRODUCING HUNDREDS OF
BILLS REGARDING THIS AND I WISH
THEY HAD SPENT SOME TIME
WORRYING ABOUT JOBS.
THIS THING IS TO CARRY THEM.
>> OR BABIES BEING KILLED THAT'S
HOW THEY VIEW IT.
>> OUR LAST TOPIC HERE'S A TIP.
WHEN YOU POST SOMETHING TO THE
WORLDWIDE WEB.
THERE'S A CHANCE, JUST A CHANCE
IT MIGHT BE SEEN BY THE WHOLE
WIDE WORLD.
TWO POLICYMAKERS LEARNED THIS
LESSON.
FIRST A TWEET THAT GLOBAL
WARMING IS A MYTH.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE BOARD
OF EDUCATION POSTED THIS IMAGE
ON HER PERSONAL FACEBOOK PAGE
IT'S FROM A CONSERVATIVE WEBSITE
THAT OPPOSES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
GUN REGULATION PLAN.
SHE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING
SHE DID NOT MEAN TO COMPARE THE
PRESIDENT TO ADOLF HITLER AND
SAID LIKE MILLIONS OF FACEBOOK
USERS I SHARED A PHOTOGRAPH ON
FACEBOOK POSTED BY ANOTHER
PERSON.
I REGRET THE CONSEQUENCES OF
CARELESSLY SHARING THAT PICTURE
AND I WILL BE MORE SELECTIVE IN
MY USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE
FUTURE.
MARK WEAVER YOU TRAIN PUBLIC
OFFICIALS ON HOW TO USE SOCIAL
MEDIA.
ARE THESE YOUR LATEST TWO
EXAMPLES OF HOW NOT TO DO IT.
>> THIS ONE IS MUCH MORE THAN
THE P.O.C. CHAIRMAN.
THERE ARE TWO ISSUES HERE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE COMPARING
ANYBODY TO HITLER OR STALIN,
BARACK OBAMA IS NOT HITLER AND
HE'S NOT LINCOLN BY THE WAY BUT
THESE PEOPLE WON'T BE RECREATED
IN OUR LIFETIME.
YEARS AGO WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR
OPINION AT A COCKTAIL PARTY ONLY
THOSE PEOPLE HEARD IT.
NOW WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AT YOUR
COMPUTER IT'S VERY EASY TO TYPE
OUT YOUR THOUGHTS.
WE IN SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE WE
TRAIN GOVERNMENT LEADERS DON'T
PUT IT ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER IF
YOU WOULDN'T LIKE TO SITE ON THE
FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER
TOMORROW.
WE TELL KIDS THIS TOO.
THEY HAVE TWITTER ACCOUNTS AND
FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS.
>> DON'T BLAST YOUR TEACHER.
>> DON'T SAY ANYTHING THAT YOU
DON'T WANT YOUR MOM OR I TO LOOK
AT OR YOUR FUTURE EMPLOYER TO
LOOK AT.
>> SHOULD THERE BE CALLS FOR
THESE FOLKS RESIGN ESPECIALLY
FROM THE STATE OF EDUCATION
PERSON WHO POSTED THE HITLER
REFERENCE?
>> SHOULD THEY QUIT?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
THEY SHOULD QUIT FOR SOME OF
THEIR POLICIES.
THEY SHOULDN'T QUIT BECAUSE OF
THIS THING.
I THINK IT'S ABSURD THAT
SOMEBODY THINKS THAT THEY CAN
PUT THAT OUT THERE AND NOBODY
WOULD SITE.
THAT'S WHAT AMAZES ME.
AND IT MAKES ME QUESTION THE
INTELLIGENCE OF THE PEOPLE WHO
PUT IT UP THERE.
>> WHEN WE GOT THE FACEBOOK --
>> YOU GUYS BROKE THE STORY.
>> SOMEONE WHO WAS A FACEBOOK
FRIEND EMAILED TUESDAY COPY AND
AS SOON AS YOU SAW THAT YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT
RIGHT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG
STORY.
WHICH IS NICE FOR US BUT
IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE AS
WELL.
JUST AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING
I'M SURE THE GREATER PUBLIC HAS
BEEN DISCUSSING THE WISDOM OF
DOING THIS, POSTING SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
>> I DON'T THINK -- IT WAS A
FACEBOOK ENEMY.
>> EVERYONE SAYS AND DOES DUMB
THINGS.
DOING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
MAGNIFIES IT AND DOING IT WHILE
YOU WERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU
ARE A, YOU KNOW IN A
HIGH-PROFILE POLICY POSITION
LIKE PRESIDENT STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION THAT BLOWS IT UP EVEN
FURTHER.
JUST USE A FILTER.
>> LET'S REMEMBER SHERROD BROWN
SAID THE SAME THING, THIS IS NOT
A PARTISAN ISSUE.
>> LET'S GET TO OUR OFF THE
RECORD PARTING SHOTS FINAL TAKE
WEIGHS.
MARK WEAVER.
>> ON THE TOPIC OF GUN CONTROL
BEFORE PEOPLE MAKE QUICK
DECISION ABOUT THE POLICY THEY
SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
WEAPONS ARE AND WHAT THE
DIFFERENCES ARE.
I POST AD TWEET JUST FOR
COLUMBUS ON THE RECORD VIEWERS
THAT OUR MARK WEAVER ACCOUNT
THAT HAS A THREE MINUTE VIDEO
THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT WEAPONS
IN QUESTION.
AT LEAST SEE WHAT IT SAYS.
THEN FORM YOUR OPINION.
>> SAM?
>> I WILL GUARANTEE THAT BEFORE
THE SESSION IS OVER THERE WILL
BE A REDISTRICTING BILL PASSED
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE QUESTION IS AT ANY TIME
REDISTRICTING BILL YOU WANT.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
SOMETHING WILL PASS THIS
SESSION.
BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH
INTEREST.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A LITTLE
CREDIT FOR THAT.
>> DARYL?
>> I WANT TO ECHO A LITTLE BIT
OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH AND
NAME CALLING.
WE'VE SEEN IN THE POLITICAL
DISCOURSE BUT HEAR IT IN THE
PUBLIC DISCOURSE AS WELL.
AS MARK MENTIONED I WROTE THE
PICTURE ON SOUND ABOUT THE PRO
LIFE TREND THE POLL NUMBERS
SHOW.
GALLUP HAS BEEN DOING IT THE
LONGEST.
WRITE THAT.
THUS FAR THE NUMBERS THAT OBAMA
WAS LEADING MITT ROMNEY.
JUST BLASTING WHY WOULD YOU USE
THAT, YOU'RE BIASSED WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN
LEFT OR RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT'S A COMPLIMENT TO YOU.
>> I SPONTANEITY GOOD AMOUNT OF
TIME COVERING THE DAYTON
DEMOCRAT WHO RESIGNED -- HE
DIDN'T STAND FOR RE-ELECTION.
JUST THIS WEEK HE PLED GUILTY TO
FELONY COUNTS AND MISDEAMNOR
COUNTS AND SENTENCED TO THREE
YEARS IN PRISON.
HIS ACTIVITIES AND THAT OF THE
OTHERS WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO
LIGHT IF IT WERE NOT FBI'S NEW
CORRUPTION SQUAD AND WITH THAT
KIND OF INVESTIGATIVE HORSEPOWER
ASSIGNED TO THIS WE'LL SEE MORE.
>> I'LL AGREE WITH MARK AND
OTHER PEOPLE, LET'S NOT USE THE
HITLER REFERENCE ANY MORE.
ONLY MEL BROOKS SHOULD POKE FUN
AT ADOLF HITLER.
THAT'S "COLUMBUS ON THE RECORD"
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THOMPSON HAVE A GOOD WEEK.