President Barack Obama was in Elyria, Ohio today!
New York Times:
President Obama, striking a no-retreat, no-surrender posture in the wake of his party’s humiliating defeat in the Massachusetts Senate race this week, vowed Friday to press on with his expansive domestic agenda — including a health care overhaul and tough new restrictions on banks — even if it meant he had to “take my lumps” from political critics....
...Mr. Obama came to this Cleveland suburb for the second stop on his “White House to Main Street tour,” to spread the word that his administration is all about jobs, jobs, jobs. With his approval ratings down to about 50 percent, a bruising season of midterm elections ahead and Democrats reeling from the resounding note of disapproval in Massachusetts, the ordinarily cool and cerebral Mr. Obama sounded unusually defiant, even fiery, during a town hall-style question and answer session at Lorain County Community College here.
Mr. Obama vowed to “never stop fighting for policies that will help restore home values.” He promised that he was “not going to stop fighting to give our kids the best education possible.” He pledged he would not “stop fighting to give every American a fair shake,” to continue fighting for a new Consumer Protection Agency and for openness in government. And of course, Mr. Obama pledged to fight for jobs....
President Obama must be listening to that Bruce Springsteen song--"No Surrender."**It is a bad sign when the Ohio GOP big shots get on the phone and start begging their members to run for office.
Cincinnati.com:
...State Rep. Seth Morgan, a 31-year-old freshman legislator from the Dayton suburb of Huber Heights, announces his candidacy for auditor.
Ohio GOP officials have reportedly been making calls to better-known Republicans around the state, trying to entice them into running, but they’ve had no luck so far....
...Morgan has run for auditor before – Montgomery County auditor, that is. In 2005, the then-Huber Heights councilman was the GOP candidate for county auditor and lost to Democratic incumbent Karl Keith.
Ouch.
Seth Morgan, a tea party favorite, has been labeled as being politically similar to Ken Blackwell. Ouch!