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VP Relates Romney's Bain to Valley's Pain
Wednesday, May 16, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The talking points began like the ones echoed for months by state and local Democrats -- the auto bailout, the importance of the middle class -- as they raised the curtain on the 2012 presidential campaign in Ohio.
But today’s visit here by Vice President Joe Biden took a sharper turn, echoing the Obama campaign's new TV spots that blast presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s stewardship of the private equity firm Bain Capital.
Obama Campaign Releases Excerpts from Biden's Talk
Wednesday, May 16, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Obama/Biden campaign headquarters in Chicago this morning released excerpts from Vice President Joe Biden’s prepared remarks he’s expected to give at noon during a stop at M7 Technologies.
Surrogates Make Case for Obama Ahead of Biden Visit
Wednesday, May 16, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – President Obama’s surrogates at the national, state and local levels laid the groundwork for Vice President Joe Biden’s visit today in two separate events Tuesday.
The Democrats’ strategy was made apparent at the noontime news conference staged outside City Hall featuring local leaders and the conference call an hour later featuring an Obama campaign national co-chairman and the Ohio party’s leader.
Mandel Campaigns in Valley for Brown's Senate Seat
Tuesday, May 15, 2012LORDSTOWN, Ohio – State Treasurer Josh Mandel decried the 2008 bailout of Wall Street and the banking industry, but declined to say whether he similarly opposed the use of federal funds to support the bankruptcy reorganization of General Motors as he campaigned at a company in the shadow of the Lordstown plant where the Chevrolet Cruze is built.
Tickets Available for Biden's Visit to M7 Technologies
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Tickets are available today at President Barack Obama’s campaign office downtown to see Vice President Joe Biden, who will speak at M7 Technologies here Wednesday.
The campaign event is scheduled for noon, one of two public stops the vice president has scheduled in Ohio this week – he will visit a family-owned Chevrolet dealership Thursday in Martins Ferry – to tout the Obama Administration’s efforts to support Ohio’s workers and middle-class families “because our state, and the Mahoning Valley, are going to play a big role in this election.”