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KAREN: BIG NEWS FOR THE WEEK-OLD
00:00:29PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF
GOVERNOR KASICH.
00:00:31AND TWO BIG GUESTS ARE HERE TO
TALK POLITICS, THE CHAIRS OF THE
00:00:35TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES ARE
READY TO RUMBLE.
00:00:38ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO".
00:00:49POLITICS OFTEN TAKES A SUMMER
VACATION, ESPECIALLY IN A BUDGET
00:00:52YEAR.
BUT NOT THIS TIME.
00:00:55LAST WEEK, OF COURSE, GOVERNOR
JOHN KASICH BECAME THE 16TH
00:00:58REPUBLICAN TO OFFICIALLY JOIN
THE RACE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
00:01:00NOMINATION, KICKING OFF HIS
CAMPAIGN ON THE OHIO STATE
00:01:03CAMPUS AND THEN HEADING
IMMEDIATELY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
00:01:06AND THOSE VISITS AND TOWNHALLS,
AND THE TV ADS HE'S BEEN RUNNING
00:01:12IN THAT STATE, ARE APPARENTLY
PAYING OFF.
00:01:15THIS WEEK, AN NBC NEWS/MARIST
POLL HAD KASICH IN FOURTH PLACE
00:01:17AMONG REGISTERED VOTERS IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
00:01:18AND THERE WAS EVEN BIGGER NEWS
FROM A QUINNIPIAC POLL ON
00:01:23THURSDAY, WHICH PUT KASICH 8TH
IN THE FIELD OF NOW 17
00:01:26CANDIDATES, WITH FORMER VIRGINIA
GOVERNOR JIM GILMORE ANNOUNCING
00:01:29HIS CANDIDACY THIS WEEK.
THAT 8TH PLACE FINISH IS KEY,
00:01:33BECAUSE THE FIRST REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WILL BE HELD
00:01:36NEXT THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 IN
CLEVELAND, AND ONLY THE TOP 10
00:01:41CANDIDATES WILL BE INCLUDED,
THOUGH THE ONES WHO DON'T MAKE
00:01:43IT WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO
REACH VOTERS THROUGH A Q&A
00:01:46SESSION ON C-SPAN ON MONDAY AND
THEN IN A FORUM ON THURSDAY
00:01:51IN CLEVELAND BEFORE THE DEBATE.
AS OF NOW, EIGHT SPACES APPEAR
00:01:54TO BE LOCKED UP FOR THE
CLEVELAND DEBATE: DONALD TRUMP,
00:01:56FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB
BUSH, WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT
00:02:00WALKER, FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO
RUBIO, KENTUCKY SENATOR RAND
00:02:03PAUL, TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ,
FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE
00:02:09HUCKABEE, AND DR. BEN CARSON.
KASICH AND NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR
00:02:12CHRIS CHRISTIE APPEAR TO BE ON
THE BUBBLE, WITH FORMER TEXAS
00:02:14GOVERNOR RICK PERRY, FORMER
PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR RICK
00:02:16SANTORUM AND LOUISIANA GOVERNOR
BOBBY JINDAL NOT FAR BEHIND.
00:02:20FORMER HP EXECUTIVE CARLY
FIORINA, FORMER NEW YORK
00:02:24GOVERNOR GEORGE PATAKI AND SOUTH
CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
00:02:28ARE DEFINITELY OUT.
KASICH LEFT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
00:02:31TO COME BACK TO OHIO FOR A
TRADITIONAL GOVERNOR'S DUTY THIS
00:02:33WEEK.
HE OPENED THE 162ND OHIO STATE
00:02:36FAIR ON WEDNESDAY.
TRAILED BY A PACK OF REPORTERS
00:02:39THAT WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY LARGER
THAN USUAL, KASICH PRESENTED
00:02:43SOME KIDS WITH AWARDS, ATE A
BACON AND EGGS BREAKFAST AND
00:02:46SOME CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM, AND
CHECKED OUT THE BUTTER COW, THIS
00:02:49YEAR FLANKED BY BUTTER BUCKEYES,
INCLUDING COACH URBAN MEYER.
00:02:53THE STATE FAIR RUNS THROUGH AUG
9.
00:02:56A REPUBLICAN WHO DEFEATED THE
STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR
00:02:58AS HE TRIED TO REGAIN HIS SEAT
IN THE STATEHOUSE IS OUT OF
00:03:03OFFICE AND COULD GO TO JAIL.
FORMER REP. STEVE KRAUS WAS
00:03:05STRIPPED OF HIS HOUSE SEAT AFTER
HE WAS CONVICTED OF THEFT.
00:03:09HE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF STEALING
ANTIQUES AND OTHER ITEMS FROM A
00:03:12HOME WHILE DOING WORK AS AN
AUCTIONEER.
00:03:16KRAUS SAYS HE'S DISAPPOINTED AND
REVIEWING HIS LEGAL OPTIONS IN
00:03:18ADVANCE OF HIS SENTENCING ON
AUGUST 21.
00:03:22THE OTTAWA COUNTY REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS SEEKING APPLICANTS TO
00:03:24BE APPOINTED TO REPLACE HIM.
AND THE DEMOCRAT KRAUS BEAT,
00:03:27FORMER OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CHAIR CHRIS REDFERN, SAYS HE'LL
00:03:30DECIDE SOON WHETHER HE'LL RUN
AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR THAT SEAT.
00:03:36BUT BACK TO POLITICS, LAST
WEEK'S BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
00:03:38GOVERNOR KASICH, AND NEXT WEEK'S
GOP DEBATE IN CLEVELAND, AS WELL
00:03:44AS THE PREPARATIONS FOR THIS
FALL'S BALLOT.
00:03:47TO TALK OVER SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS AND LOW POINTS, I'M
00:03:49VERY PLEASED TO WELCOME THE
CHAIRS OF THE TWO MAJOR
00:03:51POLITICAL PARTIES IN OHIO.
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, MATT
00:03:54BORGES IS THE CHAIR OF THE OHIO
REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND DAVID
00:03:57PEPPER IS THE CHAIR OF THE OHIO
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
00:04:02SO, WELCOME, GENTLEMEN.
I WILL START WITH YOU, MATT AND
00:04:09THE BIG NEWS FROM LAST WEEK AND
THE FOLLOW-UP NEWS THAT JOHN
00:04:10KASICH IS POLLING.
HOW WILL THIS PERFORMANCE
00:04:19CONTINUE AND HOW IS DONALD TRUMP
PLAYING IN ALL OF THE
00:04:22COMPARISONS?
I HAVE HEARD SOME PUNDITS SAY
00:04:28THAT JOHN KASICH WOULD BE THE
BIGGEST WEIRDO IN THE RACE IF
00:04:30TRUMP OR NOT IN IT.
MATT: [LAUGHTER]
00:04:31FIRST OF ALL, WHAT A REMARKABLE
CIRCUMSTANCE LAST TUESDAY WHEN
00:04:41JOHN KASICH THREW HIS HAT IN THE
RING.
00:04:42IN LESS THAN A WEEK OF HIM
DECLARING HIS CANDIDACY, WE HAVE
00:04:48SEEN HIS NUMBERS JUMP UP.
HE IS FOURTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
00:04:51HE IS FIRMLY IN THE TOP 10, SO
WE WILL SEE HIM IN THAT DEBATE
00:04:55IN CLEVELAND NEXT WEEK, WHETHER
THERE WAS SPECULATION --
00:04:58KAREN: DO WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN HE
WILL MAKE THAT DEBATE?
00:05:03MATT: WE WILL NOT KNOW FOR
CERTAIN UNTIL THE OHIO
00:05:07REPUBLICAN PARTY SINCE
INVITATIONS TO, AUGUST 4, BUT I
00:05:14AM CONFIDENT OUR GOVERNOR LOOK
STRONG.
00:05:15HE IS ONLY TRENDING UPWARD NOW.
OF COURSE, THAT WAS NOT GOING TO
00:05:21HAPPEN UNTIL HE OFFICIALLY GOT
IN THE RACE.
00:05:23WE WERE DEALING WITH
HYPOTHETICALS -- CERTAINLY ABOUT
00:05:27HIM.
HE WAS THE LAST OF THE
00:05:28CANDIDATES TO GET IN.
HE WAS BUSY GOVERNING A STATE,
00:05:33WHEREAS SOME OF THESE OTHERS WHO
CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE JOBS OR
00:05:35ARE DOING OTHER THINGS, HE HAD A
BUDGET TO DEAL WITH.
00:05:39HE HAD TAXES TO CUT, $5 BILLION
OF TAXES NOW CUT FOR IOWANS --
00:05:44OHIOANS.
HE WAS DOING THE JOB OF BEING
00:05:51GOVERNOR, WHICH A LOT OF OTHERS
DID NOT HAVE TO DO, BEFORE HE
00:05:56COULD OFFICIALLY GET INTO THE
RACE.
00:05:57KAREN: I WANT TO BRING DAVID
INTO THIS.
00:06:02HOW MUCH OF THE HEAVY LIFTING
WILL BE OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY
00:06:05HAVE TO DO ARGUING THE POINTS TO
A NATIONAL AUDIENCE AND HOW
00:06:09EFFECTIVE WILL YOU BE WHEN
YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SHUT DOWN
00:06:11KASICH LAST FALL?
DAVID: ONE OF OUR ROLES IS TO
00:06:16POINT OUT A RECORD THAT WE DO
NOT THINK HAS BEEN THAT GOOD.
00:06:18HE CAME IN, HE HAS BEEN HELP
ED SOMEWHAT BY THE NATIONAL
00:06:24RECOVERY, BUT OHIO HAS TRAILED
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IN TERMS
00:06:30OF JOB RECOVERY.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN FOR
00:06:32PRESIDENT, YOU BETTER HAVE A
GREAT RECORD ON EDUCATION.
00:06:36THERE IS A REASON HE DID NOT
TALK ABOUT EDUCATION IN HIS
00:06:37ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH, AND THAT IS
CURRENTLY AS WE SPEAK, OHIO HAS
00:06:43THE WORST FOR PROFIT SCHOOLS IN
THE NATION.
00:06:49THE WHEELS ARE FALLING OFF AS WE
SPEAK.
00:06:50PART OF OUR ROLE IS TO SUPPORT
THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE RUNNING.
00:06:56WE HAVE VERY GOOD CANDIDATES,
BUT ALSO TO THE EXTENT THAT
00:07:01SOMEONE FROM OHIO IS RUNNING WE
WILL BE THE TRUTH TELLERS ABOUT
00:07:03THE CHALLENGES TO HIS RECORD.
AS PEOPLE WATCH CLOSELY, THEY
00:07:08WILL SEE THE RECORD -- AGAIN,
THERE IS A NATIONAL RECOVERY.
00:07:11OHIO HAS BENEFITED SOME,
ALTHOUGH WE TRAILED THE COUNTRY,
00:07:17THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
OVERALL HIS RECORD IS NOT VERY
00:07:19GOOD ON ISSUES LIKE JOBS AND
EDUCATION.
00:07:20KAREN: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT
KASICH'S SPEAKING STYLE, WHICH
00:07:27WE ARE ALL USED TO.
WE HAVE SEEN THEM FOR A WHILE.
00:07:30A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK HE IS A
STRAIGHT SHOOTER, BUT HE GOT
00:07:36BAD REVIEWS IN HIS FIRST MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENT.
00:07:38ONE WAS WRITTEN THAT IT MAKES A
STRONG CASE FOR A TELEPROMPTER.
00:07:41ANOTHER, IT NEVER SEEM TO
COALESCE INTO A COHERENT
00:07:44TAKEAWAY OR MESSAGE.
COULD THAT HARM HIM WITH A
00:07:48NATIONAL AUDIENCE THAT WAS TO
SEE SOMEONE A LITTLE MORE
00:07:54POLISHED, MORE PRESIDENTIAL IN
TERMS OF HIS OVERALL
00:07:55PRESENTATION?
MATT: YOU HAVE A LOT OF
00:07:57SUCCESSES TO TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU
HAVE 350,000 JOBS ADDED TO THE
00:08:00ECONOMY, AND $8 MILLION BUDGET
SHORTFALL THAT TURNS INTO A $2
00:08:06MILLION SURPLUS.
YOU CAN TALK FOR A LONG TIME.
00:08:08THE REAL INDICATIONS OF HOW OUR
GOVERNOR'S KICKOFF WENT COME
00:08:16FROM VOTERS AND COME FROM THE
POLLING WE HAVE SEEN ALREADY
00:08:19WHERE HE IS ALREADY SHOOTING UP
IN THE POLLS AND DOING QUITE
00:08:22WELL.
SO, WE ARE -- THE CHALLENGES ARE
00:08:30COMING FROM, IN OHIO, ALL ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE, WHERE THERE IS
00:08:34AN INCREDIBLE SCANDAL THAT IS
MUSHROOMING IN THE CITY OF
00:08:37COLUMBUS WITH THE CANDIDATE FOR
MAYOR, WHO HAS BEEN IMPLICATED
00:08:44IN A BRIBERY SCANDAL ALONG WITH
MANY OTHERS, AND YOU WANT TO
00:08:49TALK ABOUT BAD PRESS?
LOOK AT THE "WALL STREET
00:08:51JOURNAL" ARTICLE THIS PAST WEEK
ABOUT THE STATE OF AFFAIRS OF
00:08:57THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
ESSENTIALLY SAYING THE WHEELS
00:09:00HAVE COME OFF.
WHEN OUR PARTY IS LOOKING AT THE
00:09:05NATIONAL CONVENTION COMING HERE
SO WE CAN TELL THE STORY OF THE
00:09:09OHIO TURNAROUND, WE HAVE A
GOVERNOR RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
00:09:12AND ALREADY MOVING UP IN THE
POLLS AND SHOWING USE VERY
00:09:16POPULAR IN A PLACE LIKE NEW
HAMPSHIRE, WHICH SETS THE TONE
00:09:19FOR WHO COULD BE THE NOMINEE FOR
OUR PARTY, WE ARE HOSTING THE
00:09:22FIRST DEBATE OF THE GOP
HOPEFULS.
00:09:26WE HAVE THE RNC COMING HERE NEXT
YEAR.
00:09:27WE HAVE SUCH TREMENDOUS
SUCCESSES OF THE ENTIRE TICKET
00:09:36IN 2014 WINNING SO STRONGLY.
SUPER MAJORITIES IN OUR
00:09:40LEGISLATURE. AT WE CAN GO DOWN
THE LINE.
00:09:42WHEN WE HEAR FROM THE OTHER SIDE
ABOUT THE SUCCESSES OF OUR
00:09:48GOVERNOR SOMEHOW ARE NOT TRUE, I
WOULD JUST ADD THAT MARIJUANA
00:09:53HAS NOT BEEN LEGALIZED YET --
KAREN: WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A
00:09:58LITTLE BIT.
LET ME ASK YOU, DAVID PEPPER,
00:10:00ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS MATT
HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
00:10:02DAVID: HE DID HAVE GOOD POLLS IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND I DO NOT
00:10:09THINK IT WAS ABOUT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH.
00:10:10WHICH TO GET CRITIQUES -- WHICH
DID GET CRITIQUES.
00:10:15THE NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA IS NOT
USED TO THE JOHN KASICH STYLE.
00:10:17HE IS NOT SHOWING UP WITH A
SPEECH, AND IT WAS SOMEWHAT
00:10:23MEANDERING.
I THINK MATT WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE
00:10:25THAT HIS SUPER PACK OR WHATEVER
WE CALL THEM WAS RUNNING -- I
00:10:30WOULD SAY VERY EFFECTIVE ADS IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE THAT WERE POSITIVE
00:10:34ADS AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY
HAS MORE TO DO WITH WHAT WE ARE
00:10:36SEEING THERE.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT IN NEW
00:10:39HAMPSHIRE, A SMALL STATE, LETS
YOU BLANKET THE AIRWAVES.
00:10:45THAT PROBABLY HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH IT.
00:10:46PROBABLY GOOD CAMPAIGN TACTICS,
BEING FIRST ON TELEVISION.
00:10:49WE'RE WORKING HARD IS OUR PARTY.
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL"
00:10:58OUTLINED TO THE CHALLENGE OF
PARTIES REBUILDING AFTER A BAD
00:11:02YEAR.
WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A PARTY IS
00:11:04WORKING VERY HARD.
WE WORRY AS A PARTY, I THINK WE
00:11:08ALL WORRY ABOUT LAST NOVEMBER.
THE LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT IN
00:11:10SEVEN YEARS.
THAT'S NOT BAD FOR ANY
00:11:15INDIVIDUAL PARTY.
THAT IS BAD FOR EVERYBODY.
00:11:18THE LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT SINCE
1942.
00:11:20OUR GOAL AND OUR PARTY IS TO GET
PEOPLE REENGAGED IN POLITICS.
00:11:25OBVIOUSLY OUR GOAL IS TO BE
ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:11:36IT IS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN NEW SHOES THAT REALLY MATTER.
00:11:38SERVING REALLY WELL BEFORE YOU
START THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT
00:11:40OFFICE.
WE ARE REBUILDING.
00:11:44WE HAVE TO REBUILD.
OUR FOCUS IS TO TRY AND SHOW AT
00:11:48WHATEVER LEVEL THE OFFICES --
MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, COUNTY
00:11:51COMMISSION -- ALL OF THESE JOBS
PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN PEOPLE'S
00:11:56LIVES.
THEY NEED TO BE DONE WELL,
00:11:57RESPONSIBLY.
WHETHER IT IS THE "WALL STREET
00:12:00JOURNAL" ARTICLE OR OTHERS, IT
IS ABOUT REBUILDING.
00:12:05KAREN: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
REBUILDING.
00:12:08IT CAME OUT LAST WEEK THAT YOU
AND THE FORMER OHIO CHAIR SAT
00:12:14DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT THE U.S.
SENATE RACE.
00:12:20HE CAME OUT AND SAID HE DID NOT
HAVE A REAL POSITIVE IMPRESSION
00:12:24OF THIS MEETING AND HE FELT THAT
YOU WERE TRYING TO INTIMIDATE
00:12:29HIM TO GET OUT OF THE RACE AND
HE WOULD NOT LEAVE YOUR CLAIMS
00:12:32OTHERWISE.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
00:12:33DAVID: WE MET AND I PRESENTED
THE OVERALL STRATEGY.
00:12:40HE LIKES THE STRATEGY.
THAT IS WHAT THE -- ANY PARTY
00:12:44SHOULD BE DOING.
START AT THE BASICS, START
00:12:46LOCAL.
RIGHT NOW THE MAYOR OF
00:12:51CINCINNATI OR THE MAYOR OF ANY
TOWN IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THAT
00:12:53TOWN.
I WOULD NOT SAY FROM THAT
00:12:55MEETING THAT HE DISAGREED WITH
THE ESSENCE OF OUR PLAN.
00:13:02OBVIOUSLY HE IS A SUPPORTER OF
PG IN MAKES THAT KNOWN --
00:13:03KAREN: BUT THERE IS THE QUESTION
OF WHY DID THE PARTY NOT ENDORSE
00:13:10TED STRICKLAND ALREADY?
DAVID: I AM NOT GOING TO RELIVE
00:13:16THAT DEBATE.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW MATT'S PARTY
00:13:18RUNS.
WE HAVE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
00:13:24WE HAVE A DEMOCRAT -- WHEN I SAY
DEMOCRAT, SMALL D.
00:13:26ARGUMENTS WERE MADE ON BOTH
SIDES.
00:13:27ONE SIDE ONE.
NOW WE HAVE AN ELECTION AND THE
00:13:36GOOD NEWS IS GOVERNOR STRICKLAND
IS UP BY SEVEN OR EIGHT POINTS
00:13:39DEPENDING ON THE POLE.
PARTLY BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW THIS
00:13:42STUFF, SOMEHOW THE RECESSION
STARTED IN COLUMBUS, THEY KNOW
00:13:47IT IS NOT TRUE.
THEY KNOW IT STARTED ON WALL
00:13:51STREET, THE GEORGE W. BUSH
ECONOMY.
00:13:58WE ARE UNITED AROUND OUR
CANDIDATE.
00:13:58KAREN: IS HE STILL IN THE RACE?
DAVID: OF COURSE.
00:14:04IF YOU ASK AS DEMOCRATS, IT IS
CLEAR WHO THEY ARE WITH.
00:14:09HE IS UP IN THE POLLS.
HE IS UP WITH INDEPENDENTS.
00:14:12ONE REASON THEY SUPPORT HIM,
THERE IS A CURRENT MULTIMILLION
00:14:21DOLLAR U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AD, AGAIN TRYING TO TELL THE
00:14:23PEOPLE OF OHIO SOMEHOW THE
RECESSION STARTED IN COLUMBUS.
00:14:26AGAIN, JOHN KASICH WAS RIGHT
YESTERDAY WHEN HE SAID IT
00:14:30STARTED WITH WALL STREET GREED
AND GEORGE BUSH BUDGETS.
00:14:38STRICKLAND IS DOING WELL IN THE
POLLS AND I THINK WILL CONTINUE
00:14:40TO DO SO.
KAREN: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
00:14:44TED STRICKLAND.
WHEN YOU WERE TOGETHER IN
00:14:46FEBRUARY, YOU SAID, WE WILL BE
HAPPY TO PAY HIS FILING FEES.
00:14:51WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT
THAT?
00:14:55MATT: PAY HIS FILING FEE.
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THIS
00:15:02IS A FAILED GOVERNOR.
HE FIDDLED WHILE ROME BURNED.
00:15:07DID NOT DO MUCH TO HELP THE
SITUATION TO RID ASK THE FOLKS
00:15:13IN WILMINGTON, ASK THE FOLKS
WORKING AT NCR.
00:15:17HE COULD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
LOBBY THOSE FOLKS TO STAY IN
00:15:21DAYTON AND KEEP THOSE JOBS.
TRUST ME WHEN I TELL YOU WE WILL
00:15:26REMIND VOTERS ABOUT GOVERNOR
STRICKLAND'S RECORD WHEN HE WAS
00:15:30GOVERNOR OF OHIO, IF HE MAKES IT
THROUGH THE PRIMARY PROCESS.
00:15:32THERE'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT
OF THE WORD UNITED BEHIND THEIR
00:15:38CANDIDATE.
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT UNITED IS.
00:15:40UNITED IS BEHIND WHAT I BELIEVE
IS THE BEST SENATOR IN THE
00:15:46UNITED STATES IN ROB PORTMAN,
AND OUR PARTY CAME OUT TO
00:15:48SUPPORT HIM AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THIS
00:15:50PROCESS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM BEING
00:15:54REELECTED TO ANOTHER TERM.
KAREN: WHY DIDN'T PORTMAN IN
00:15:58THERE KASICH RIGHT AWAY?
YOU HAD ENDORSEMENTS, ATTORNEY
00:16:04GENERAL JOHN DEWINE, BUT YOU DID
NOT HAVE PORTMAN'S SUPPORT AND
00:16:11JOSH MANDEL IS STILL STICKING
BEHIND FLORIDA GOVERNOR MARCO
00:16:14RUBIO -- FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO
RUBIO?
00:16:18MATT: IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD, HE
CAME OUT WITH A STRONG SUPPORT
00:16:27STATEMENT.
WE WILL NOT REVEAL OUR CAMPAIGN
00:16:29STRATEGY AND ALL OF THE THINGS
YET TO COME.
00:16:32SUFFICE IT TO SAY, OHIOANS AND
OHIO REPUBLICANS WILL BE VERY
00:16:39WISE -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE
POLLING IN OHIO, THEY DO NOT
00:16:42AGREE WITH WHAT DEMOCRATS WOULD
LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE ABOUT JOHN
00:16:46KASICH RO POPULARITY OR RECORD,
SO I THINK OHIO REPUBLICANS ARE
00:16:49EXTRAORDINARILY UNITED.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO DID THAT
00:17:01AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WHO DID IT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
00:17:03HE CAME BACK AND HAD TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS IN OHIO.
00:17:09ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION COMING TO
00:17:12OHIO IN TRAY 16, FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN 80 YEARS -- THINK ABOUT
00:17:17THAT.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A REPUBLICAN RUN
00:17:21IN OHIO IN 70 YEARS.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A CONVENTION IN
00:17:2680 YEARS.
BOTH HAPPENING IN 2016.
00:17:27PART OF THAT IS THE STRONG
MESSAGE WE HAVE.
00:17:30KAREN: YOU ALSO SAID IN
FEBRUARY, YOU WOULD NOT LET THAT
00:17:37OPPORTUNITY SLIP BY, THE
OPPORTUNITY OF THE CONVENTION IN
00:17:39CLEVELAND.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING FOR THE
00:17:41CONVENTION?
DAVID: WE WILL BE OUT IN FORCE,
00:17:46CELEBRATING THE DEBATE, WHICH
I'M SURE MATT THINKS EVERY DAY
00:17:49HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO HAVE
DONALD TRUMP DOMINATING THE
00:17:53DEBATE.
WE ARE EXCITED WE HAVE
00:17:57CANDIDATES IN THE BIGGEST ISSUES
IN THE COUNTRY AND OHIO.
00:18:00INCOME INEQUALITY, THINGS LIKE
WAGES BEING STAGNANT, PEOPLE
00:18:04STILL NOT FINDING THE JOBS THEY
NEED IN OHIO.
00:18:17WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE
SENATE CANDIDATES ALL OVER THAT
00:18:20MESSAGE, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
ALL OVER THAT MESSAGE.
00:18:22AND THEY HAVE DONALD TRUMP.
AND THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER
00:18:23CANDIDATES WHO HAVE NO IDEA HOW
TO RESPOND TO DONALD TRUMP.
00:18:24WE WILL BE WATCHING THE DEBATE.
WE WILL BE ENJOYING IT.
00:18:26WE WILL HAVE A DO GREAT DEBATE
WATCH PARTY.
00:18:27YOU ARE A WELCOME -- YOU ARE
WELCOME, ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
00:18:30REPUBLICANS ARE HAVING A VERY
HARD TIME IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
00:18:32RACE FIGURING OUT HOW NOT TO GO
WAY TO THE EXTREME.
00:18:35WITH DONALD TRUMP AND TED CRUZ
AND RAND PAUL, THEY ARE BEING
00:18:41PULLED WAY TO THE EXTREME.
THAT IS WHERE THE OXYGEN IS.
00:18:43JOHN KASICH, WHEN HE ANNOUNCED
LAST WEEK, HALFWAY THROUGH HIS
00:18:48SPEECH WAS WHEN DONALD TRUMP PUT
LINDSEY GRAHAM'S CELL PHONE UP
00:18:54AND THAT IS WHERE ALL THE
ATTENTION WAS.
00:18:55ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE, OUR GOAL
IS TO USE THE DEBATE IN OUR
00:19:00ABILITY TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES
THAT PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT
00:19:04AND THAT GOES BACK TO GIVING
PEOPLE A FIGHTING CHANCE
00:19:06ECONOMICALLY.
AS PEOPLE FOCUS MORE CLOSELY
00:19:10BEYOND THE RHETORIC -- AND I
FEEL FOR THE PRESS.
00:19:15YOU HAVE 16 CANDIDATES.
HOW DO YOU DO FACT CHECKS ON ALL
00:19:18OF THOSE RECORDS?
WHAT WE WILL DO IN OHIO IS MAKE
00:19:23SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND -- MATT
IS GOOD AT'S MESSAGE.
00:19:29HERE IN OHIO, WE ARE IN OUR 32ND
STRAIGHT MONTH TRAILING THE
00:19:34COUNTRY AND OUR RECOVERY.
WHY?
00:19:35BECAUSE CERTAIN THINGS WORKED
WELL WITH THE AUTO RECOVERY THAT
00:19:39PEOPLE LIKE JOHN KASICH WERE NOT
FOR, BUT WE HAVE HAD THE SAME
00:19:43VERSION OF TRICKLE-DOWN
ECONOMICS IN OHIO, TAX SHIFTING
00:19:46SO PEOPLE AT THE HEIGHT AND GET
BRAKES, PEOPLE AT THE LOW-END
00:19:48GET INCREASES, GRABBING MONEY
FROM REPUBLICAN MAYORS ALL OVER
00:19:52THE STATE, AND FIVE YEARS OF
THAT IS NOT WORKING WELL.
00:19:57OUR RECOVERY IS NOT AS STRONG AS
OTHER STATES AND FRANKLY, AS A
00:20:00MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY, THE TYPE
OF SHELL GAMES THE GOVERNOR HAS
00:20:06DONE WOULD BE TERRIBLE FOR THE
COUNTRY.
00:20:07MATT: FORGIVE ME FOR ROLLING MY
EYES WHEN I HEAR THE DEMOCRATS
00:20:11AMOUNT NEED TO FOCUS THESE
ISSUES AND THESE MESSAGES ABOUT
00:20:14THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED IN
WASHINGTON.
00:20:18BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN PRESIDENT
FOR SEVEN YEARS, WILL BE EIGHT I
00:20:19THE TIME WE'RE DONE.
WHAT WE NEED IS A REPUBLICAN
00:20:21CANDIDATE TO FIX THIS SYSTEM
BARACK OBAMA PROMISED TO FIX AND
00:20:28NEVER DID.
IT IS MORE BROKEN NOW THAN IT
00:20:30EVER HAS BEEN BEFORE.
SOMEONE WILL EMERGE STRONG FROM
00:20:34THIS FIELD.
IT MAY VERY WELL BE JOHN KASICH
00:20:35I THE TIME IT IS ALL SAID AND
DONE GIVEN -- BY THE TIME IT IS
00:20:40ALL SAID AND DONE GIVEN HIS
EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY.
00:20:42KAREN: THERE ARE TWO. ISSUES
LIKELY ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL,
00:20:50A REDISTRICTING PROPOSAL THAT
HAS GOTTEN PEOPLE FROM THE LEFT
00:20:51AND THE RIGHTS, BUT NOT THE OHIO
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
00:20:56YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
DAVID: YEAH, I HAVE ALWAYS DONE
00:21:01MY HOMEWORK.
WE ARE DOING OUR DUTY LUJAN'S.
00:21:04FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING IT THIS
WAY.
00:21:05-- WE ARE DOING OUR DUE
DILIGENCE.
00:21:11THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
GERRYMANDERED FOR SEVERAL
00:21:14DECADES.
WE DO NOT WANT TO AGREE TO
00:21:16SOMETHING UNTIL IT IS A PATH OUT
OF A VERY GERRYMANDERED STATE.
00:21:20I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT SAY THIS.
I WAS FOR THE PLANNED 12 THAT
00:21:27SAID NO POLITICIAN SHOULD BE AT
THE TABLE, BUT CITIZEN SHOULD DO
00:21:29THE MAPPING.
I AM A BIG PROPONENT OF REAL
00:21:34REFORM AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS LIVES UP TO WHAT IT
00:21:35HAS.
THERE ARE MANY DEMOCRATS FOR IT,
00:21:40BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE
A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN OUR
00:21:46PARTY.
WE HAVE MANY IN OUR COMMITTEE
00:21:48WHO VOTED FOR IT BECAUSE THEY
ARE LEGISLATORS.
00:21:50AS A PARTY, WE ARE DOING OUR DUE
DILIGENCE.
00:21:53WE ARE ANSWERING QUESTIONS
PEOPLE HAVE AND WE WILL BRING IT
00:21:57FORWARD FOR A VOTE IN THE NEXT
MONTH OR SO.
00:21:58MY GUESS WOULD BE UNLESS IT
LOOKS LIKE IT IS TRULY SOMETHING
00:22:04THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THROUGH
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION WITH A
00:22:06SMALL D, THE PARTY WILL BE
FOR IT, BUT WE HAVE TO DO OUR
00:22:13DUE DILIGENCE.
KAREN: YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAYING
00:22:18THAT REPUBLICANS ARE GAMING THE
SYSTEM, THAT THE AGREEMENT
00:22:20ALLOWS REPUBLICANS TO KEEP THE
SYSTEM AS IT IS.
00:22:23IS THIS A FAIR WAY TO DEAL WITH
THE CALLS THAT OHIO HAS BEEN
00:22:29GERRYMANDERED?
MATT: THE PARTY IN CHARGE
00:22:32OFFERED TO REFORM THE SYSTEM IN
2009.
00:22:37DEMOCRATS BLOCKED IT.
THE PARTY IN CHARGE OFFERED TO
00:22:40REFORM AGAIN.
THIS TIME THE OHIO CREDIT PARTY
00:22:44WILL NOT SUPPORT REFORM ONCE
AGAIN.
00:22:45DAVID: THAT IS NOT TRUE.
MATT: THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY
00:22:50ENDORSED THIS PLAN.
IT IS ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL.
00:22:56THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME TO
HIM IN HALF ABOUT WHAT APPEARS
00:22:58TO BE -- THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
TIME TO HEM AND HAW ABOUT WHAT
00:23:05APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ROLLING
00:23:09THE DICE AGAIN TO SEE IF THEY
CAN DRAW THE MAPS.
00:23:11THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT VOTERS ARE
SICK OF THE REPUBLICANS ARE ONCE
00:23:16AGAIN LEAVING ON THIS ISSUE.
I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
00:23:18REPUBLICANS DOMINATE IN
STATEWIDE AND LEGISLATIVE
00:23:21ELECTIONS.
THEY ARE THE ONES WILLING TO
00:23:24TACKLE THESE ISSUES AND BE THE
ONES WHO WILL TAKE REFORM TO THE
00:23:27VOTERS, EVEN IF IT HURTS THEM
POLITICALLY.
00:23:28KAREN: YOU FEEL THIS IS A PLAN
THAT COULD HURT REPUBLICANS?
00:23:34MATT: WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE IS
IRRELEVANT.
00:23:39WHAT YOU WANT IS THE CANDIDATE
TO GO OUT TO THOSE SWING VOTERS
00:23:42AND SAY, I AM THE ONE WHO IS FOR
REFORMING THE SYSTEM.
00:23:46THE DEMOCRAT WILL NOT.
WE ARE THE ONES YOU SHOULD
00:23:48SUPPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE
BETTER IDEAS.
00:23:52THE IDEAS WILL ALWAYS WIN IN THE
END.
00:23:53WE ARE THE ONES TO HAVE THE
IDEAS.
00:23:54DAVID: THE CURRENT MAP IS THE
MOST GERRYMANDERED MAP IN THE
00:24:01HISTORY OF OHIO DRIVE-BY
JOHN HUGHES DEAD AND THE OHIO
00:24:06REPUBLICANS. FORGIVE US IF WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME.
00:24:11THIS IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE, AFTER ALL, WE WOULD BE
00:24:17CHANGING FOREVER.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH A
00:24:18DELIBERATIVE PROCESS.
WE HAVE NOT COME OUT AGAINST IT,
00:24:22BUT WE WILL DO OUR HOMEWORK ON
IT.
00:24:23I HEAR ALL OF THIS TALK OF
REFORM, BUT JOHN WHO STOOD --
00:24:30JOHN HUGHES DID, ETC., THE ONES
WHO DESIGNED THE WORST
00:24:34GERRYMANDER, 50% OR MORE
VOTED THE OTHER WAY.
00:24:40WE WILL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO
MAKE SURE THE THING ON THE
00:24:45BALLOT IS REAL REFORM.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM THE LAST
00:24:47SEVERAL DECADES HAVE CREATED
SUCH A BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM.
00:24:50MATT: IF THIS FAILS, IT IS ON
THE DEMOCRATS AND I NEVER WANT
00:24:57TO HEAR ANOTHER COMPLAINT FROM
THE DEMOCRATS AGAIN.
00:24:58KAREN: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I ALSO ASKED THE CHAIRS ABOUT
00:25:01THEIR POSITIONS ON THE MARIJUANA
LEGALIZATION ISSUE WITH OFFICIAL
00:25:03GROWING SITES THAT COULD BE ON
THIS FALL'S BALLOT.
00:25:07AFTER AROUND 276,000 SIGNATURES
TURNED IN BY RESPONSIBLEOHIO
00:25:12WERE RULED INVALID, THE GROUP
HAD TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL
00:25:15SIGNATURES THURSDAY.
RESPONSIBLEOHIO HAD TURNED IN
00:25:17MORE THAN 695,000 SIGNATURES IN
JUNE, BUT FELL ABOUT 30,000
00:25:23SHORT OF THE REQUIRED 306,000
VALID SIGNATURES.
00:25:27AND THIS WEEK, SECRETARY OF
STATE JON HUSTED NAMED A SPECIAL
00:25:31INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK INTO THE
SIGNATURE DISCREPANCIES AND IS
00:25:36SUBPOENAING THE CAMPAIGN'S
DIRECTOR.
00:25:38WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT NEXT
WEEK.
00:25:40AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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