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A new poll shows President Barack Obama has cracked the 50% mark in Ohio, which some experts see as a key moment in a presidential campaign. President Obama was back in Ohio this week, stopping in Mansfield and Akron. Meanwhile, the Green Party's all female ticket has been cleared for Ohio's ballot.The group Progress Ohio and a pair of Democratic state representatives are going back to the Ohio Supreme Court over the state's job creation agency JobsOhio - with the help of a Tea Party-backed group.

President Obama's visit was one of the big things happening in politics this week in Ohio. And of course there's also a very big race on the ticket just down from the presidential contest - the US Senate battle between incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican state treasurer Josh Mandel. Chris Redfern, chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, and Republican consultant Terry Casey talk about the race for the US Senate.

Campaign finance reports filed this week show that a coalition pushing changes to the way Ohio draws legislative and congressional district maps has raised more than $1.6 million, with the vast majority of donations coming from unions and union-backed groups. The Ohio Republican Party has been fiercely fighting the plan to create a 12 member citizens' commission, and now a group called Protect Your Vote Ohio has been created to answer the Voters First claims. Mark Rickel speaks for Protect Your Vote Ohio.

There are some people who might say that political campaigns create a lot of garbage. But to political junkies, historians and collecctors, that's an outright lie. The American Political Items Collectors' Convention is in Columbus this weekend, featuring all sorts of buttons and banners, as well as pins, posters, plates and even puppets.

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00:01:06	Headlines
00:03:20	Brown vs Josh Mandel
00:09:39	Protect Your Vote Ohio
00:18:15	American Political Items Collectors
00:22:58	Getting Into The Workforce
00:24:57	Images And Sounds Of The State Fair

00:00:00	>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE BROADCAST COMES FROM THE LAW
00:00:04	OFFICES OF PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS, AND ARTHUR L. L.P.,
00:00:11	HELPING INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL PROBLEMS ACROSS
00:00:15	THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
00:00:18	AND, FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
00:00:24	131,000 TEACHERS AND FACULTY WERE DUE FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:00:28	SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
00:00:33	POSSIBLE BY ETCH OHIO. >>A NEW POLL SHOWS ONE
00:00:43	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS LEADING IN OHIO AND TWO OTHER
00:00:45	SWING STATES. THE GROUP THAT WANTS TO TAKE
00:00:47	THE OUT OF THE HANDS OF LAWMAKERS IS OPPOSITION
00:00:50	ORGANIZATION IS ALREADY MAKING ITS CASE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL.
00:00:53	AND GOING BACK THROUGH HISTORY TO VISIT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
00:00:56	FROM THE PAST - ALL BY WAY OF POSTERS, PINS PLATES AND EVEN
00:00:59	PUPPETS. ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:01:02	OHIO."
00:01:07	A NEW POLL SHOWS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS CRACKED THE
00:01:10	EXPERTS SEE AS A KEY MOMENT IN A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
00:01:11	A QUINNIPIAC POLL OUT THIS WEEK OHIO BY 50 PERCENT TO 44
00:01:18	PERCENT IN OHIO. THE POLL ALSO FOUND OBAMA
00:01:22	LEADING IN PENNSYLVANIA 53% TO 42%, AND IN FLORIDA HE'S
00:01:24	TOPPING ROMNEY 51% TO 45%. PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS BACK IN
00:01:29	OHIO THIS WEEK, STOPPING IN MANSFIELD AND AKRON.
00:01:32	HE TOOK A LITTLE HEAT FOR CHOOSING MANSFIELD - HE LANDED
00:01:37	AT AN AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE THAT'S ON A LIST OF BASES
00:01:39	FACING CUTS. AND THE C-27J PROGRAM AT THAT
00:01:45	BASE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE COUNTRY NOT GETTING A NEW
00:01:47	MISSION. THE VICE COMMANDER OF THE 179TH
00:01:50	AIRLIFT WING IN MANSFIELD SAYS C-27JS WERE CAREFULLY
00:01:53	POSITIONED AT THE BASE SO THE PRESIDENT WOULD SEE THEM WHEN HE
00:01:56	ARRIVED. MEANWHILE, THE GREEN PARTY'S
00:02:00	ALL FEMALE TICKET HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR OHIO'S BALLOT.
00:02:02	JILL STEIN AND CHERI HONKALA WILL ON THE BALLOT IN OHIO AND
00:02:07	A FEW OTHER BATTLEGROUND STATES. STEIN IS A HARVARD-EDUCATED
00:02:11	PHYSICIAN, INSTRUCTOR OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, AND
00:02:13	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE. SHE BEAT OUT ACTOR AND COMEDIAN
00:02:16	ROSANNE BARR FOR THE PARTY'S NOMINATION IN JULY.
00:02:18	HONKALA IS NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR THE POOR PEOPLE'S ECONOMIC
00:02:24	HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, AND BEAT OUT A MULTI-RACIAL, AMERICANS.
00:02:30	AND MORE PROOF THAT POLITICS BRINGS TOGETHER ALL SORTS OF
00:02:37	PEOPLE. THE GROUP PROGRESS OHIO AND A
00:02:39	PAIR OF DEMOCRATIC STATE TO THE OHIO SUPREME COURT OVER THE
00:02:44	STATE'S JOB CREATION AGENCY JOBSOHIO.
00:02:45	THE 1851 CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, A TEA
00:02:50	PARTY-BACKED OFFSHOOT OF THE CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK THE
00:02:54	BUCKEYE INSTITUTE. THE GROUPS ARE BOTH CONCERNED
00:02:57	THAT TWO COURTS THREW OUT PROGRESS OHIO'S LAWSUIT AGAINST
00:02:59	JOBSOHIO ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE GROUP DOESN'T HAVE STANDING
00:03:02	TO SUE. THE GROUPS ARE ALSO CONCERNED
00:03:07	THAT LACK OF STANDING WAS THE SAME DECISION GIVEN WHEN THE
00:03:11	LAWSUIT CHALLENGING ELECTRONIC SLOT MACHINES AT HORSERACING
00:03:15	CONSERVATIVE OHIO ROUNDTABLE - WAS THROWN OUT IN MAY.
00:03:17	PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS HAPPENING IN
00:03:22	POLITICS THIS WEEK IN OHIO. AND OF COURSE THERE'S ALSO A
00:03:25	VERY BIG RACE ON THE TICKET JUST DOWN FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL
00:03:29	CONTEST - THE US SENATE BATTLE BETWEEN INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT
00:03:32	SHERROD BROWN AND REPUBLICAN STATE TREASURER JOSH MANDEL.
00:03:34	LAST WEEK TWO MAJOR PARTY STRATEGISTS WERE ON THE SHOW TO
00:03:38	TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS.
00:03:40	BUT I ALSO ASKED CHRIS REDFERN, CHAIR OF THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC
00:03:42	PARTY, AND REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT TERRY CASEY ABOUT THE
00:03:44	RACE FOR THE US SENATE. >> LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION.
00:03:53	THIS IS ALREADY THE MOST EXPENSIVE U.S. SENATE RACE IN
00:03:57	OHIO HISTORY. WHY?
00:03:59	>> IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OF THE DOLLAR'S SENATOR BROWN HAS HAD
00:04:04	TO SPEND IT WOULD STILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE
00:04:07	$11.5 MILLION ABOUT SIDE DOLLARS FUNDED LARGELY BY THE COKE
00:04:13	BROTHERS AND OTHERS SUPPORTING JOSH MANDEL.
00:04:19	>> THERE IS OUTSIDE MONEY ON THE OTHER SIDE, TOO.
00:04:23	>> HARRY REID AND OTHERS ARE SPENDING THE MOST MONEY BE AS
00:04:27	THEY HAVE TO SAVE ONE THE MOST LIBERAL SENATORS IN THE U.S..
00:04:31	>> WHERE YOU SAID IS NOT TRUE. >> THE MONEY FROM HARRY REID,
00:04:35	THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE?
00:04:37	>> THAT COMMITTEE HAS SPENT LESS THAN $1.5 MILLION.
00:04:44	THE KOCK-BROTHER FUNDS ARE ABOUT -- KOCH BROTHER-FUNDED
00:04:57	ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FOUND THE $11.5 MILLION.
00:04:59	IT IS 5-TO-ONE. >> RIGHT NOW IT IS.
00:05:05	>> YOUR QUESTION WAS RIGHT NOW. WE CANNOT TELL WHAT WILL HAPPEN
00:05:10	IN TWO MONTHS. >> IT IS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS.
00:05:15	TO GET SHERROD BROWN ON YOUR SHOW AND DESK WHEN THE U.S.
00:05:18	SENATE PASSED A BUDGET -- ASKED WHEN A U.S. SENATE PASSED A
00:05:23	BUDGET? NEXT MONTH, WE WILL APPROACH $16
00:05:27	MILLION. >> THE MOST RATE OF SPENDING
00:05:30	SINCE EISENHOWER. >> $16 CHARGE INCURRED >> ASKED
00:05:34	JOSH MANDEL HE MISSED THOSE MEETINGS, AND WHY HE WAS FLYING
00:05:42	TO PLACES LIKE THE BAHAMAS TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS SENATE
00:05:45	CAMPAIGN. >> YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE OHIO
00:05:48	REPUBLICAN PARTY. IS JOSH MANDEL TO THE RIGHT
00:05:55	CANDIDATE TO REPLACE SHERROD BROWN?
00:05:56	>> WE NEED TO REPLACE SHERROD BROWN?
00:05:59	TEXAS, OBAMA-CARE, AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
00:06:03	REPUBLICANS HAD A LOT OF CANDIDATES.
00:06:07	JOHN HUSTON, MARY TAYLOR, A NUMBER OF EXCELLENT CANDIDATES.
00:06:12	HE'S ONE SAID NOW. IT WAS NOT THAT JOSH SAID I WANT
00:06:16	TO RUN FOR SENATE, IT IS THAT WE CANNOT LET SHERROD BROWN GET A
00:06:20	FREE RIDE AND CONTINUE TAXING AND SPENDING.
00:06:23	WE DID DIFFERENT SENATOR. WE'VE SEEN THE DIFFERENCE ROB
00:06:27	PORTMAN HAS DONE. WE HAVE A U.S. SENATOR THAT IS
00:06:31	NOT AN EGOMANIAC AND PUBLICITY TRIPS.
00:06:32	[LAUGHTER] >> YOU SAY THAT WITH STRAIGHT
00:06:37	FACE. >> IT IS TRUE.
00:06:39	>> HE VOTED TO SAVE 850,000 AMERICAN JOBS IN THE STATE OF
00:06:44	OHIO, AND SHARED -- ROB PORTMAN OPPOSED IT.
00:06:50	HE SUPPORTED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
00:06:53	THAT HAS SHUT THE DOOR REGION THAT HAS LONG SHUT THE DOOR AND
00:06:56	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND AND BIGOTRY.
00:07:01	SHERROD BROWN THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO END THAT
00:07:05	BIGOTRY. >> DID NOT FORGET, THEY HAVE TO
00:07:08	FLY HIM BACK ON A MILITARY PLANE.
00:07:10	TO BE THE SIXTH AND DECIDING VOTE FOR THE WALL STREET BOYS,
00:07:14	THE RICH BOYS GIVING HIM MONEY. >>-THAT GOT A PANTS ON FIRE FROM
00:07:19	PUBLIC PACT -- PUBLIC SECTOR >> LET'S CLOSE WITH PREDICTIONS.
00:07:27	>> I THINK THE BIG THING THE MEDIA OUGHT TO GIVE ATTENTION
00:07:33	IS IN AUGUST, WHEN THE NATIONAL DEFICIT GOES OVER $16 TRILLION,
00:07:38	GREECE, SADLY, HERE WE COME WITH FOUR MORE YEARS OF SHERROD BROWN
00:07:43	AND BARACK OBAMA. >> WHAT ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF?
00:07:47	>> THAT IS A MESS, TOO. THIS PRESIDENT CAME IN WITH THE
00:07:51	IDEA OF SPEND, SPEND, THE HECK WITH DEFICITS, I WANT TO GET
00:07:56	REELECTED. >> DOESN'T EVERYONE THINK THAT?
00:07:59	>> NOBODY HAS EVER DONE IT LIKE OBAMA.
00:08:02	EVEN GREECE AND SPAIN DID NOT SPEND THAT MUCH.
00:08:07	>> HOW DO YOU YOU RESPOND TO AN ANALYST THE SUGGESTS THE
00:08:12	PRESIDENT IS A SCHIZOPHRENIC? IT IS THE LOWEST GROWTH OF
00:08:16	SPENDING SINCE EISENHOWER. EXODUS THE GROWTH OF SPENDING.
00:08:20	>> AND THE DEFICITS -- >> SOME OF US BELIEVE SUCH A WAY
00:08:28	EVERY PUBLIC DOLLAR WILL BE TRACKED AS INTO RECESSION.
00:08:32	DO YOU KNOW WHO SAID THAT? THE END OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
00:08:36	UNDER RONALD REAGAN. MANY ECONOMISTS BELIEVE IF YOU
00:08:39	WERE TO BE IMMEDIATELY RETRACTED NOT STIMULATE THE ECONOMY
00:08:43	BECAUSE THERE IS NO EQUITY ON THE PUBLIC SIDE, YOU WOULD HAVE
00:08:48	A RECESSION DEEPER THAN THE ONE WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
00:08:51	WE HAVE CHEERLEADERS A FAILURE WHO HAVE DONE QUITE WELL IN
00:08:55	GOVERNMENT WHO ARE NOW CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WORK OF
00:08:59	DEMOCRATS TO SAVE THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY JOBS.
00:09:01	TWO AND PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, TO
00:09:07	DO THE THINGS THAT WILL TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RECESSION, AND
00:09:12	THE NUMBERS, AS DAMNABLE AS THEY ARE TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
00:09:16	SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. WE ARE ANY PATH TO RECOVERY.
00:09:21	>> EVERYONE HAS FACTORED >> -- EVERYONE HAS THEIR FACTS.
00:09:26	>> THE FACT IS THE STATES ARE RESPONDING.
00:09:29	>> SO FAR, THERE HAVE AGREED TO ONE TELEVISED DEBATE, OCTOBER
00:09:37	15. WE WILL BRING YOU HIGHLIGHTS.
00:09:38	CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS FILED THIS WEEK SHOW THAT A COALITION
00:09:41	PUSHING CHANGES TO THE WAY OHIO DRAWS LEGISLATIVE AND
00:09:44	CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS HAS RAISED MORE THAN $1.
00:09:47	6 MILLION, WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF DONATIONS COMING
00:09:51	FROM UNIONS AND UNION-BACKED GROUPS.
00:09:53	IT'S STILL UNCERTAIN RIGHT NOW IF THE VOTERS FIRST PROPOSAL
00:09:58	WILL BE ON THIS FALL'S BALLOT. THE GROUP CAME UP SHORT IN ITS
00:10:02	FIRST FILING OF SIGNATURES FOR ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,
00:10:05	WHICH WOULD CREATE A 12-MEMBER CITIZENS COMMISSION TO DRAW THE
00:10:09	MAPS, AND POLITICIANS, LOBBYISTS BE ALLOWED ON THE
00:10:12	COMMISSION. HAS BEEN FIERCELY FIGHTING THE
00:10:16	PLAN, AND NOW A GROUP HAS BEEN FORMED TO CARRY THAT BATTLE A
00:10:19	BIT FURTHER. IT'S CALLED PROTECT YOUR VOTE
00:10:21	OHIO, AND IT SAYS IT'S CONCERNED THAT THE VOTERS FIRST
00:10:24	AMENDMENT WOULD CREATE A PANEL THAT IS UNACCOUNTABLE TO VOTERS,
00:10:27	WOULD BE FUNDED WITH UNLIMITED TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND WOULD BE
00:10:31	RUN WITH ARBITRARY AND INFLEXIBLE ELIGIBILITY RULES.
00:10:33	MARK RICKEL IS A FORMER MEDIA MANAGER FOR THE NATIONAL
00:10:38	FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS AND WAS THE TAFT.
00:10:41	HE'S NOW SPEAKING FOR PROTECT YOUR VOTE OHIO.
00:10:49	>> WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS? >> IT IS FLAWED IN THE SENSE
00:10:57	THAT IT DOES NOT PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANYONE,
00:11:01	ESPECIALLY VOTERS. IT WOULD BE A 12-PERSON
00:11:04	COMMISSION, THROUGH A CONVOLUTED AND ARBITRARY SYSTEM OF
00:11:08	REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS WHO CAN SERVE AND WHO CANNOT SERVE, AND
00:11:14	THEY DO NOT ANSWER TO THE VOTERS.
00:11:14	IT TAKES THE VOTER'S VOICE OUT OF THE.
00:11:19	WHEN IT IS BEING SOLD AS A SYSTEM TO REMOVE POLITICS AND
00:11:24	SPECIAL-INTEREST FROM THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE DISTRICT
00:11:27	LINES ARE DRAWN, WE HAVE FOUND THIS WEEK THAT IT IS NEITHER.
00:11:32	IT DOES NOT DO THAT. WHEN YOU SEE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
00:11:35	REPORTS THAT INDICATE THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS BEING SUPPORTED, BY
00:11:40	AND LARGE, THE UNIONS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS, IT DOES NOT
00:11:45	TAKE POLITICS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS OUT OF THE PROCESS.
00:11:48	>> THEY ARE YOU THE POLITICS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE IN THE
00:11:53	PROCESS AS THEY STAND NOW, WITH REPUBLICANS DRAW IN THE LINING
00:11:58	IN FAVOR OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, TO KEEP MORE OF
00:12:01	THEIR POWER. HOW TO YOU ANSWER THAT?
00:12:04	>> WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS FRAUGHT WITH
00:12:08	POLITICIANS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
00:12:12	IT, IT IS JUST A PLAN TO GET THEIR SPECIAL INTERESTS AND
00:12:17	POLITICIANS INTO THE SYSTEM. >> YOU WROTE A STATEMENT THIS
00:12:20	WEEK ABOUT HOW THOUSANDS OF POLITICIANS WOULD STILL BE
00:12:24	ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT IT IS AN ALL-
00:12:28	POLITICIAN COMMISSION RIGHT NOW. IS THAT NOT A STEP TOWARD
00:12:33	FAIRNESS? >> THESE ARE POLITICIANS SAID
00:12:36	HAVE POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS AND SEEK OFFICE.
00:12:39	WHILE THIS PLAN DOES EXCLUDE STATE REPRESENTATIVES, STATE
00:12:44	LEGISLATURES, FEDERAL LEGISLATORS, AND EMPLOYEES AND
00:12:49	FAMILY MEMBERS, A MAYOR, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY
00:12:55	COMMISSIONER -- ALL OF THOSE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE
00:12:58	STATE OF OHIO WHEN YOU CONSIDER TOWNSHIPS, MUNICIPALITIES,
00:13:02	COUNTIES -- ALL OF THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OR
00:13:07	POLITICIANS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS COMMISSION
00:13:10	AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS, BY AND LARGE, THAT'S A POLITICAL
00:13:14	ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR LOCAL PARTY -- THAT SEEK A POLITICAL
00:13:19	ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR LOCAL PARTY, OR WORK TO GET ON THE
00:13:22	COUNTY SLATE CARD SEEK THEIR SUPPORT.
00:13:28	SO, THE POLITICS IS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
00:13:31	>> YOUR GROUP HAS SAID VOTERS FIRST WOULD HAVE A BLANK CHECKS
00:13:38	-- BLANK CHECK, ACCESS TO TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THIS
00:13:42	PROCESS. THE PROCESS, AS IT STOOD, HEAD
00:13:46	$10,000 IN TAXPAYER MONEY TO HELP DRAW THE MAP.
00:13:51	IS THE BLANK CHECK NOT ALREADY THERE?
00:13:53	>> IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, NOBODY IS SAYING IT IS FLAWLESS, AND WE
00:14:00	SHOULD REMAIN WHAT IS GOING ON. I WILL SAY THERE IS A BIPARTISAN
00:14:05	PANEL LED IS REVIEWING THIS PROCESS, -- THAT IS REVIEWING
00:14:10	THIS PROCESS AND LOOKING TO REFORM THE PROCESS.
00:14:12	WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS WHAT THE PROCESS HAPPEN.
00:14:15	GOING BACK TO THE BLANK CHECK, THAT GETS TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:14:21	THIS IS A 12-MEMBER COMMISSION. THE LEGISLATURE OF VOTERS CANNOT
00:14:27	REMOVE THEM. IT DOES NOT ALLOW -- WHEN THE
00:14:31	COMMISSION IS SET UP IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FOR PARTISAN
00:14:35	POLITICS, DESPITE WHAT THE PROPONENTS OF THE PLAN SAY, THIS
00:14:40	IS FLAWED, AND IT IS DANGEROUS TO PUT LANGUAGE LIKE THIS IN THE
00:14:44	CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO
00:14:48	FIX IT. I SAY IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE IT
00:14:50	WOULD COST MONEY, REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT, AND YOU
00:14:54	WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VOTERS.
00:14:57	THIS PLAYING AROUND WITH THE CONSTITUTION ON POLICIES THAT
00:15:00	ARE POTENTIALLY FLAWED OR THAT ARE FLAWED IS A DANGEROUS
00:15:04	NOTION. >> ONE OF THE CONCERNS THEY YOU
00:15:07	RAISED, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW VOTERS FIRST HAS A LOT OF UNION
00:15:11	BACKING. >> NOT A LOT, PRIMARILY UNION-
00:15:15	BACKED. >> THESE ARE CONCERNS THAT WERE
00:15:19	SHARED BY THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND YOU HAVE BEEN
00:15:24	SOLICITING DONATIONS FROM REPUBLICAN ACTIVISTS AND
00:15:28	CANDIDATES, SAID THIS WOULD LEAD PEOPLE TO BELIEVE YOU ARE A
00:15:32	FRONT FOR THE REPUBLICANS WHILE YOU ARE ACCUSING THE OTHER SIDE
00:15:35	OF BEING A FRONT FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
00:15:38	>> WE ARE TALK ABOUT WHO IS BEING SUPPORTED WHEN THE TIME IS
00:15:42	RIGHT, BUT THEY HAVE COME OUT AND SAID THINGS LIKE GET
00:15:45	POLITICS OUT OF THIS PROCESS, GET THINGS BACK TO THE PEOPLE,
00:15:50	AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO IS BEHIND IT, IT IS THE SAME THING.
00:15:54	BUT GET THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS, AND ALL ALONG YOU SAY
00:16:00	LOOK AT WHO IS LEADING THE EFFORT, AND THE SPECIAL
00:16:03	INTERESTS AND UNIONS. >> THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP,
00:16:08	PROTECT YOUR VOTE OHIO 2012, WE HAVE HAD THIS WEIRD TITLES OF
00:16:16	GROUPS COULD BE CONFUSING. WITH ALL OF THE TALK ABOUT VOTER
00:16:21	IDENTIFICATION AND THE ELECTION LAW CHANGES, THAT COULD BE A
00:16:25	CONFUSING NAME BECAUSE IT IS NOT LIKE OHIO CAN VOTE ON THE MAP.
00:16:33	THAT IS A LAWMAKER. >> WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE
00:16:38	VOTES BY NOT ALLOWING FOR THIS TYPE OF PROPOSAL TO BE INCLUDED
00:16:45	IN THE CONSTITUTION WHERE THIS COMMISSION DOES NOT ALLOW FOR
00:16:50	BOATERS TO CHANGE ITS VOTERS TO CHANGE IT, TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF
00:16:57	IT, TO HAVE A VOICE IN IT. >> IT SHOULD BE SAID THIS IS NOT
00:17:01	ON THE BALLOT YET. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT HOW SOME
00:17:06	OF THE SIGNATURES WERE GATHERED? >> THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF
00:17:09	THAT, BUT NOW THAT THEY HAVE DISCUSSED IT, THEY BELIEVE THEY
00:17:13	HAVE ENOUGH SIGNATURES. THAT WAS THE OTHER POINT.
00:17:18	THE DISCUSSION WAS ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT OUT TO GATHER
00:17:22	SIGNATURES, AND THE NEW THE TO THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT AND
00:17:26	IT SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT, BIG, BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS SPENT ON
00:17:30	CIRCULATORS, AND THAT WOULD ATTEST TO WHY THERE WAS AN ISSUE
00:17:33	WITH VALIDATION AND BEGIN VALIDATION, BUT GOING FORWARD WE
00:17:38	EXPECTED TO BEGIN BUT GOING FORWARD, WE EXPECTED TO BE A --
00:17:46	BUT GOING FOR WE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE BALLOT.
00:17:49	>> WILL REPUBLICANS BE CAMPAIGNING AGAINST THIS?
00:17:52	>> THAT IS TO WHICH WE ARE TOO SOON TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
00:17:55	-- WE ARE TOO SOON TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
00:17:59	THE PLAN TO GET POLITICS AND SPECIAL-INTEREST OUT OF THE
00:18:03	CURRENT WAY IN WHICH DISTRICT LINES ARE REDRAWN, IF YOU LOOK
00:18:06	BEHIND THE CURTAIN, THERE ARE THE UNIONS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS
00:18:11	ON THEIR SIDE, EQUALLY ENGAGED. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:18:14	THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO MIGHT
00:18:19	SAY THAT POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS CREATE A LOT OF GARBAGE.
00:18:21	BUT TO POLITICAL JUNKIES, HISTORIANS AND A CERTAIN CLASS
00:18:25	OF COLLECTORS, THAT'S AN OUTRIGHT LIE.
00:18:26	IN FACT, COLLECTORS OF POLITICAL MEMORABILIA ARE ALL
00:18:33	THREE, AND ARE HAPPY TO SHOW THEIR TREASURES, AS THEY ARE
00:18:35	THIS WEEKEND AT THE AMERICAN POLITICAL ITEMS COLLECTORS
00:18:38	CONVENTION IN COLUMBUS. THE 3-THOUSAND MEMBER
00:18:40	ORGANIZATION MEETS EVERY TWO YEARS, AND IN ITS 60 YEARS IN
00:18:43	EXISTENCE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SUCH A GATHERING HAS BEEN
00:18:46	HELD IN OHIO. AND WITH ATTENDEES FROM 40
00:18:50	STATES HERE, IT'S THE BIGGEST GATHERING THE GROUP HAS HAD IN
00:18:54	DECADES. WHERE ELSE WOULD A TEDDY
00:18:56	ROOSEVELT IMPERSONATOR BE NOT JUST WELCOMED, BUT TREATED LIKE
00:18:58	A SPECIAL GUEST. JOE WIEGAND CALLS HIMSELF A
00:19:02	TEDDY ROOSEVELT REPRISOR, AND SAYS THE 26TH PRESIDENT IS
00:19:06	WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST COLLECTED.
00:19:08	>> THIS AUDIENCE, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT COLLECT POLITICAL
00:19:16	ITEMS, THE LAW OF HISTORY AND POLITICS.
00:19:19	IT IS A WONDERFUL MELDING OF THOSE TOPICS, AND TO SEE THE
00:19:23	CREATIVITY OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURING WITH REGARDS TO
00:19:25	THE BUTTONS, POSTERS, AND ITEMS PEOPLE WOULD COLLECT TO PROMOTE
00:19:31	CANDIDATES. >> OTHER POPULAR PRESIDENTS
00:19:40	AMONG COLLECTORS ARE LINCOLN, FDR AND JFK.
00:19:41	AND THE HOBBY IS HARDLY LIMITED TO BUTTONS - THEY DIDN'T COME
00:19:45	ABOUT UNTIL 1896, AND WHILE THEY ARE PROBABLY THE SINGLE
00:19:46	MOST COLLECTED ITEM, THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER ARTIFACTS AND
00:19:48	THINGS THAT COLLECTORS LOVE TO SEE ANDTOM PEELING IS A
00:19:50	COLLECTOR AND DEALER FROM WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
00:19:52	>> WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THERE ARE METAL TRAYS, CHINA'S,
00:20:00	HAND PUPPETS. I SAW RONALD REAGAN BEDROOM
00:20:03	SLIPPERS. THERE IS A MYRIAD OF THINGS AND
00:20:06	PEOPLE COLLECT. WHEN I WAS A KID I COLLECT
00:20:09	INDIAN HEAD PENNIES, PEACE AND I HAD THE MALL, AND THEN I LOST
00:20:14	INTEREST. IN THIS HOBBY, I HAVE 1200
00:20:18	THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND ITEMS, CONNECTICUT FOUR MORE THAT I DO
00:20:23	NOT -- AND I PICKED UP FOUR MORE.
00:20:26	>> SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE SMALL AND CURRENT.
00:20:28	-- CURRENT - SOME ARE VERY OLD AND COULD BE CONSIDERED
00:20:33	PRICELESS TO THE RIGHT PERSON. JACK DIXEY IS FROM CENTRAL OHIO
00:20:37	AND IS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE COLLECTORS.
00:20:39	>> THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF HERE. FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS A BUTTON
00:20:47	THAT TRADED HANDS FOR OVER $10,000 LAST EVENING.
00:20:51	THAT IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FOR A BUTTON.
00:20:54	THERE IS SO MUCH MATERIAL THAT CAN BE HAD FOR $1.
00:20:57	YOU HAVE A PRICE RANGE OF $1, TO $10,000.
00:21:04	THAT COVERS A LOT OF BASES. >> AND FANS OF POLITICAL
00:21:13	MEMORABILIA - INCLUDING OUR OWN BILL COHEN - DON'T LIMIT
00:21:15	THEMSELVES TO WINNERS. FAILED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
00:21:17	GEORGE MCGOVERN AND BARRY GOLDWATER ARE POPULAR WITH
00:21:19	COLLECTORS, IN SOME PART BECAUSE THEY CAN BE HARD TO FIND - IT
00:21:21	WAS EASY FOR PEOPLE TO THROW OUT THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
00:21:22	LOSING CANDIDATE. AND SOME SPECIALIZE IN CERTAIN
00:21:24	AREAS - THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, OR THE EARLY 20TH
00:21:27	CENTURY. BUT THEY ALL ARE HISTORIANS,
00:21:30	AND CAN TELL GREAT STORIES OF WHAT AN ITEM MEANS AND HOW IT
00:21:33	CAME ABOUT. ROGER LOWENSTEIN IS FROM LOS
00:21:35	ANGELES. >> WE LOOK AT THESE PIECES OF
00:21:42	AMERICANA, NOT JUST AS SOMETHING TO THROW IN OUR DRAWER, BUT TO A
00:21:50	CHILLY SYMBOLIZE A POLITICAL ACTION THAT SOMEONE -- ACTUALLY
00:21:55	SYMBOLIZE A POLITICAL ACTION SOMEONE HAS TAKEN.
00:21:56	>> RONNIE LAPINSKY SAX IS FROM MARYLAND, AND SAYS THESE FOLKS
00:22:06	ARE MORE THAN JUST HOBBYISTS. >> WE ARE CUSTODIANS OF HISTORY.
00:22:11	THIS WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME.
00:22:14	NOW THAT I HAVE THESE IN THE COLLECTION, THEY WILL GO FROM ME
00:22:18	TO MY DAUGHTER OR SOMEPLACE, AND WE ARE ONLY CUSTODIANS FOR A
00:22:22	SHORT TIME. HISTORY IS LONG, AND THAT IS
00:22:25	REALLY WHAT IS IMPORTANT. >> IS A MEDAL GIVEN TO HONOR
00:22:34	ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO PICKETED IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1917
00:22:36	AND LATER WENT ON A HUNGER STRIKE - IT'S BEING OFFERED FOR
00:22:39	$12,500. >> SOME OF THE SMALLEST ITEMS
00:22:45	ARE THESE PINS. THE AMERICAN POLITICAL ITEM
00:22:49	COLLECTORS SHOW IS AT THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL IN NORTH
00:22:50	COLUMBUS TILL SATURDAY, BUT THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE EXHIBIT OF
00:22:52	MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY AT THE STATEHOUSE THROUGH LABOR DAY.
00:22:54	THE NEXT CONVENTION WILL BE IN 2014 IN DENVER.
00:22:56	TURNING QUICKLY FROM POLITICS TO POVERTY, AND PATHWAYS OUT OF
00:23:00	IT. OUR JO INGLES WAS THE MODERATOR
00:23:04	AT THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN CLUB THIS WEEK FOR A DISCUSSION
00:23:08	ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF GETTING INTO THE WORKFORCE AND PULLING
00:23:11	UP TO THE MIDDLE CLASS, WHILE OVERCOMING DISABILITIES, LACK
00:23:14	OF EDUCATION AND OTHER CHALLENGES.
00:23:15	THE PANELISTS WERE MARJORY PIZZUTI, PRESIDENT AT CEO OF
00:23:18	GOODWILL COLUMBUS, AUTHOR AND OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
00:23:23	ROGER BLACKWELL, BO CHILTON, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF IMPACT
00:23:25	COMMUNITY ACTION, AND STEVE FIREMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE
00:23:30	ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, A NON-
00:23:32	PROFIT SMALL BUSINESS MICROLENDER.
00:23:34	THEY TALKED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS
00:23:38	TO TRAINING THAT MANY UNEMPLOYED AND LOWER-INCOME
00:23:40	PEOPLE FACE. AND THEY TALKED UP THE BENEFITS
00:23:43	OF PARTNERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY IN GETTING THE CAPITAL AND
00:23:46	CONNECTIONS TO START SMALL BUSINESSES.
00:23:48	>> VERY FEW PEOPLE WILL MOVE IN THE WHOLE U.S. FROM THE
00:23:56	STRUGGLING MIDDLE CLASS TO THE PROSPEROUS MIDDLE CLASS UNLESS
00:24:00	THEY KNOW HOW TO START A BUSINESS AND GROW IT, AND RUN
00:24:05	IT. THERE ARE BETWEEN 18,000 AND
00:24:11	19,000 CORPORATIONS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS LARGE, OR 500 IN
00:24:15	PLACE, BUT THERE ARE 26.5 SMALL BUSINESSES IS A 26.5 MILLION
00:24:22	SMALL BUSINESSES, -- 26.5 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES, AND
00:24:29	DID NOT EXPECT YOUR CHILDREN TO BE IN A PROSPEROUS MIDDLE CLASS
00:24:33	UNLESS THEY KNOW HOW TO START AND GROW A BUSINESS.
00:24:35	>> THE PANELISTS ALSO TALKED UP THE IDEA OF TEACHING SMALL
00:24:41	BUSINESS BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS IN HIGH
00:24:43	SCHOOL. AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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00:24:54	WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH MORE IMAGES FROM THE OHIO STATE
00:24:56	FAIR, INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR ENJOYING ONE OF THE FAIR'S BIG
00:25:00	ATTRACTIONS, THE GIANT SLIDE. THE FAIR ENDS ITS 12-DAY RUN ON
00:25:03	SUNDAY. >> WHO WON?
00:25:09	>> YOU. >> I CANNOT TELL.
00:25:11	[LAUGHTER] [SCREAMS]
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00:25:53	BACK THAT WAY. >> OK, THANK YOU.
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