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00:01:20>> MANY CANDIDATES ARE FOCUSED
ON OHIO.
00:01:21THE TOP TWO CONTENDERS IN THE
DEMOCRATIC RACE ARE HERE TO TALK
00:01:24ABOUT ISSUES AND CONCERNS ABOUT
THE OTHER.
00:01:27ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO."
00:01:42WE STILL HAVE MORE THAN A WEEK
TO GO TILL MARCH 15 BUT THIS
00:01:45WEEK WAS ALL ABOUT THE OHIO
PRIMARY.
00:01:48DONALD TRUMP STARTED THINGS OFF
WITH A RALLY IN COLUMBUS ON
00:01:49SUPER TUESDAY.
INTRODUCED BY CHRIS CHRISTIE.
00:01:53THAT WAS SEEN AS A BIT OF A BLOW
TO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH.
00:01:57THEY WERE DESCRIBED AS FRIEND.
HE WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED
00:02:03CHRISTIE FOR A CABINET POSITION.
REPUBLICAN STARTED MAKING THEIR
00:02:06CONCERNS ABOUT A TRUMP
NOMINATION REAL SAYING THEY
00:02:09WOULD NOT SUPPORT HIM AS THE
NOMINEE.
00:02:12BOTH STEPPED FORWARD TO SAY THAT
THEY WOULD NOT CAMPAIGN FOR
00:02:16TRUMP.
AND THE CHAIRMAN OF OR JUST SAID
00:02:22HAVING TRUMP AT THE TOP OF THE
TICKET HAS HIM WORRIED ABOUT HOW
00:02:25PARTY LEADERS WOULD COME
TOGETHER TO CAMPAIGN FOR OTHER
00:02:29REPUBLICANS ON THE BALLOT THIS
YEAR.
00:02:30THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS
ENDORSED KASICH IN THE
00:02:31PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
RIGHT -- ROB PORTMAN WAS K.G. IN
00:02:37A CONFERENCE CALL.
SAYING THAT HE WAS BACKING
00:02:40KASICH.
>> I DO INTEND TO REPORT THE --
00:02:46THAT IS HOW CRAZY IT IS.
I FEEL STRONGLY THE COUNTRY IS
00:02:49HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
00:02:51CHANGE DIRECTIONS.
>> SPEAKING OF PORTMAN HE IS ON
00:02:57THE PARTISAN BALLOT BUT HE SEEKS
REELECTION TO THE SENATE.
00:02:59VOTERS WILL PICK WINNERS IN
PRIMARIES AND MANY IN OHIO'S SIX
00:03:03CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AND FOR
MANY STATE HOUSE AND SENATE
00:03:08SEATS AND WILL CHOOSE CANDIDATES
FOR THE SENATE.
00:03:09PORTMAN HAS A PRIMARY OPPONENT
IN DON.
00:03:13THERE ARE THREE CANDIDATES ON
THE MECHANIC SIDE.
00:03:22KELLY PRATHER, AND FORMER
GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND WHO IS
00:03:23THE ENDORSED DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE.
00:03:25STRICKLAND TURNED DOWN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE HIS
00:03:31OPPONENT WHO'D DID APPEAR AT THE
CITY CLUB.
00:03:34ONLY TO HAVE STARTED IN POLLING.
I SAT DOWN WITH BOTH OF THEM.
00:03:41WE TALKED ABOUT HOW A SOLIDLY
HERBAL STATE LIKE OHIO SHOULD
00:03:46RETURN TO BE REPRESENTED BY TWO
DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATORS.
00:03:53>> JOINING HIM IN FIGHTING FOR
WORKING PEOPLE, THE WORKING
00:03:57PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE NOT
GOTTEN A BREAK.
00:03:59I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS IS
00:04:02BEING SQUEEZED, PEOPLE HAVE
WORKED HARD FOR THE LAST 30
00:04:06YEARS, WAGES HAVE REMAINED FLAT,
WEALTH HAS BEEN CREATED BUT THAT
00:04:09WEALTH HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED
AMONG THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THIS
00:04:15COUNTRY AND THE WORKING PEOPLE
HAVE SEEN THEIR WAGES IN SOME
00:04:19CASES ACTUALLY GO DOWN.
AND SO I HAVE A PLAN.
00:04:24MY PLAN IS TO GIVE WORKING
PEOPLE A TAX BREAK SO MY PLAN
00:04:28CALLS FOR THE $1000 MIDDLE-CLASS
TAX CUT FOR JOINT FILERS WHO
00:04:35MAKE LESS THAN $150,000 A YEAR.
AND FOR A SINGLE FILE OR $75,000
00:04:41A YEAR OR LESS WOULD GET A $500
TAX CUT.
00:04:45WE HAVE TO START SHIFTING THIS
ECONOMY BACK TOWARD FAIRNESS AND
00:04:51SOME LEVEL OF EQUALITY.
THAT IS MY HOPE TO DO.
00:04:53I HAVE OTHER PARTS OF THE PLAN
AS WELL.
00:04:57KAREN: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT OTHER ISSUES BUT I'M WANT
00:04:58TO ASK ABOUT THE CRITICISM THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN RUNNING A LOW
00:05:01PROFILE CAMPAIGN.
YOU WERE SUCCESS -- ACCESSIBLE
00:05:05AND YOU TOOK QUESTIONS.
YOU HAVE SAID IT WILL NOT DEBATE
00:05:10THE OTHER OPPONENTS.
IN THEIR DEBATE AT CITY CLUB
00:05:14WHICH YOU WERE NOT AT.
PRATHER SAID THIS WAS A LACK OF
00:05:24RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY AND TAKE
-- TAKING VOTERS FOR GRANTED.
00:05:28WHY WILL YOU NOT DEBATE EITHER
ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES?
00:05:33>> LET ME SAY THAT IS JUST
BALDERDASH.
00:05:36I HAVE TRAVELED OVER 34 THOUSAND
MILES IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
00:05:42I HAVE GONE TO OVER 265
DIFFERENT EVENTS IN MULTIPLE
00:05:46COUNTIES.
I AM WORKING REALLY HARD.
00:05:48I AM NOT TAKING THIS FOR
GRANTED.
00:05:50I AM TRYING TO EARN THE VOTE OF
THE PEOPLE.
00:05:54AND SO I AM NOT DEBATING MY
DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS BECAUSE I
00:05:58DO NOT WANT TO FIGHT WITH MY
DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS.
00:06:01I'M REMEMBER IN 2014 WENT TO
REALLY GOOD PEOPLE RAN AGAINST
00:06:09EACH OTHER IN A PRIMARY FOR THE
SENATE AND WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER
00:06:13NEITHER ONE OF THE HAD ANY MONEY
TO FIGHT ROB PORTMAN.
00:06:19HE COASTED INTO THE SENATE SEAT
WITHOUT ANY REAL COMPETITION.
00:06:21ROB PORTMAN IS THE GUY I AM
TRYING TO DRAW THE CONTRAST
00:06:26BETWEEN HIS RECORD AND MY
RECORD, HIS IDEAS AND MY IDEAS.
00:06:30I WANT TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY,
HE WANTS TO PRIVATIZE IT.
00:06:36I WANT TO MAINTAIN MEDICARE FOR
SENIORS, HE WANTS TO TURN IT
00:06:39INTO A VOUCHER PROGRAM.
I WANT TO RAISE THE MINIMUM
00:06:43WAGE, HE IS OPPOSED TO RAISING
IT.
00:06:44I WANT PAY EQUITY FOR WOMEN AND
HE HAS VOTED FIVE TIMES AGAINST
00:06:47PAY EQUITY FOR WOMEN.
THERE ARE BIG DIFFERENCES
00:06:52BETWEEN ROB PORTMAN AND MYSELF.
NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
00:06:54MY DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS AND
MYSELF.
00:06:57>> YOU HAVE BEEN QUOTED AS
SAYING THAT YOU DO NOT FEEL HE
00:07:01HAS EARNED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A DEBATE WITH YOU.
00:07:05>> I DO NOT THINK HE HAS EARNED
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ELECTED TO
00:07:12YOUR SENATOR.
I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT
00:07:13THAT.
IF YOU DID NOT THINK I WAS THE
00:07:17BEST PERSON I SHOULD NOT BE
RUNNING.
00:07:19I DO NOT -- I DO THINK I AM MORE
QUALIFIED THAN HE IS AND SO I'M
00:07:23TRY TO TAKE MY MESSAGE AND SHARE
MY MESSAGE WITH THE PEOPLE, NOT
00:07:27FOCUS ON SOMEONE ELSE.
THAT WILL BE OVER ON MARCH 15,
00:07:34PRIMARY ELECTION DAY.
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
00:07:38FALL CAMPAIGN AGAINST SENATOR
PORTMAN.
00:07:41>> YOU MENTIONED YOU AGREE ON
THOSE ISSUES.
00:07:47EXCEPT HE SAYS YOUR CLAIM THAT
YOU CHANGED YOUR ATTITUDE ON GUN
00:07:52SALES AFTER THE SANDY HOOK
SHOOTING IS BOGUS.
00:07:56YOU STILL TALK ABOUT YOUR ANNUAL
A PLUS RATING WITH THE NRA.
00:07:59>> LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I
BELIEVE ABOUT GUN SAFETY.
00:08:04WE SHOULD HAVE NO LOOPHOLES FOR
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
00:08:08THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON
00:08:12THE NO-FLY LIST, PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONSIDERED TO SUSPECT OR
00:08:17DANGEROUS TO FLY IN AN AIRPLANE
SHOULD NOT GET ACCESS TO A GUN.
00:08:21I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN ENGAGED IN DOMESTIC
00:08:25VIOLENCE SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS
TO A GUN.
00:08:28I BELIEVE WHEN WE FIND A WAY WE
CAN DO IT WITHOUT SERIOUSLY
00:08:35VIOLATING PERSONAL PRIVACY, THAT
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL ILLNESSES
00:08:37THAT COULD LEAD THEM TO CARRY
OUT A VIOLENT ACT SHOULD BE
00:08:42PREVENTED FROM HAVING GUNS.
THAT IS VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE.
00:08:45I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO THE FACT
THAT WE SHOULD DO NOTHING TO
00:08:51STIGMATIZE THOSE WITH MENTAL
ILLNESSES.
00:08:54MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL
ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE A VICTIM
00:08:58THAN A VICTIMIZER SO I WANT TO
BE REALLY SENSITIVE.
00:09:03SOME POLITICIANS TALK CASUALLY
ABOUT A DATABASE OF PEOPLE WITH
00:09:06MENTAL ILLNESS, THAT IS
UNACCEPTABLE WITHOUT IT BEING
00:09:10VERY CAREFULLY DONE.
KAREN: YOUR STANCE HAS CHANGED.
00:09:14>> IT HAS.
KAREN: SHOULD VOTERS WORRY?
00:09:19>> I DO NOT THINK SO.
A CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF
00:09:24THEIR LIVES, I DO BELIEVE IN THE
SECOND AMENDMENT.
00:09:26I WANT TO DO WHAT IS PRACTICAL
AND MAKES COMMON SENSE.
00:09:31I DO NOT WANT THE GUN ISSUED TO
BECOME WHAT THE ABORTION ISSUE
00:09:38HAS BECOME WHERE THERE IS
WARRING CAMPS AND NO POSSIBILITY
00:09:44OF FINDING SOME KIND OF
REASONABLE COMPROMISE.
00:09:49I THINK WHAT I AM PROPOSING MAKE
SENSE, COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
00:09:53IT WILL NOT SOLVE ALL THE
PROBLEMS.
00:09:55ANYONE WHO CLAIMS THAT
BACKGROUND CHECKS WILL SOLVE ALL
00:09:59THE PROBLEMS DO NOT UNDERSTAND
THE PROBLEM.
00:10:00THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT GO
INTO THE PILOTS IN OUR CULTURE
00:10:05AND I DO WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
THINGS THAT WILL MAKE A
00:10:08DIFFERENCE.
KAREN: THIS IS LIKELY TO BE ONE
00:10:10OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE SENATE
RACES IN OHIO HISTORY, POSSIBLY
00:10:15IN THIS COUNTRY THIS YEAR AND
YOUR FUNDRAISING HAS BEEN
00:10:19TRAILING PORTMAN 10 TO ONE.
THERE IS A BIG GAP.
00:10:21HOW ARE YOU GOING TO OVERCOME
THAT CAP BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT
00:10:26ONLY GOING TO HAVE PORTMAN BUT
ALL THE SUPER PACS THAT WILL
00:10:27COME IN AND TALK ABOUT YOUR
RECORD.
00:10:32>> THE SUPER PACS HAVE SPENT
MORE THAN $10 MILLION AND I HAVE
00:10:36NOT SPENT A SINGLE DOLLAR ON
TELEVISION.
00:10:39AND YET EVERY POLL SHOWS ME WITH
A SLIGHTLY.
00:10:43THE QUINNIPIAC POLL THAT CAME
OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO HAS ME
00:10:49WITH A TWO-POINT LEAD WITH --
WHICH IS STATISTICALLY A TYPE
00:10:51BUT THE FACT IS THEY HAVE TRIED
TO BURY ME WITH SPECIAL INTEREST
00:10:56TO PREPACKED DARK MONEY.
AND THEY HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED.
00:10:59ROB PORTMAN IS IN FOR THE FIGHT
OF HIS LIFE AND HE KNOWS IT.
00:11:03I WILL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET
MY MESSAGE OUT AND HE WILL HAVE
00:11:08MORE MONEY THAN HE NEEDS BUT
THAT IS BECAUSE HE IS BEHOLDEN
00:11:11TO THESE WEALTHY PEOPLE.
I HAVE SAID HE IS THE BEST
00:11:17SENATOR THAT CHINA HAS EVER HAD.
HE IS ALSO THE BEST SENATOR THAT
00:11:21THE MILLIONAIRE AND BILLIONAIRE
CLASS HAS EVER HAD.
00:11:28BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE I COME
FROM.
00:11:30I COME FROM REGULAR WORKING
PEOPLE AND I HAVE NEVER
00:11:31FORGOTTEN WHERE I CAME FROM.
BUT ROB PORTMAN, THE PROBLEM IS
00:11:37HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN WHERE HE
CAME FROM EITHER.
00:11:40HE CAME FROM PRIVILEGED AND HE
HAS BEEN HIS POLITICAL LIFE
00:11:43LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE
ALREADY PRIVILEGE.
00:11:48KAREN: YOU MENTION THE POLLS AND
ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF THE
00:11:50POLLS IS A LOT OF VOTERS KNOW
WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR
00:11:53FAVORABILITY RATING IS THE SAME
AS ROB PORTMAN IN THE FALL YOU
00:11:58MENTIONED AND YOU HAVE BEEN
LEADING AND YOUR LEAD HAS SHRUNK
00:11:59OVER TIME.
>> THAT IS WHAT $10 MILLION WILL
00:12:03DO.
KAREN: THE CHAIR OF THE REBEL IN
00:12:07PARTY HE WANTS YOU TO BE THE
CANDIDATE.
00:12:12HE WILL USE YOUR RECORD AS WHEN
HE CALLED A FAILED GOVERNOR IN
00:12:14THE STATE.
ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT
00:12:16REPUBLICANS WANT YOU TO RUN
AGAINST PORTMAN WHEN HE HAS NO
00:12:21RECOGNITION OF NAME?
>> OF THEY WANT ME TO BE THE
00:12:25CANDIDATE WHY HAVE THEY SPENT
$10 MILLION TO TRY TO DRAG ME
00:12:27DOWN?
I'M VERY HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT MY
00:12:31RECORD AS GOVERNOR.
THEY SAY 350 THOUSAND JOBS WERE
00:12:36LOST WHILE I WAS GOVERNOR.
WHAT THEY REFUSE TO SAY OR
00:12:39NEGLECT TO SAY IS THE COUNTRY
LOST 9 MILLION JOBS AND OF
00:12:45COURSE OHIO WAS AFFECTED BY A
NATIONAL RECESSION BUT I GAVE
00:12:50JOHN KASICH A RECOVERING
ECONOMY.
00:12:52I MANAGED TO STAY THROUGH THE
MOST DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES
00:12:58IMAGINABLE AND I DID IT IN A WAY
THAT WE SET OUR PRIORITIES, WE
00:13:01PROTECTED EDUCATION, WE
PROTECTED THE BASIC ESSENTIALS
00:13:07OF THE STATE AND WE IMPROVED
EDUCATION, WE GAVE OHIO
00:13:10CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM OF JOT --
SCHOOL FUNDING WHICH JOHN KASICH
00:13:15HAS GOTTEN RID OF.
WE GAVE THE STATE ONE OF THE
00:13:17MOST IMPRESSIVE ENERGY BILLS IN
THE NATION WITH RENEWABLE AND
00:13:20EFFICIENCY STANDARDS WHICH THIS
LEGISLATURE HAS GOTTEN RID OF.
00:13:24BUT THE FACT IS THAT I CARED FOR
THE STATE, I LOVE THE STATE, AND
00:13:31I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO COMPARE
MY RECORD AS GOVERNOR WITH
00:13:35SENATOR ROB PORTMAN'S RECORD AS
GEORGE BUSH'S TRADE
00:13:40REPRESENTATIVE WHERE HE WORKED
TO SHIP OUR JOBS OFFSHORE.
00:13:42AND HE COST OHIOANS JOBS.
KAREN: THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
00:13:47CRITICISM ABOUT YOU IN THIS
CAMPAIGN IN TERMS OF YOU BEING
00:13:50TIED TO THE OLD REGIME.
AN OLDER DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
00:13:58STYLE AS OPPOSED TO BEING A MORE
YOUNGER, MORE MILLENNIAL.
00:14:01DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HURT YOU
AS YOU ARE DEALING WITH BERNIE
00:14:06SANDERS SUPPORTERS WHO TEND TO
BE A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER?
00:14:09>> THE OHIO COLLEGE DEMOCRATS
HAVE ENDORSED ME.
00:14:14THE CINCINNATI COLLEGE DEMOCRATS
, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
00:14:16DEMOCRATS IN MY OPPONENTS
BACKYARD HAVE ENDORSED ME.
00:14:21THE BOWLING GREEN STATE
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE TO A KRATZ
00:14:24HAVE ENDORSED ME.
I HAVE GOTTEN ENDORSEMENTS FROM
00:14:28YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUNG GROUPS
ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
00:14:34NO, YOU CAN HAVE OLD IDEAS WHEN
YOU ARE YOUNG AND YOU CAN HAVE
00:14:38NEW IDEAS WHEN YOU ARE OLDER.
KAREN: HE MADE ONE THING CLEAR
00:14:45WITH HIS REGARD TO THE STANCE ON
DEBATE.
00:14:47>> I AM HAPPY TO HAVE MANY
DEBATES WITH ROB PORTMAN AS HE
00:14:49IS WILLING TO HAVE WITH ME.
KAREN: IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE
00:14:53PAST MARCH 15.
>> AM THINKING ABOUT THE
00:14:57ULTIMATE GOAL AND THAT IS TO WIN
THE SENATE SEAT SO I CAN GIVE
00:15:00PEOPLE IN OHIO THE KIND OF
REPRESENTATION I THINK THEY
00:15:01DESERVE.
KAREN: I SAT DOWN WITH PG
00:15:06SITTENFELD A FEW DAYS LATER.
SHE TOLD YOU -- I SAT DOWN WITH
00:15:14KELLI PRATHER.
YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN CITY
00:15:19COUNCIL THAT LONG.
YOU DO NOT HAVE A TON OF
00:15:22EXPERIENCE TO GO IN.
IS THIS CAMPAIGN THE WAY TO GET
00:15:24YOURSELF KNOWN FOR THE FUTURE?
>> I AM IDEALISTIC IN MY VALUES
00:15:30AND CONVICTIONS.
I WANT TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT
00:15:33ON THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES I AM
SERVING IN THE CITY OF
00:15:35CINCINNATI AND ALL AROUND THE
STATE.
00:15:38THIS IS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT I
CAN MAKE.
00:15:42I THINK SHE ACCUSED ME OF
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
00:15:46I AM READY FOR THE SENATE.
I THINK THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR
00:15:49NEW LEADERS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOUR VIEWERS
00:15:54TO GO TO MY WEBSITE, PGSITTENF
ELD.COM.
00:16:00AGAIN IT COMES BACK TO A
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION THAT VOTERS
00:16:02NEED TO ASK HIM A ARE THEY
LOOKING FOR MORE OF THE SAME
00:16:07BECAUSE IF THEY ARE, ROB PORTMAN
AND TED STRICKLAND SPENT NEARLY
00:16:1240 YEARS IN WASHINGTON.
I AM PROUD OF THE RECORD I DO
00:16:14HAVE AND I CAN TAKE IT TO THE
NEXT LEVEL.
00:16:15KAREN: STRICKLAND HAS BEEN
ENDORSED BY THE DEMOCRATIC
00:16:20PARTY, HE IS WELL KNOWN, HE LOST
BY ONE MARGIN TO JOHN KASICH.
00:16:25WHY TAKE ON A CANDIDATE THAT HAS
SO MUCH PARTY SUPPORT AND SO
00:16:28MUCH HIGH NAME RECOGNITION?
>> I WOULD ARGUE THAT I HAVE
00:16:35HIGH NAME IDEA CAMA -- ID, THAT
IS NOT INSPIRING.
00:16:40NO ONE IS SURPRISED.
THE QUESTION IS WHO HAS A BETTER
00:16:48MESSAGE, WHO HAS A BOULDER SET
OF POSITIONS ON VARIOUS ISSUES.
00:16:50I THINK ON MARCH 15 ON PRIMARY
DAY OUR ADS ARE RUNNING ACROSS
00:16:54THE STATE.
WE HAVE A FORWARD-LOOKING,
00:16:57POSITIVE MESSAGE AND WE ARE
HOLDING TED STRICKLAND
00:17:00ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS DECADES OF
COZINESS WITH THE NRA AND VOTING
00:17:04AGAINST EVERY SINGLE COMMON
SENSE GUN SAFETY MEASURE THAT
00:17:06WAS PUT BEFORE HIM INCLUDING
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND A BAN ON
00:17:10ASSAULT WEAPONS AND INCLUDING
REQUIRING CHILD SAFETY LOCKS ON
00:17:16HANDGUNS.
TED STRICKLAND REJECTED ALL
00:17:17THAT.
IT WILL COME AS A SURPRISE TO
00:17:20VOTERS AND THEY WILL NOT BE
COMFORTABLE.
00:17:24KAREN: REPUBLICANS CAMPAIGNING
FOR PORTMAN SEEM TO BE FOCUSED
00:17:27ON STRICKLAND.
>> TED DID NOT WANT TO DEBATE
00:17:29ME.
KAREN: DOES THIS ANGER YOU WHEN
00:17:37YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS, TED
STRICKLAND SAID HE WANTS TO
00:17:41FOCUS ON FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS
AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO FIGHT
00:17:43WITH HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATS.
HE WORRIES THAT IF I COULD BE
00:17:49COSTLY LIKE IT WAS WITH LEE
FISHER AND JENNIFER BRUNNER.
00:17:50WHAT ABOUT THAT?
>> WE HAVE TO HEAR TED
00:17:55STRICKLAND CALL UP HILLARY
CLINTON AND BERNIE SANDERS AND
00:17:59SAY YOU ARE DEBATING TOO MUCH.
DOES ANYONE THINK THEY WANT TO
00:18:04FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER?
THEY ARE DOING WHAT DEMOCRATS
00:18:06DO, WHAT STRONG CANDIDATES DO
AND SAY WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO
00:18:09STAND SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH OUR
OPPONENTS AND DISCUSS THE
00:18:10ISSUES.
FOR TED STRICKLAND TO TALK AND
00:18:15DODGE EVERY SINGLE DEBATE AND
NOT WANT TO BE ON THE SAME STAGE
00:18:19AS ME, IT IS NOT AN INSULT TO ME
BUT TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
00:18:23AND VOTERS ACROSS OHIO.
I TRUST THE VOTERS TO MAKE THEIR
00:18:27OWN DECISION.
LET'S HAVE ALL THE CANDIDATES
00:18:28STAND SIDE-BY-SIDE, ARTICULATE A
VISION AND EMPOWER THE VOTERS TO
00:18:33DECIDE WHO THEY THINK IS BEST.
WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
00:18:36ENDORSEMENTS SOME OF THE
POLITICAL MACHINERY HAS LINED UP
00:18:41AGAINST TED STRICKLAND.
THAT COMES AS NO SURPRISE.
00:18:47THE REALITY IS A COUPLE THINGS,
THE MORE ENDORSEMENTS THEY ARE
00:18:50TRYING TO ENGINEER ESPECIALLY AT
THIS STAGE SHOWS THAT WE ARE --
00:18:53THERE IS NERVOUSNESS ABOUT THE
MOMENTUM WE HAD AND LET'S TALK
00:18:55ABOUT THAT.
THREE NEWSPAPERS IN THE STATE
00:18:59AND THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO GAIN
POLITICAL MACHINERY.
00:19:03THEY ARE SAYING WHO THE BEST
PERSON WOULD BE.
00:19:07THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL AND THE
CHRONICLE TELEGRAM HAVE ALL SAID
00:19:16WE ENDORSE PG SITTENFELD, IT IS
A REACTION AND REFLECTION TO THE
00:19:20CAMPAIGNS WE HAVE RUN.
KAREN: DO YOU WORRY YOUR
00:19:26OPPONENTS ARE NOT TAKING HER
CAMPAIGN SERIOUSLY?
00:19:28>> PORTMAN DOES NOT WANT TO RUN
AGAINST ME.
00:19:31INSTEAD OF MAKING HIS CAMPAIGN
ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S BAGGAGE ROB
00:19:36PORTMAN IS -- WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE
THE RACE ABOUT A CHOICE OF NEW
00:19:39LEADERSHIP.
THE POLLS A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE
00:19:46ELECTION DAY, THEY HAD TED
STRICKLAND UP DOUBLE DIGITS ON
00:19:48JOHN KASICH.
SO MUCH WHAT -- OF WHAT THEY
00:19:57GAUGE IS NAME ID.
IT IS STANDING FOR SOMETHING.
00:20:02ROB PORTMAN KNOWS THAT IT IS AN
UNFLATTERING CONTRAST FOR HIM.
00:20:04I HAVE HEARD REPUBLICANS SAY
THEY HAVE ALSO AGREED THAT ROB
00:20:09PORTMAN WOULD RATHER RUN AGAINST
TED STRICKLAND.
00:20:15IN TERMS OF HOW HE FEELS THERE
IS AN ELECTION YEAR ON --
00:20:19CONVERSION ON GUNS.
OBVIOUSLY VERY NERVOUS ABOUT OUR
00:20:23CANDACE IS -- CANDIDACY AND
MOMENTUM.
00:20:28KAREN: THEY WANT TED STRICKLAND
TO RUN AGAINST ROB PORTMAN.
00:20:34>> I HAVE GENUINE APPRECIATION
FOR HIS PAST SERVICE TO THE
00:20:35STATE.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A PLAYBOOK
00:20:38THEY HAVE USED.
THEY'RE READY TO USE THE SAME
00:20:40NARRATIVE.
I DO NOT THINK IT IS FAIR BUT
00:20:42THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WILL NOT
USE IT.
00:20:46THIS IS WHAT THE CLEVELAND LANE
DEALER SAID IN THEIR
00:20:50ENDORSEMENT.
WE DO NOT NEED TO REHASH THE
00:20:51PAST AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT
TO DO WITH TED STRICKLER.
00:20:55-- STRICKLAND.
KAREN: YOU PUT FORWARD A
00:21:00PROPOSAL THAT WOULD OVERRIDE
[INAUDIBLE]
00:21:04LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
STRICKLAND SAID THE STANCE HAS
00:21:07CHANGED ON GUNS AND PEOPLE, NO
ONE SHOULD BE WORRIED,
00:21:11REASONABLE PEOPLE CHANGE OVER
THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES.
00:21:16HE SAYS HE BELIEVES IN CERTAIN
REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS.
00:21:20DO YOU ACCEPT THAT HE HAS
CHANGED HIS POSITION AND WHAT
00:21:24ABOUT YOU ON THE SECOND
AMENDMENT, ARE YOU AGAINST GUN
00:21:28OWNERSHIP? >> I ABSOLUTELY
SUPPORT THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND
00:21:30IN NO WAY THE THINGS WE HAVE PUT
FORWARD, CRIMINAL BACK GROUND
00:21:36CHECKS WHO -- SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
HISTORIES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:21:38OR MENTAL ILLNESS CAN EASILY
WALK AND GET A GUN.
00:21:42PEOPLE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH
LIST, I AGREE WITH PRESIDENT
00:21:45RAYMOND -- REAGAN.
THESE WERE DESIGNED FOR MILITARY
00:21:49COMBAT.
THEY DO NOT BELIEVE ON THE
00:21:50STREETS.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY COPPER HINTS
00:21:54OF WHAT WE PUT OUT ABOUT GUNS.
IN TERMS OF WHERE TED STRICKLAND
00:21:58IS DO NOT LISTEN TO MY WORDS.
LISTEN TO TED STRICKLAND ABOUT
00:22:00WHERE HE IS ON GUNS.
AS A DECLARED CANDIDATE IN THIS
00:22:08RACE TED STRICKLAND SAID, HE
BOASTED ABOUT HAVING AN A PLUS
00:22:10RATING FROM THE NRA AND BRAGGED
ABOUT THE GUY WHO VOTED AGAINST
00:22:13TO THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND
THEN HE SAID THAT WAS MY
00:22:17POSITION AT IT IS MY POSITION.
TO SUDDENLY HAVE A FLIP-FLOP
00:22:24CONVERSION BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE
THIS A BIG ISSUE AND I BELIEVE
00:22:27IT IS ONE OF THE URGENT MORAL
ISSUES OF OUR DAY, FOLKS SHOULD
00:22:30LISTEN TO WHAT TED STRICKLAND
SAID WHEN HE BRAGGED ABOUT BEING
00:22:34THE GUY WHO WASN'T AND ARE -- IN
A PLUS NRA RATING.
00:22:40KAREN: THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
EXPENSIVE RACES AND THE COUNTRY.
00:22:49>> WE NEED TO OVERTURN CITIZENS
UNITED BUT IT WOULD BE AN
00:22:50EXPENSIVE RACE.
STRICKLAND HAS OUTRAISED YOUR
00:22:55FUNDRAISING.
HOW DO YOU COMPETE AGAINST
00:22:57PORTMAN?
>> A FORMER OHIO GOVERNOR HAS
00:23:03NOT OUTRAISED THE COUNCILMAN BY
VERY MUCH SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY
00:23:05IMPRESSIVE READ I AM PROUD OF
THE FUNDRAISING WE HAVE DONE.
00:23:11IF I AM THE NOMINEE THERE WOULD
NOT BE A SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES.
00:23:13THE OTHER INFO ROB PORTMAN, HAVE
HIM ASK HIS GOOD FRIEND JEB BUSH
00:23:18WHAT HAVING ALL THE MONEY IN THE
WORLD GETS YOU.
00:23:19IF YOU'RE NOT SELLING A GOOD
MESSAGE AND ROB PORTMAN IS NOT
00:23:23IT DOES NOT GET YOU VERY FAR.
HE WILL BE THE BEST FUNDED U.S.
00:23:27SENATE CANDIDATE.
HE WILL HAVE $100 MILLION, THAT
00:23:30CANNOT EXPLAIN HIS TERRIBLE
RECORD ON TRADE AND WHEN IT
00:23:37COMES TO STRIPPING WOMEN OF THE
RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR OWN HEALTH
00:23:39CARE DECISION AND IT CANNOT
EXPLAIN HIS INVOLVEMENT AS THE
00:23:44ARCHITECT OF THE BUSH LEGEND
BEFORE THE ECONOMY WENT OVER A
00:23:45CLIFF.
THERE IS REASON HE KNOWS HE HAD
00:23:48BETTER HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
WHEN WE WIN ON MARCH 15 AND I
00:23:52HOPE YOUR VIEWERS WILL IT OUT
THERE AND VOTE THERE WILL BE SO
00:23:58MUCH MOMENTUM AND EXCITEMENT IT
WILL BE LIKE GETTING FIRED OUT
00:23:59OF A ROCKET.
KAREN: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
00:24:05LAST POLL THAT SAID 85% HAS --
HAVE NOT HEARD ENOUGH TO FORM A
00:24:08POLL ABOUT YOU.
HOW CAN YOU ARGUE FOR A CAMPAIGN
00:24:12AGAINST A WILL FUNDED SENATOR IF
85% LAST WEEK SAID THEY NEVER
00:24:16HEARD OF YOU?
WORKS THERE WAS A POLL THAT
00:24:20SHOWED 20 OR 25 PERCENTAGE
POINTS HAVE HEARD OF ME.
00:24:24THERE ARE POLLS THAT SHOW HALF
THE STATE HAS NOT HEARD OF ROB
00:24:27PORTMAN.
A LOT OF WHAT THEY SHOW HIS
00:24:31PEOPLE OFTEN ARE NOT TUNED IN
UNTIL THEY ARE GETTING READY TO
00:24:33GO VOTE.
WE ARE ON THE AIRWAVES RIGHT NOW
00:24:38WITH DYNAMIC TV COMMERCIALS THAT
TELL FOLKS WHO I AM, WHAT MY
00:24:42IDEAS ARE.
FOLKS SAY THEY NEED TO VOTE,
00:24:45THEY WILL TAKE THE TIME TO DO
THE HOMEWORK.
00:24:48SO MUCH OF WHAT POLLS HAVE
GAUGED IS STRICTLY NAME ID.
00:24:52WE HAVE NOT HAD AS MUCH OF IT
BEFORE.
00:24:56WE WILL -- WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH
TO LIKE THE OUTCOME.
00:25:02KAREN: STRICKLAND SAID THERE
DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A LOT OF
00:25:04DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO U2 ON THE
ISSUES.
00:25:08THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE
GUN ISSUES.
00:25:11IS THERE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE ON
MAJOR ISSUES?
00:25:14>> MAJOR DIFFERENCES WHEN IT
COMES TO PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE
00:25:16AND PROTECTING FAMILIES AND KIDS
.
00:25:18ON CLIMATE CHANGE ANOTHER URGENT
ISSUE OF OUR TIME, TED
00:25:22STRICKLAND SAID ON THE KEYSTONE
PIPELINE IT IS TO DEVICES, I AM
00:25:30-- IT IS TOO DIVISIVE.
I AM UNWAVERING WHEN IT COMES TO
00:25:35STANDING BY OHIO WOMEN AND
HELPING CONTROL -- AND HELPING
00:25:42THEM TO MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISIONS.
00:25:43I WOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC IN
TERMS OF MY PLAN TO MAKE SOCIAL
00:25:47SECURITY SOLVENT.
NOT ONLY DO WE RUN THE MOST
00:25:50SUBSTANTIVE CAMPAIGN BUT THERE
HAVE BEEN POLICY DIFFERENCES.
00:25:56FOR FOLKS AND WANDA PROGRESSIVE,
MODERN, FORWARD-LOOKING
00:25:58DEMOCRAT, WE SHOULD HAVE EARNED
THEIR SUPPORT.
00:26:02KAREN: I ASKED BOTH CANDIDATES
FOR THEIR THOUGHTS ON CONFIRMING
00:26:05A U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE,
WHICH THE WINNER OF THIS CONTEST
00:26:07MAY HAVE TO VOTE ON.
BOTH SITTENFELD AND STRICKLAND
00:26:08SAID THEY'D BE UNWILLING TO
SUPPORT ANY CANDIDATE WHO DOES
00:26:10NOT SUPPORT ABORTION RIGHTS OR
WHO AGREES WITH THE CITIZENS
00:26:11UNITED DECISION ON CAMPAIGN
FINANCE.
00:26:13AND BOTH BLASTED PORTMAN'S
SIGNATURE ON A LETTER WARNING
00:26:16THE LEADERSHIP OF IRAN THAT A
FUTURE PRESIDENT COULD SCRAP ANY
00:26:20DEAL THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD
MAKE WITH IRAN.
00:26:23I HOPE TO TALK TO SEN.
ROB PORTMAN LATER IN THE YEAR,
00:26:26ASSUMING HE SURVIVES HIS PRIMARY
CHALLENGE.
00:26:28BUT THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
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