Candidates Target Ohio; US Family Wealth at 1992 Levels
June 16, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 14, 2012.
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
In the American presidential campaign, Ohio is considered one of the battleground or swing states. These are states where the race is close and could decide the winner this November.
President Obama and Mitt Romney, the Republican Party’s likely candidate, both gave speeches in Ohio on Thursday. The president has been helped by falling unemployment rates in Ohio. The state's jobless rate dropped from over ten percent in twenty-ten to less than seven and a half percent.
But President Obama has had a difficult few weeks that began with a disappointing jobs report. The nation’s unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent in May.
Then, last week at the White House, Mr. Obama made the statement that "The private sector is doing fine." A reporter had asked him about claims that he is blaming the Europeans for failures in his own policies.
Mr. Obama answered that more than four million jobs have been created over the past twenty-seven months. He said that where weaknesses are being seen in the economy is in cuts by state and local governments. But his statement that private employers are "doing fine" quickly came under attack. Republicans questioned his understanding of the economy and called him "out of touch."
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