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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Kasich in Xenia on Strickland attack: “Pathetic”
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland’s blasts at Republican John Kasich’s Wall Street connections drew a sharp response from Kasich on Thursday, May 13.
“I thought it was pathetic,” Kasich told reporters after speaking to a rally at the Shawnee Park Pavilion in Xenia.
Strickland and his allies “want to change the subject” from the state’s slumping economy, said Kasich.
Kasich, a former Columbus-area U.S. House member, didn’t mention Strickland’s attack during his 15-minute speech which focused on his plans to create jobs, cut taxes and streamline government.
“The situation in our state ….is we have to create an environment where we can create jobs,” said Kasich.
It was Kasich’s 58th birthday and the crowd of about 80 serenaded him with a chorus of “Happy Birthday.” He and his lieutenant governor running mate Mary Taylor are on the second day of a three-day, 13-county campaign bus trip through Republican-friendly territory. They were accompanied in Xenia by Kasich’s wife Karen and their twins, Emma and Reese, 10.
Strickland on Wednesday called Kasich “Wall Street to the core” and said he wouldn’t let Kasich dodge discussing Kasich’s nearly eight years as a managing director of Lehman Brothers, the investment firm whose 2008 bankruptcy has been blamed for the nation’s economic meltdown.
Lis Smith, Strickland’s campaign spokeswoman, said in an email that Kasich has spent a year criticizing Strickland without offering positive ideas for the future and that his “latest stunt reeks of desperation.”
“Ted is not going to give Ohio over to Wall Street values without a fight,” said Smith.
