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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Kasich defends record in new TV ad; says Strickland trying to “tear me down”
Republican John Kasich on Saturday, July 17, unveiled a new 30-second TV ad, blasting incumbent Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland’s record and accusing Strickland “and his friends” of trying to “tear me down.”
It is the Kasich campaign’s first TV ad and is running in the Cincinnati and Columbus markets
Strickland and Democrats have cast Kasich as a tool of Wall Street, citing Kasich’s employment as a managing director of Lehman Brothers, the investment banking firm linked to the nation’s economic meltdown.
In the ad, titled “Record”, Kasich, a former Columbus-area U.S. House member, minimizes his role at Lehman Brothers, speaking to the camera and saying:
“I didn’t run Lehman Brothers. I was one of 700 managing directors. I worked in a two-man office in Columbus.”
As for Strickland, Kasich says:
“Ohio’s lost 400,000 jobs under Ted Strickland. He can’t campaign on his record.” The most recent data from the state shows Ohio has lost about 380,000 jobs since Strickland took office in 2007.
Here’s Kasich’s ad:
