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U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorses Portman; Fisher campaign blasts “outsourcing” partners
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Aug. 30, endorsed Republican Rob Portman in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race.
The chamber already is running a TV ad backing Portman.
At a press conference at the TriTex Corporation in Columbus, Bill Miller, the chamber’s senior vice president and political director,said the choice was between Portman, a “true champion of the business community and job creators like the good people here are TriTex” and Democrat Lee Fisher, who is supported by labor unions.
Unions, Miller said, “have opposed opening up and increasing the ability of companies like TriTex to expand their workers.”
Tom Pfaffenbach, TriTex founder, said that Portman “is working hard to redirect our country from socialism to free enterprise.” The company focuses of upholstering and refurbushing for the automotive, aircraft and commercial markets.
Portman said that he was “very appreciative” of the endorsement. He declined to answer specifically when asked if the U.S. had gone socialist, but said he opposed programs like the federal stimulus and the national health care plan.
All policies must be looked at “through the prism of jobs,” he said.
Holly Shulman, Fisher’s campaign spokeswoman, in a press release tagged the chamber as Portman’s “outsourcing partner” for pushing policies that ship Ohio and U.S. jobs overseas.
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By Observer
August 30, 2010 9:09 PM | Link to this
No such thing as Pro-Jobs Republican. Unless you consider a temp job with no benifits a real job. Portman also wanted to privatize Social Securtiy. In Congress voted to ship American jobs overseas and did it again as Bush’s trade master. The Ohio electorate is too smart than to vote for this -Portman - enemy of the middle class.
By dale
August 30, 2010 5:46 PM | Link to this
Why are we not suprised. Everyone knows that the US Chamber of Commerce ,is nothing more than the propoganda ministry of the business community. Rah Rah business business can do no wrong.