Pleading for unity in a newly divided government, President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision of economic revival, declaring in his State of the Union address Tuesday night: "We will move forward together or not at all."
When you contrast the speaking skills of President Obama with Gov. Kasich you realize that Kasich must have skipped the speech classes in high school and college.
* Interesting tweet from http://twitter.com/tarabonistall:
Is it just me, or does Kasich seem incapable of speaking proper English? I haven't heard so many gonnas and oks since junior high.
....As for other economic development, the Republican governor insists that at least two of the Big Three automakers told him in private meetings in Detroit earlier this month that doing business in Ohio is prohibitive due to unions, taxes and energy costs.
Kasich was saying little on this trip, though, about his biggest economic plan: transferring control of economic development initiatives from the state Department of Development to a private board of executives. A bill to set up the new board was introduced in the Ohio House yesterday (Tuesday). It would exempt the board and its employees from public records and open meetings laws....
Many Ohioans are expressing concern about Gov. John Kasich's move to privatize the Ohio Department of Development. The whole secrecy thing bothers me and just sets up the possibility of corruption.
Why does Kasich keep bringing up the unions? The auto companies have been working with the unions for decades. Did the automakers bring up the subject or did Kasich? Is this another example of how Kasich is trying to blame the state's problems on unions? Besides, considering how Kasich twisted the truth about the "Race to the Top" funds, I sometimes doubt when Kasich "quotes" what others have said.
