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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland touts two-year-old advanced energy top ranking

July 30, 2010

"In renewable and advanced energy manufacturing projects, Ohio now ranks first among the 50 states."

Warren Buffett was talking about derivatives generally, not Jeff Greene’s “scheme”

July 30, 2010

"Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greene's scheme 'financial weapons of mass destruction.' "

Ohio the first state for a professional baseball team

July 30, 2010

"The first professional baseball team was from an Ohio city."

Barnes campaign says former Democratic governor not invited to Obama’s Atlanta visit

July 30, 2010

"Nobody’s invited us" to the Obama events in Atlanta.

Rep. Jeb Hensarling says nearly half of U.S. debt is owned by foreigners

July 30, 2010

"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."

Kilmartin claims $1 spent on afterschool programs saves more than $5 in crime costs

July 30, 2010

For every $1 spent on afterschool programs, "we can save over $5, almost $6, in crime costs down the line."

Negative campaigning? Not me, says Bill McCollum

July 29, 2010

"There's no negative advertising in my campaign at all."

Dave Aronberg says he was ‘first’ to demand BP escrow fund

July 29, 2010

Dave Aronberg "was the first to demand that BP create a billion-dollar fund to pay for the devastation."

Mark Dayton says Gov. Tim Pawlenty cut education spending

July 29, 2010

"Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."

Tim Pawlenty says the U.S. is not undertaxed compared to its competitors

July 29, 2010

"I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors."

Barack Obama says his budget would lower non-defense spending to JFK levels

July 29, 2010

The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK."

ProgressOhio near the mark on spending increases by Ohio auditor candidate Dave Yost

July 29, 2010

"In 2009, Yost spent 2.5 times more money than it took to run the (prosecutor’s) office before he got there."

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