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Wall Street businesses have returned money to Ohio, but Richard Cordray overstates the total

July 26, 2010

Says his office "has already recovered over $2 billion from Wall Street for the workers, retirees, and investors who were harmed."

Group says GOP candidate Karen Handel would be OK aborting child with Down syndrome

July 26, 2010

Karen Handel "would have felt like it was OK to go in and abort" Sarah Palin's son Trig, who has Down syndrome.

CNN’s John King says Latinos will outnumber Anglos in Texas in five to 10 years

July 26, 2010

"Sometime in the next decade, there will be more Latinos in the state of Texas than there are Anglos. That will happen sometime in the…

Portman incorrect that Fisher once said “I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like.”

July 25, 2010

Says that Lee Fisher once said, "I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like."

Sherrod Brown touts job growth during Clinton presidency vs. Bush’s jobs record

July 25, 2010

Twenty-two million jobs were created during Clinton’s two terms but only 3 million during Bush’s.

Politicians claim Georgia is to pine trees what Saudi Arabia is to oil

July 25, 2010

Georgia is "the Saudi Arabia of pine trees."

Wendy Davis says the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) lied about air quality tests in the Barnett Shale

July 25, 2010

"We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale."

Robitaille says union rules allowed cooks helpers to get DMV jobs

July 25, 2010

Because of union rules, cooks helpers moved into DMV jobs they were not trained for

Congressional candidate Tom Ganley says Arizona’s new immigration law “basically parrots the federal immigration law.”

July 24, 2010

"The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law."

Lieutenant governor candidate McGee Brown boasts Ohio’s education system is fifth-best in nation

July 24, 2010

"Education Week rates Ohio schools in the top five in the nation."

House candidate Bob Gibbs touts coal’s role for power generation in Ohio’s 18th District

July 24, 2010

"In the 18th Congressional District, 100% of electric generation comes from coal."

Perry debated in 2002 even though his opponent didn’t release his complete income tax returns per Perry’s request

July 24, 2010

On debating.

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