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July 3, 2012

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO KICK OFF TWO-DAY “BETTING ON AMERICA” BUS TOUR

Will Travel Through Ohio, Pennsylvania to Highlight Commitment to Investing in American Workers and Creating Jobs Here at Home

CHICAGO – On Thursday, July 5, President Obama will kick off a two-day “Betting on America” bus tour through Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.  
 
Throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, President Obama will talk about his efforts over the last three years to get our economy back on track, doubling down on American workers by saving the auto industry, investing in manufacturing and bringing jobs back to America. 
 
The President will also talk with voters in their communities about the choice in this election – whether we want to grow our economy from the middle out, not the top town.  The President is rebuilding an economy meant to last – one that restores middle class security by investing in education, energy, innovation and infrastructure and reforms the tax code -- steps which will create American jobs, responsibly pay down our debt and ensure everyone – from Wall Street to Main Street – plays by the same rules and pays their fair share. 
 
The President’s vision stands in stark contrast to Mitt Romney, who believes in an economy built from the top down and supports the same policies that crashed our economy and devastated the middle class in the first place.  As a corporate buyout specialist, he made massive profits by shuttering plants, firing workers and investing in companies that pioneered shipping of good American jobs overseas.  As governor of Massachusetts, he increased debt, raised taxes and fees on the middle class and left the state 47th out of 50th in job creation.  As a candidate for president, Romney’s economic plan blows a hole in the deficit with tax cuts for the wealthy, guts investments in education and clean energy, encourages outsourcing, and puts taxpayers at risk by rolling back Wall Street reform. According to independent economists, Romney’s economic plan would fail to create new jobs in the short term, and even make our economy worse.  And by proposing $5 trillion in tax cuts weighted towards the wealthy, Romney’s plan requires either further increasing our deficits or raising taxes on the middle class.

THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012

Betting on Maumee Grassroots Event

Estimated Event Time:         11:15 AM EDT

Where:                                   Wolcott House Museum

                                                1035 River Road

                                                Maumee, OH 43537

Betting on Sandusky Ice Cream Social

Estimated Event Time:         3:40 PM EDT

Where:                                   Washington Park

                                                On Washington Street between Wayne St. and Columbus Ave

                                                Sandusky, OH 44870

Betting on Parma Grassroots Event

Estimated Event Time:         7:15 PM EDT

Where:                                   James Day Park

                                                11828 W. Pleasant Valley Road

                                                Parma, OH 44129

FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2012

Betting on Poland Presidential Remarks

Estimated Event Time:         10:45 AM EDT

Where:                                   Dobbins Elementary School

                                                3030 Dobbins Road

                                                Poland, OH 44514

Betting on Pittsburgh Grassroots Event

Estimated Event Time:         2:10 PM EDT

Where:                                   Carnegie Mellon University

                                                College of Fine Arts Lawn
                                                5000 Forbes Ave

                                                Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Romney for President

Middle-Class Promise Gap Tour

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will headline a two-day bus tour of their own through Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The Middle-Class Promise Gap Tour will highlight the broken promises President Obama made to middle-class Americans in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and across the country, and the devastating impact the President’s liberal policies have had on the middle-class – from the big-government takeover of health care, to high unemployment, to America’s massive, growing debt. Governors Jindal and Pawlenty will make the case for real change in November. Here is the schedule of events:

 

Middle-Class Promise Gap Tour

Thursday, July 5, 2012

8:30 am EDT: Governors Tim Pawlenty (MN), Bobby Jindal (LA), and Congressman Bob Latta Press Conference On The Growing Debt – Location: Maumee Courtyard Marriott 415 West Dussel Drive Maumee, Ohio 43537

12:15 pm EDT: Grassroots Rally with Governors Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal – Location: Kentown Shopping Center 10397 West Pleasant Valley Road Parma, OH 44130


Friday, July 6, 2012

10:00 am EDT: Grassroots Rally with Governors Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal – Location: Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum 4141 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Democratic National Committee

For Immediate Release

July 5, 2012

Contact: DNC Press
***Press Conference TODAY at 12:45 p.m.***

Parma Officials to Highlight How Romney Surrogates Can’t Distract from Romney’s record as an Outsourcing Pioneer

Local Democrats to Respond to Jindal, Pawlenty Stop in Parma

 

Parma – Tomorrow, Romney surrogates Tim Pawlenty Bobby Jindal will descend on Parma in an attempt to distort the President’s record in advance of his visit to James Day Park.

In response, State Rep. Nick Celebreeze (D-Parma) and Harriet Applegate, Executive Secretary of the North Shore Federation of Labor, will hold a press conference highlighting how Romney’s campaign surrogates can’t hide from the fact that can't hide the fact that Mitt Romney was an outsourcer who shipped jobs overseas, shuttered plants and fired workers to make a profit and as governor rated 47th out of 50 in job creation.

Celebreeze and Applegate will also discuss how President Obama’s policies - like saving the US auto industry and investing in manufacturing - have helped put Ohio back on the right track

WHO: State Rep. Nick Celebreeze, Harriet Applegate, Executive Secretary of the North Shore Federation of Labor     

WHAT: Press conference highlighting how Romney’s campaign surrogates can’t hide from the fact that can't hide the fact that Mitt Romney was an outsourcer who shipped jobs overseas, shuttered plants and fired workers to make a profit and as governor rated 47th out of 50 in job creation.

WHEN:  TODAY Thursday, July 5 – 12:45 p.m.          

WHERE:   Kentown Shopping center, 10397 West Pleasant Valley Road, Parma OH

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DNC Vice Chair and Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn and Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman and State Senator Karen Carter Peterson to Discuss Mitt Romney’s “Failed Governors” Tour Throughout Pennsylvania And Contrast It With President Obama's Commitment to “Betting on America”
 
Washington, DC – Today, July 5, 2012, DNC Vice Chair and Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn and Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman and State Senator Karen Carter Peterson will hold a press conference call discussing Mitt Romney’s “Failed Governors” Tour throughout Pennsylvania. 
 
Today, President Obama is launching the “Betting on America” bus tour to talk about his efforts over the last three years to get our economy back on track, doubling down on American workers by saving the auto industry, investing in manufacturing and bringing jobs back to America.
 
The President’s vision stands in stark contrast to Mitt Romney and the two failed governors he is sending to Pennsylvania tomorrow on his behalf while the President is in town.  As a corporate buyout specialist, Romney made massive profits by shuttering plants, firing workers and investing in companies that pioneered shipping of good American jobs overseas.  As governor of Massachusetts, he increased debt, raised taxes and fees on the middle class and left the state 47th out of 50th in job creation.
 
Just like Mitt Romney, Governor Pawlenty left Minnesota in economic shambles and with a substantial deficit.  Pawlenty’s Minnesota suffered a net job loss, more than 60,000 manufacturing jobs disappeared, and unemployment went up by more than 50 percent on his watch.
 
Governor Jindal is similarly out of touch with the middle class.  As Governor, he proposed the largest tax hike on Louisiana business in decades. He has supported privatizing Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and while in Congress was a loyal rubber stamp for the same failed economic policies that led to the worst recession since the great depression. 
 
Dispatching this pair of failed Republican Governors is another clear sign that Mitt Romney is out of touch with Pennsylvania’s middle class and wants to go back to the failed economic policies of the past that drove our economy into the ground.   
 
WHAT:
Press conference call to contrast President Obama’s economic vision and values versus those of the failed governorships of Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal
 
WHO:
DNC Vice Chair and Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak
Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn
Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman and State Senator Karen Carter Peterson
 
WHEN:
Today, July 5, 2012 at 2:00 PM

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Presidential Candidate Gary Bauer congratulated Governor Scott Walker for his win in Wisconsin's recall election, calling it "another sign that taxpayers will award office holders ready to do the hard work of reigning in out-of-control government spending."

Bauer, the chairman of the Campaign for Working Families,  made the following statement:

"I congratulate Governor Scott Walker for his hard-fought victory tonight, and most especially for having the courage of his convictions to fight the good fight. But the victory in Wisconsin is not Scott Walker's alone.  It is a victory for the hard-working taxpayers of Wisconsin, who foot the bill year after year.  It is a victory for common sense over powerful special interests.  It is a victory that taxpayers in every state can celebrate.  It is a victory, yes, even for some union members.

"Since Gov. Walker's reforms were enacted, tens of thousands of state employees have opted to keep more of the money they earn rather than let the public employees union siphon off their hard-earned dollars.  In other words, once given the choice, more than half of the public employees union's members decided that they didn't need the union.  These reforms will pay real dividends for the taxpayers of Wisconsin.  They are the real winners tonight.

"The recall election is a sign of good things to come.  The power of the Big Labor bosses has finally been checked, not just in Wisconsin, but also in scores of other states across the country.  More governors, legislators and taxpayers will be inspired to stand up against the liberal labor unions and do what is truly in the best interests of their communities.  Wisconsin's 10 Electoral College votes are now in play, and the anti-tax, small government movement that swept the country in 2010 is about to sweep Barack Obama out of office in 154 days!"

Source: PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1drYR)