[Dems2008] Re: Republican crossovers in Ohio

A common denominator is that both men and women WORK, and thus men and women CAN be concerned about job security.  Both Barack and Hillary should have SPECIFICS -- bullet points, specifics -- on what they would do to generate job growth.

For example, define a program that will create alternative energy jobs, e.g., some combination of interest-free government loans and grants (maybe 80-20)  to companies that will build alternative energy facilities in the states, and pledge that they will remain at that site for a minimum of X years.

For example, provide that the corporate tax deduction for wages and salaries will be doubled for each full-time employee all of whose services are performed within the 50 U.S. states up to (say) an annual amount of $50,000 - that gives a corporatoin an additional incentive to keep a job here.

For example, increase the current expensing of capital expenditures that are currently only subject to multi-year depreciation, so long as teh investment is made within the geographic boundaries of the U.S.

In other words, GET SPECIFIC about how they will promote job creation here in the U.S.

AND BOTH OF THEM should have already expressed their outrage at the Air Force giving the refueling tanker planes contract to a French consortium.

These candidates should adopt something like Ford's Job One mantra, instead it should be something like "Jobs ARE Job One"

--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, "Sandra Goodwin" <bridger82923@...> wrote:
>
> I've lived in communities like you describe. Clinton has to figure
> out HOW to reach these guys. Do you have any ideas? I'm still
> trying to figure it out myself. I know the wives will support her but
> how to reach the husbands...
>
> Sandra
>
> In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" y.bull@ wrote:
> >
> > I think there are a couple things going on here. First racism. Yes
> > racism. People think of the south for that but it's stronger here
> in
> > good old Ohio. Those neighborhoods like Parma and Brookpark are
> just
> > chock full of blue coller democrats - sons of imigrents living in
> > their little white world. I know these guys and nearly every one
> has
> > a story about some "lazy nigger" at work who got where he is
> because
> > of affermative action. In the fall, they will all cross party lines
> > and cote for McCain just because he is a white male. To be fair, if
> > they get the chance, all their wives will vote for Hillary just
> > because she is female. To be completely fair, I doubt that 90% of
> > blacks really prefer Obama's politics. Second, is the Rush Linbaugh
> > factor you describe. Rush asked his loyal followers to cross over
> and
> > vote for Clinton because she will do far more damage to Obama then
> > McCain will. I wonder just how successful this was.
> >
> >
> > --- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Citation <citation502@> wrote:
> > >
> > > A friend from Ohio shared with me today that a poll worker at a
> > small Ohio precinct place called into a radio station out there
> today
> > to say that a TON of Republicans asked for Democratic ballots,
> saying
> > quite vocally that they were only voting for Hillary in the
> primary,
> > and would vote Republican in the fall.
> > >
> > > The final tally in that precinct, she said, was 289 Hillary to
> 89
> > Barack.
> > >
> > > I've been very suspicious of the exit polls' report of such a
> > lopsided WHITE MALE vote for Hillary, and this could account for
> such
> > a divergence from what was the case in Virginia, Maryland, and
> > Wisconsin among that group.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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