Obama Speaks on the Economy in Ohio Sept. 8

Obama will speak about the economy tomorrow at 2:10 pm eastern (updated) at Cuyahoga Community College in Parma, Ohio. He's going to propose tax write-offs.
The speech is likely to be live streamed here. Not other details yet aside from this bit of humor from today's press briefing:

Q And also, to what extent is tomorrow’s speech a direct response to Congressman Boehner’s speech on the economy in Ohio a couple of weeks ago?

MR. GIBBS: Well, it’s certainly -- it’s in the same city and I think the President will use that opportunity to contrast a vision of returning to a decade of policy and value decisions that got us into this mess, which if you look back at what Congressman Boehner said in that speech, he seemed to lay out a strong predicate for the very same type of decisions that had been made over the past 10 years that got us into this mess. I anticipate the President will spend a decent amount of time discussing it.

Q And the venue, a community college versus the City Club?

MR. GIBBS: That I -- look, I think it’s in this case Cleveland and Cleveland.

Q Did you choose Cleveland because Boehner had given his speech there?

MR. GIBBS: Yes. (Laughter.) I didn’t want to put you through the same emotional racking that I just put Hans through. So I just figured “yes” was probably an easier answer.

Yes, sir.

Obama's Talk With Families in Columbus Ohio Video

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Obama Speaks on the Economy in Columbus Ohio June 18

Update: Watch the video of Obama's remarks here.
Obama will arrive in Columbus at 11:40 am eastern. He'll tour a highway project site that was funded by the stimulus at 12:05 pm.

At 12:15 pm, Obama will speak on the economy and the stimulus. Here is a live audio stream. Look for a live video stream at msnbc.com.

The White House is ratcheting up its output on the stimulus. Today, Joe Biden talked about the stimulus at the press briefing.

He gets back to the White House at 2:15 pm and will meet with his senior advisers later in the afternoon.

Obama Speaks in Youngstown Ohio

Background on the event:

The President will discuss how efforts to rescue the economy are working, creating jobs, growing small businesses and keeping communities like Youngstown going. The President will talk about how the unpopular choices he made on the economy were the right choices to make, as evidenced by the fourth straight month of job growth and largest increase of jobs in four years. And he’ll rebuke Republicans for making a politically calculated decision early on to sit on the sidelines and obstruct any measure aimed to help Americans during these difficult economic times. The President will remind all of us how much work we have to do and how he’ll keep fighting until every American who wants a good job has one.

Facility Facts - Provided by V&M Star

V&M Star is located in the heart of Youngstown’s old steel corridor. V&M is in the process of a $650 million expansion of its operations, thanks in-part to the Recovery Act. A $20 million Recovery Act investment in transportation infrastructure funding helped propel the expansion when it was under consideration by Vallourec, the parent company of V&M Star. The new mill, totaling more than one million square feet of space, will be located in Brier Hill Industrial Park that was created through a cooperative agreement between the cities of Girard and Youngstown Ohio. Recovery Act funds were allocated to make the park a “shovel ready” site for an industrial use such as V&M’s expansion. The new facility is expected to employ an additional 350 people, doubling the size of V&M Youngstown’s workforce once complete.

With the help of $4.37 million of the Recovery Act funds – through the Ohio Department of Transportation – excavating, grading and drainage improvements to the site, are nearly complete. Thirty-five jobs have been created so far as part of this Phase I project. Later this month, a contract will be awarded for Phase II, the building of a rail spur and rail marshalling yard that will help V&M efficiently move their freight to and from the main railway. Phase II will be funded with the help of an estimated $16.5 million in Recovery Act funds through the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Construction of the actual manufacturing facility, which will start operations in the fourth quarter of 2011, will be entirely funded by V&M and is expected to create 400 construction jobs at the site. The project is expected to take approximately eighteen months to complete with the new facility fully operational in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Obama to Speak in Youngstown Ohio May 18

Obama with a family in Missouri

Tomorrow, Obama travels to Youngstown, Ohio, where he'll visit V&M Star at 1:20 pm eastern, and then he'll speak on the economy at 1:45 pm.
V&M Star makes steel tubes for carrying oil and gas. The company is expanding because of stimulus money.
Obama arrives back at the White House at around 5 pm and he'll meet with Jewish democrats at 5:15 pm.

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Obama Visits Lorain County in Ohio Jan. 22

Photo from today's meeting with intel and security offiicals

Update: Obama will speak at 2 pm eastern. The town hall will be live streamed at WhiteHouse.gov.

Today, Robert Gibbs announced Obama would be visiting Lorain County in Ohio as part of his White House to Main Street tour. He'll be meeting with CEOs, small business owners and others for ideas on growing jobs. No details yet on time or place.

Obama's last Main Street visit was to Allentown on Dec. 4.

The Magic Moment: Ohio Goes Obama

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on to vermont, rhode island, texas and ohio: Upcoming primary and caucus schedule
the numbers so far: Delegate tracker
see texas rally below.

USA Today: In 2007, shortly after I became a candidate for president, I asked the Federal Election Commission to clear any regulatory obstacles to a publicly funded general election in 2008 with real spending limits. The commission did that. But this cannot happen without the agreement of the parties' eventual nominees. As I have said, I will aggressively pursue such an agreement if I am my party's nominee.

I do not expect that a workable, effective agreement will be reached overnight. The campaign-finance laws are complex, and filled with loopholes that can render meaningless any agreement that is not solidly constructed.

As USA TODAY has critically observed, outside groups have come to spend tens of millions of dollars "independently," while the candidates they favor with these ads "wink and nod" at this activity. There is an even greater risk of this runaway, sham independent spending now that the Supreme Court has wrongly opened the door to more of it in a recent decision.

I propose a meaningful agreement in good faith that results in real spending limits. The candidates will have to commit to discouraging cheating by their supporters; to refusing fundraising help to outside groups; and to limiting their own parties to legal forms of involvement. And the agreement may have to address the amounts that Senator McCain, the presumptive nominee of his party, will spend for the general election while the Democratic primary contest continues.

In l996, an agreement on spending limits was reached by Sen. John Kerry and Gov. William Weld in their Massachusetts Senate contest. They agreed to limits on overall and personal spending and on a mechanism to account for outside spending. The agreement did not accomplish all these candidates hoped, but they believe that it made a substantial difference in controlling outside groups as well as their own spending.

We can have such an agreement this year, and it could hold up. I am committed to seeking such an agreement if that commitment is matched by Senator McCain. When the time comes, we will talk and our commitment will be tested.

I will pass that test, and I hope that the Republican nominee passes his.

Sen. Barack Obama .