An excerpt from the Ohio Learn & Earn transcript:
Russell Hughlock: This is my last question. I promise. Since I write a political blog, I’m going to interject a little bit of politics. The Governor’s race, Ken Blackwell doesn’t like gambling as much as he likes the shares in gambling. Ted Strickland has kind of vacillated a little bit, and you know he’s kind of sort of anti-gambling. Do you think your campaign’s going to get interjected into the Governor’s race and you’re going to be a bit of a football?
David Hopcraft: This is David Hopcraft, Ohio Learn & Earn. I’d like to take a swipe at that, and anybody else who wants to contribute, but the fact of the matter is, this idea is so compelling and so ripe that the politicians can endorse us or not endorse us, I really don’t care. This is going to be, if we do our job of properly explaining it through forums like this and many other ways to the people of Ohio, I would pity the politician that tries to stand between the college education of the kids and working families in this state and somebody’s vote for Governor. I don’t think it’ll work, and I think they’ll be making a political mistake. I could be wrong, but I think that’s right.
However, just this week, Sen. George Voinovich and gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland held a joint press conference against Ohio Learn & Earn.
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