Democrats tie Portman to Bush

[Ed Barrow]

They were heady days for Rob Portman in 2007 when he stepped down as White House budget director. The economy was booming, the federal deficit was tumbling, and U.S. exports - including those made in his home state of Ohio - were climbing.

"I'm proud of our record," Portman said during a CNBC interview the day he announced he would leave the government. "We're on a very good track."

Now, just three years later, Portman's service in two key administration posts for former President George W. Bush has emerged as a major issue in his race for the U.S. Senate this year against Democrat Lee Fisher. As the federal budget deficit has soared and tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in Ohio have vanished, Portman is having to explain his years as director of the Office of Management and Budget and U.S. trade representative.

"Trade Czar Portman," is what Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern derisively calls him, while national Democrats have labeled Portman as the "Bush Economic Czar," blaming him for policies that "devastated Main Street Ohio."


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[ckimmy57]

1. I say

it's about time for the Democrat's to come out SWINGING and I mean hit the bastards hard.