Obama in Toledo: Rebuild cities
The Cleveland Plain Dealer | August 31, 2008
By Joe Wagner
Sen. Barack Obama's Labor Day weekend message to Ohio was a welcome promise to spend billions of dollars to rebuild America's crumbling cities. Midway through a holiday campaign swing through Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan -- critical states in the November election -- Obama drew loud cheers Sunday afternoon when he said, "We need to allow communities like Toledo to get back on their feet." The Democratic presidential nominee appeared with his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden, at an invitation-only town meeting where Obama took about a half-dozen questions, all pertaining to the economy and education.
