... my previous posts, I am no fan of George Bush. However:

>> Ohio residents lost 240,000 jobs because of Bush's outsourcing policies ...

It is actually American businesses that have outsourcing "policies", not the administration. Furthermore, the truth is, almost as many jobs are being created as a result of investment in America by foreign businesses as are being lost to outsourcing by American businesses. NPR report:

>> Morning Edition, March 18, 2004 -- Figures from the Commerce Department
>> show foreign employers added 3.4 million U.S. workers between 1986 and
>> 2001 -- almost equaling the 3.5 million jobs U.S. companies moved
>> offshore in the same period. Department data suggests many white-collar
>> service jobs are also flowing from abroad to the United States.

>> ... and Kerry has a great plan to bring jobs back to America.

The whole "outsourcing" thing is a political fiction. We'd all be better off if both parties (and all of the politicans) would just leave business people alone.

>> So please tell us why Kerry is only leading by a couple of points in
>> Ohio, when he should be leading by 18 to 20 percentage points.

Don't know the answer to that (or whether your supposition is accurate). I'll be happy if he just wins by a couple of votes, never mind percentage points!!

----- jim o\-S