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Former Gov. Ted Strickland: President Obama ‘Betting on the American Worker’

Sep 5, 2012 12:27 AM EDT

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“If Mitt was Santa Claus, he’d fire the reindeer and outsource the elves,” said former Ohio governor Ted Strickland, addressing the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, comparing Mitt Romney’s records to President Obama’s.

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