sherrod brown steps on the field. i have to say unhis leadership ohio hasn't fared well. 287,000 jobs dropped. brown falls book for supporting the healthcare bell that cuts 700 billion from medicare spending. looks like a penalty. >> voting with obama 97% of the time. that will cost taxpayers 500 billion in tacks. >> he can't compete as long as sherrod brown is calling the shots. >> the trade deficit that china has cost the united states almost 3 million jobs. >> sherrod brawn is calling for action against cheating china. >> they don't play fair and we have to fight back. >> he said his bill will force trade -- >> it creates and protects job by cracking down on chinese currency manipulation. >> i brought democrats and republicans together to pass legislation on china. now we can level the playing field for workers. i'm sherrod brown and i approve this megsage. >> why are they spending so much from polling in other races show they are closing race? >> because they think this is as good a pickup tune as any that might b

>> going back to what sherrod said specifically. the reason they took it down is because it moved with lifetime. they are like, this is not worth it. delete. >> the holidays come. >> would this story have been killed if it was linking men's testosterone to bizarre behaviors which are -- every day you can find an article. >> because you are way moodier than we are. >> it is a hassle. >> you know what. i would say testosterones linked to that. , but we accept that. >> just the master because count alone. >> they railed at the writer for having covered it, but that's unfair. she was assigned this story and she made very clear there are skeptics and men have hormones too. i thought she did her job. i don't think she deserved to take the fall about a study. >> i have to move on. the only thing that bugs me is when you get in this situation if there is a question that -- from you saying something that could beacon strewed as sexist you have to take it down. i don't think it was sexist. it was trying to be scientific whether you like the t

diane, sherrod. that does it for me.

it is sherrod small. and this man first came to my attention when he made the cover of variety's how did they manage a career in media edition? it is bill schulz. and sitting next to me is jonathon hunt, the chief correspondent for studio b and the fox report on fox newschannel. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> well, the left had a fit when she picked mitt. and now stacy dash is addressing the bitter ago craw mown -- acrimony sparked by her testimony. she defended her support for mitt romney on piers morgan. >> it is my constitutional right to have my choice of who i want to vote for as president. >> are you allowed to have it. >> i chose him not by the color of his skin, but the con at the present time of his charkt -- the content of his character. >> she used the whole reverse thing on him. >> piers said there were a couple of mean misses on twitter and dash managed to smile through the bile. >> these people here -- this is somebody who tweeted, you are an unemployed black woman voting f

let's turn to senator sherrod brown of ohio. great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be back. >> this is mitt romney trying to reinvent himself on the automobile loan, which of course, was risky business politically for the president. is romney's stance on this auto industry hurting him in ohio or helping him? >> it's the primary reason that romney just can't get traction in this state. i'm talking to you from cleveland. it's northeast ohio, but all of ohio. we're an auto state. we're a food processing state. we're a medical device state. but we know what this meant to ohio. look at it this way. our unemployment rate in ohio, at the time the auto rescue took hold was 10.5%. today it's down to 7%. that's not good enough, but it's auto rescue, it's enforcement and trade rules. we have a new steel mill in youngstown. we have tires in finley. the president mentioned that last night. our state is on the move in part because manufacturing is coming back. that's led -- always led by auto. when manufacturing grows, it's usually au

if you're watching at home and looking for a bailout senator, that's sherrod brown. >> would you have not followed what george join rich and i wanted to do with president obama, just let the industry fall apart. i know it's good empty slogans and poll-tested kind of statements but i just wonder what you would have done to help the middle class of the state. >> throughout the night mandel attacked brown as a creature of washington, accusing him of washingtonspeak and using that phrase over and tried to distance himself from the national republican party, mandel. >> if elected would you vote for the ryan budget plan, yes or no, why or why not? >> i have not come out in support of that plan and do not have plans to come out in support of it. i will have my own plan when i go to washington to save medicare and save social security. >> you might have heard that answer before, tom, on eight or ten or 15 different issues. when you go to washington you vote -- i know this sounds like washingtonspeak to josh but you actually vote yes or no. >> in a january survey for an anti-abortion group rig

joining me now is democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio. our latest nbc poll shows senator brown with a nine point lead over his republican challenger. senator, thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> good to be back reverend sharp ton, thank you very much. >> do voters in ohio care more about performance or policy? >> they care about policy.ton, . >> do voters in ohio care more about performance or policy? >> they care about policy. you start with the auto rescue. president obama knows that 800,000 jobs in ohio are connected to the auto industry directly or indirectly. tens of thousands probably hundreds of those were in jeopardy when he took office in 2009. now we see the auto industry coming back and you can whether my opponent or mitt romney, they were on the wrong side of the auto rescue and nothing builds the middle class in ohio better than a vie brant auto industry. and i wish they had debated it last night. i wish people could have seen the stark difference between their way of kind of tax cuts for the rich trickle down, although

sherrod brown sends our tax dollars to other countries.x dollars from going to these countries. i support what joe mansion stands for with responsible exploration of oil and gas in ohio. brown is trying to block exploration and voted against the keystone pipeline and doesn't support coal-mining. i believe in ohio, energy equals jobs. >> senator -- >> most of what josh said wasn't true, about where we spend money, and energy exploration. let me answer it this way. i told you about the roundtables. a farmer told me we can save billions of dollars taking away the farm subsidiesd with a bettr safety net. i went to sen. thune from south dakota. he got it amended into the farm bill and it passed in july. it can be the china currency bill. i teamed up with kay bailey hutchinson -- i can list 10 or 15 things that were good, bipartisan efforts that are making a difference. >> treasurer mandel? >> that is washington speak. he's been in washington two decades. he has voted with his political party 95% of the time. he's a rubber stamp. i will stay awa

. >>> sherrod brown destroyed his opponent at their first debate. we'll bring you the tape. >>> and mitt romney is throwing the long ball on libya. >> he should be exploiting it. >> coming up, how the president needs to handle the benghazi question at the debate.  >>> introduce their transition team and the next bullet out of their meeting was by the way by the end of 2012 all the jobs in this plant will be moved to china. >> welcome back to "the ed show." we first brought you the story of technologies back in july on "the ed show." sensata is a car manufacturing company in freeport, illinois. it's majority owned by bain capital. the company is set to close its illinois factory by the end of 2012 and outsource the jobs to china. it puts workers in a desperate situation. >> they informed us they would be bringing some of the people from china for us to train. like a slap in the face. just think how you would feel. you're taking my job but then i'll have to train you. >> the company set a record for profits last year. we make the very best product i

if you are looking for a bailout senator, that is sherrod brown. he used your tax dollars to bail out wall street and large corporations. i will not take your tax dollars and use them to bail out wall street and large corporations. >> go down to the street and talk to the management. they understand banks. one of the banks that you railed against i think is supporting you. a number of other regional banks are in business because we stepped up. the point is that you what would you have done. would you not have done what president bush and senator voinovich wanted to do? just let this industry fall apart? i know it is a good talking point for you, kind of empty slogans and poll-tested kinds of statements, but i wonder what you would have done to help the middle class in the state. you have come up with nothing to say how you would want to help the middle class. >> i will give you a few minutes to respond. >> well, i talked earlier about part of my jobs plan. talks reform for small businesses, regulatory reform, also of drilling for gas in the state o

let's turn to ohio senator sherrod brown. good to have you with us tonight. i think this latest obama ad plays right to the workers of ohio. mitt romney and bain capital were at the forefront of outsourcing jobs to china. what has outsourcing done to other manufacturing states? how damaging is this? >> it's been very damaging. we have seen a trade deficit explode. take auto parts. ten years ago, the trade deficit was $1 billion with china on auto parts. today it's $10 billion. that's why the president at the urging of a number of us, they have taken china to the world trade organization to show china is cheating and to ask for tariffs to protect american companies and to protect american workers. and we're seeing a pattern of the government finally on the side of workers, finally on the side of american manufacturing, standing up for american workers against china. we have a new steel mill. we're seeing jobs actually come to this country or stay in this country because we're standing up and enforcing trade rules. >> romney and the republicans keep talking abo

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sherrod brown 47.8%. josh plan dell, mandel.> named watchdog for strong fiscal performance. josh mandel, imagine these results in washington. sherrod brown, more debt, less jobs. time for a change. >> the guy looks older. i think i looked older at my bar mitzvah than that guy looked. when you look at josh mandel you see a young up start republican. but sherrod brown, they had a big fight and they're making an issue of their age. they had a fight in their debate in ohio last night. >> falsely attacking me, and i won't stand for it. you might want to try to push people around in washington, but you're not going to push me around. >> being called a liar by the pants on crown fire is a pretty remarkable thing for a young man to say or a man of any age to say in a political debate. >> he called him a young man. i love it. thank you for writing in about these congressional races. we'll do a few more of them as we lead up to the election, but there was one thing that happened on the campaign trail that we all saw and that was paul ryan

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democratic senator sherrod brown debated his challenger, sherrod brown.debate moderated by nbc news. >> moderator: thank you. the error may be no bigger debate in this battleground state in hamilton county where we are tonight in the studio here in cincinnati. welcome to the third and final debate between the two men vying to be one of ohio's voices in ohio. thank you to all of the nbc stations here in ohio. senator sherrod brown maintains he has the experience of fighting for ohio's best interest. and josh mandel says it's time to put the state on a new course. i promise the live audience that i would give them one chance to give the candidates some applause. there is your cue. [applause] >> moderator: been an exchange, they agree to keep the applause down until we get through our questions. both men have the opportunity to get through these questions tonight. we have a panel of questioners. we have a reporter from channel five, our nbc affiliate in cleveland has a reporter, and colombia has a candidate as well. each candidate has 90 seconds to answer a

[applause] >> this question is senator sherrod brown. i have been breeding and i read that when he ran for office, you are in favor of term limits -- i have been doing a lot of reading and read that when you ran for office you were in favor of term limits. why did you break that pledge? >> i was wrong. i made a mistake. when i'm opposed by somebody who attend the seven years has run for four different offices who promised he would service -- serve his four year term to them within weeks was going to places like the bahamas to raise money from pay day lenders and he has the nerve to encourage his press to ask questions about term limits when he clearly has no regard for any of that. >> mr. mandel. >[applause] >> please, let's keep this moving. >> i cannot answer his question. he made a mistake. he lied to the people of the state of ohio. he told people - [crowd boos] >> please. go ahead, mr. mandel. >> he told the people he would only stay in 12 years. after 12 years, he broke that pledge. he has now been desperate 20. when he came to the

while president obama is the general, sherrod brown is his lieutenant. the ohio manufacturers association estimates one new regulation, utility mass will cost of high of 50,000 manufacturing jobs. when this came up for a vote in the senate, sharon brown and joe manchin from west virginia had a difficult decision because they are in heavy coal states and manufacturing states. at the end of the day, joe manchin from west virginia took on his party -- >> mr. mandel -- we have to take another question from the audience please. >> this question is for senator brown. i have been doing a lot of reading, and i read that when you ran for office, you were in favor of term limits and that you would stop running for office after 12 years. number one, i wanted to know why you broke that pledge, why you broke your word to the people, and are you going to stop running for office? >> mr. brown, one minute. >> not exactly. i was wrong, i made a mistake. i also know that when i am opposed by somebody, who in seven years has run for four different offices, who promised in

coming up short settlor, sherrod rown will debate josh mandel. to ohio for the final debate between brown and mandel. a former marine, mr. mandel serves as the ohio state treasurer. the debate lasts about an hour, hosted by nbc. important battleground. i am chuck top of nbc news and welcome to the third and final debate between the two men vying to be one of ohio's two voices for ohio for the next six years. senator sherrod brown claims that he has the track record of working for the state's interest. josh mandel would like to put the country on a better course. we have a live audience here and i promised them that i would give them one chance to applaud both of these gentlemen. so, there is your queue. [applause] in exchange, they have said they will keep the applause down. they're able to give their message to you. we have a panel of questioners from around ohio tonight. each candidate will have 90 seconds to respond to a question from our panelists followed by one-and responses from the appointed and then a 30-second rebuttal. mandel won a coi

we'll hear from sherrod brown. and we'll talk the press secretary for the obama campaign.rning. ann romney said she feeds her entire family on a budget. she says she just heads to cosco. she can feed the whole group for under $150. mrs. romney said she loves costco which is interesting since the owner is a supporter of mitt romney. >> bill: i love costco. >> the romneys could buy cosco. like the whole chain. >> bill: yeah. >> apple is entering the online radio market. it could go live as early as january if all licensing agreements work out. pandora stock took a big hit yesterday with that news. apple says they will give listeners more flexibility than pandora does. >> that's interesting. >> bill: what is the app for music now? >> pandora. it's different than i heart radio. >> i'm not sure -- i'm not sure how much more innovation they can bring to this. >> they are apple. >> tens of billions of dollars worth. >> good point. >> one of america's most famous tourist action opens tomorrow, the stature of liberty will reopen. and thanks to a new elevator, folks with mobility is

senator sherrod brown from ohio is with me from cleveland. so much because i love seeing you here on this show because you represent to me the bread and butter, the meat and potatoes democratic party i grew up knowing all about and worked for. regular people who need regular government. it struck me and it must have struck you that this 47% thing that romney said and didn't think anybody was recording, where he said those people don't take care of their own lives. they don't meet their own responsibilities. well, the problem with that is he's attacking people on social security. it seems to me somebody who has been paying payroll tax from the time they were a paper boy or a stock boy from the time they were 14 has taken care and responsibility for their lives. they shouldn't be derided or mocked for not being reliable citizens. did you ever think about that? i'm sure you have. he's attacking basic bread and butter people in this country who worked their whole lives and are living on social security as somehow bums. >> well, he's attacking peo

between the auto, the auto bailout work that the president supported and sherrod brown supported andhe attacks on jobs moving to china, there is rising employment in ohio. s this related to the car industry. but everybody, whether they're in telecom or manufacturing, understand that difference between going backwards into fairy tale capitalism, as you just described it, and jim did, from the 19th century, with everything deregulated, and workers just become another unite of production, or going forward in this 21st century, where we need partnerships between working americans and government and management, to figure out how we keep and build jobs in america and build plants in america, and invest in america, so that we can bring back a higher standard of living. and that's what's going on in ohio today. >> and that simply is not mitt romney's economic model. mr. hoffa, when you look at this, how can you lose ohio? i mean, how can this message not get to lunch bucket democrats who are going to make a big difference in that state? >> well, we're making sure it's delivered. all of labor

here is republican josh mandel challenging sherrod brown in ohio. up the attacks against each other. here they are in last night's debate going at it. >> senator, you are a liar. you're falsely attacking me and i won't stand for it. you might want to try to push people around in washington, but you're not going to push me around. >> being called a liar? a liar? by the winner of the pants on crown fire is just a pretty remarkable thing for a young man to say or for a man of any age to say in a political debate. josh mandel as we know has trouble telling the truth. if we can't trust josh mandel to do his job, to show up for work. >> i must be getting old, he looked 10 years old. is he a real threat? >> it's ohio, a key state, obviously a lot of money going in on the presidential side. the interesting thing what they were referencing is mandel ran an ad saying that sherrod brown was responsible for all the jobs lost from ohio to china and elsewhere, and politifact.com, the fact checking organization, gave him a pants on fire rating for that ad, and he