Professor: GOP win would mean cuts to taxes, education
Published: Monday, October 18, 2010
Updated: Monday, October 18, 2010 07:10
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Mayor Michael Coleman speaks before President Barack Obama arrived at a rally on the Oval on Ohio State's Campus in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Oct.17, 2010. Approximately 35,000 people attended the rally, university police said.
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Paul A. Beck
President Barack Obama and the first lady highlighted Sunday's rally on Ohio State's Oval, but other Democratic politicians preceded the couple in an attempt to motivate voters before an election that experts say could return state and federal legislative control to Republicans.
"Democrats could lose up to five seats here in Ohio," said Paul Beck, a political science professor at OSU. "If that happened, it of course would help the Republicans a lot."
Mayor Michael B. Coleman emphasized the need for as many