双雄逐鹿俄亥俄
概述：美国总统大选中，俄亥俄州因其摇摆不定的态度而成为竞选的兵家必争之地。奥巴马总统与共和党候选人米特·罗姆尼在俄亥俄州争夺选票。Hints:
Ohio
President Obama
Mitt Romney
Republican Party
White House
Cleveland
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答疑：常小猫http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201206/201206190935105967015.mp3In the American presidential campaign, Ohio is considered one of the battleground or swing states. These are states where the race is close and could decide the winner this November.
President Obama and Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's likely candidate, both gave speeches in Ohio on Thursday. The president has been helped by falling unemployment rates in Ohio. The state's jobless rate dropped from over 10% in 2010 to less than seven and a half percent.
But President Obama has had a difficult few weeks that began with a disappointing jobs report. The nation's unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in May.
Then, last week at the White House, Mr. Obama made the statement that "The private sector is doing fine." A reporter had asked him about claims that he is blaming the Europeans for failures in his own policies.
Mr. Obama answered that more than 4 million jobs have been created over the past 27 months. He said that where weaknesses are being seen in the economy is in cuts by state and local governments. But his statement that private employers are "doing fine" quickly came under attack.
Mr. Obama, speaking in Cleveland, Ohio, talked about a need to continue investing in manufacturing, the energy industry and education. He also called for economic fair play to help the middle class.在美国大选历史上，俄亥俄州因其摇摆不定的态度而被视为战场州或摇摆州之一。在态度不甚明朗的州中选票通常很接近，并可能决定十一月的大选最终结果。
周四，奥巴马总统和很有希望成为共和党总统候选人的米特·罗姆尼都在俄亥俄州进行了演讲。该州持续走低的失业率无疑会对奥巴马有所裨益。俄亥俄州的失业率已从2010年的百分之十几降到了7.5%以下。
但一份令人失望的就业率报告成了奥巴马总统几周来的一块心病，报告称美国的失业率五月升至8.2%。
上周，奥巴马在白宫做了题为《私企好样的》的演讲，其间有位记者问及他将自己的政策失误归咎于欧洲的问题。
奥巴马回应称，过去的27个月中共新增四百多万个就业岗位，那些很明显的经济衰退都是各州和地方政府所作的削减。但他关于《私企好样的》的演讲很快遭到了各方的抨击。
奥巴马在俄亥俄州的克利夫兰演讲时提到了向制造业、能源业和教育业进行持续投资的必要性，他还呼吁在经济上进行公平竞争，以便能对中产阶级有所帮助。
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