wpostServer: http://css.washingtonpost.com/wpost
Obama’s two-day campaign bus tour of Ohio and Pa. In advance of Friday’s release of the June jobs report, the president commenced his two-day “Betting on America” tour of northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, where he is defending his economic policies and health-care law.
July 5, 2012
A campaign bus waits as President Obama arrives at Toledo Express Airport in Toledo. Buoyed by a victory over health-care reform but stung by poor economic data, Obama will try to rev up his reelection campaign on with a two-day bus tour of northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Kevin Lamarque
/
Reuters
Related Content
July 5, 2012
President Obama greets supporters as he arrives to speak at a campaign event at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio, the first stop on his two-day ''Betting on America'' bus tour through the key battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Chip Somodevilla
/
Getty Images
July 5, 2012
Supporters react as President Obama arrives at a campaign event at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio. Thomas Hutton, a retired pharmacist from Toledo, was one of the hundreds in attendance at the campaign event. He said the auto bailout was very important to residents in Ohio and Michigan who depend on the industry, but added that he did not think it would be a defining issue for many voters here. “The big ones are the economy and health care,” Hutton said.
Kevin Lamarque
/
Reuters
July 5, 2012
President Obama speaks at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio. Kicking off a two-day bus tour of northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, Obama described a political system at a crossroads and argued that his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, would pursue economic policies that favor the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. The president said he was willing to work with “anybody who believes that we’re in this together.”
Carlos Osorio
/
AP
July 5, 2012
President Obama speaks at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio. With his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on vacation in New Hampshire, the former Massachusetts governor’s team dispatched former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal — both potential vice presidential nominees — to some of the same towns on Obama’s tour. “No one should bet against America, “Pawlenty said. “But we certainly shouldn’t double down on Barack Obama.”
Susan Walsh
/
AP
July 5, 2012
Supporters shout ''Four more years!'' as President Obama speaks at a campaign event in Maumee, Ohio. While in the Toledo suburb, Obama asserted that the administration is planning to file an unfair trade complaint against China with the World Trade Organization centering on new Chinese duties on U.S.-made cars, including the Jeep Wrangler, which is made at the Toledo plant.
Chip Somodevilla
/
Getty Images
July 5, 2012
President Obama speaks at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio. The president’s tour coincides with Friday’s release of the June jobs report. The May report showed unemployment had ticked up to 8.2 percent, while the economy created about 69,000 jobs, raising concerns among Obama’s team about the potential for the economy to slow.
Susan Walsh
/
AP
July 5, 2012
Attendees of the first campaign stop on President Obama’s “Betting on America” bus tour listen as the president speaks at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio.
Kevin Lamarque
/
Reuters
July 5, 2012
President Obama speaks at the Wolcott House Museum Complex. Obama said the experience in both states, where joblessness is below the national average, can be replicated nationwide. “There are some folks who are betting that you will lose interest, that are betting that somehow you are going to lose heart” Obama said. “I’m betting you’re not going to lose interest. I’m betting you’re not going to lose heart. I still believe on you; I’m betting on you. And the country is betting on you, Ohio.”
Susan Walsh
/
AP
July 5, 2012
President Obama wipes his face as he addresses supporters at the Wolcott House Museum in Maumee, Ohio.
Carlos Osorio
/
AP
July 5, 2012
President Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event Maumee, Ohio. The bus tour starts a new phase of Obama’s reelection campaign as he takes a more retail-oriented approach before the September convention in Charlotte, N.C. It follows a six-state bus trip by Romney through the Midwest last month, which also included stops in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Friday’s schedule includes a stop at an elementary school in Poland, Ohio, followed by a speech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Chip Somodevilla
/
Getty Images
July 6, 2012
President Obama steps out from back stage before speaking at a campaign event at Dobbins Elementary School in Poland, Ohio. This is the second day of Obama's ''Betting on America'' campaign through Ohio and Pennsylvania by bus.Obama highlighted his administration's efforts to improve the economy by creating manufacturing jobs and rescuing the American auto industry.
Chip Somodevilla
/
GETTY IMAGES
July 6, 2012
Supporters call for "four more years" as President Obama speaks at a campaign event at Dobbins Elementary School in Poland, Ohio. Obama is on a two-day campaign bus tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
KEVIN LAMARQUE
/
REUTERS
July 6, 2012
A supporter takes a photograph as President Obama speaks at a campaign event at Dobbins Elementary School in Poland, Ohio. This is the second day of Obama's ''Betting on America'' campaign through Ohio and Pennsylvania by bus.
Chip Somodevilla
/
GETTY IMAGES
July 6, 2012
President Obama holds 9-month-old Nathan Maxwell Johnson of Youngstown, Ohio, during a campaign event at Dobbins Elementary School in Poland, Ohio.
Michael Henninger
/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
July 6, 2012
President Obama shares a laugh with kettles operator Richard Coradini during a tour of Summer Garden Food Manufacturing in Boardman, Ohio. Obama is on a two-day campaign swing by bus through Ohio and Pennsylvania.
JIM WATSON
/
AFP/GETTY IMAGES
July 6, 2012
From left, Jim DiFalco, and Rick Nixon, of Tallmadge, Ohio, President Obama and Keith Ross, of Norton, Ohio, talk during a breakfast stop at Ann's Place in Akron, Ohio, on the president's two-day campaign bus trip in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Ed Suba Jr.
/
AP
July 6, 2012
President Obama points to the crowd as he arrives at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic
/
AP
July 6, 2012
Supporters endure 100-degree temperatures to listen to President Obama at a campaign event on the College of Fine Arts Lawn at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. The Obama campaign wrapped up its "Betting on America" bus tour through northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. The president continued to highlight his administration's efforts to improve the economy by creating manufacturing jobs and rescuing the American auto industry while taking swings at the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
Chip Somodevilla
/
GETTY IMAGES
July 6, 2012
President Obama speaks at a campaign event on the College of Fine Arts Lawn at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Chip Somodevilla
/
GETTY IMAGES
July 6, 2012
President Obama speaks at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Obama made a two-day bus trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Susan Walsh
/
AP
July 6, 2012
President Obama greets the crowd after speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Obama made a two-day bus trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Susan Walsh
/
AP
FEATURED PHOTO GALLERIES
Flexing their muscles
Dozens of bodybuilders came out to Silver Spring to compete in the 2013 Musclemania Capital Tournament of Champions.
Photos of the day
Oklahoma tornado wreckage, London terrorism attack, NASA’s Dream Chaser, Triton unmanned aircraft and more.
The Herndon Climb
The Herndon Monument climb is the traditional culmination of plebe year at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Animal views
Fun and fascinating creatures around the world.
???initialComments:true! pubdate:07/05/2012 16:30 EDT! commentPeriod:14! commentEndDate:7/19/12 4:30 EDT! currentDate:5/23/13 8:0 EDT! allowComments:false! displayComments:true!
Section:/politics
Loading...
Comments