some fifty miles from East Liverpool.

Barack Obama is an economic patriot.

Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.

But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'

It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.

I want to talk about jobs and health care and pension security and what we're going to do to stop the brain drain in Ohio and make it possible for our young people to stay here and build a life in Ohio rather than in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or God knows where.