Ohio

Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President reflected on the state of the auto industry, the White House opened its garden doors to the public for its annual tours, and honored blog action day, while Bill Allman spoke on the history of the Presidential Seal.

John Glenn: "Growing up in Ohio you learn to size up a person by their character and that's why I'm supporting President Obama. He stood firm against the doubters and help rescue the auto industry. He's taken on big corporations and foreign powers when they threatened our jobs, our freedom, our way of life—and you know he means what he says: that's the Ohio way.

New DNC Video - DNC/OFA Gotta Vote Bus Tour: Ohio

The President is on the road meeting supporters and sharing his vision for the country. The choice in this election is clear: it's between two fundamentally different visions of how to grow the economy, create middle-class jobs and restore middle-class economic security. The President believes the only way to create an economy built to last is to build it from the middle out, not the top down.

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Ohioans share how they felt on the first day of early voting in Ohio.

In Washington, Johnson voted to protect tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas. Not surprising. As an executive, Bill Johnson's corporation closed American manufacturing plants and sent hundreds of jobs to Mexico and China. They made millions sending jobs overseas, but avoided taxes on the profits. That's Congressman Bill Johnson: in business, in Washington ... he's out for himself.

Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician, educator, author and political commentator who served as Attorney General and 47th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan.

Brian, Joe and Rick share how President Obama has led in environmental and rural development investment. The President has empowered farming and rural communities—increasing their successes and helping Ohio move forward to an economy that's built to last.

The big pink bus rolled into Columbus, Ohio on Day 7 of the Women are Watching bus tour. Cecile Richards takes a minute to explain why Planned Parenthood Action Fund is on the road and why this election is so important for women's health and rights. http://womenarewatching.org

David Brooks over at the New York Times has penned a hilarious bigraphy of Mitt Romney's life.  Here's the start:

The purpose of the Republican convention is to introduce America to the real Mitt Romney. Fortunately, I have spent hours researching this subject. I can provide you with the definitive biography and a unique look into the Byronic soul of the Republican nominee:

Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947, in Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Virginia and several other swing states. He emerged, hair first, believing in America, and especially its national parks. He was given the name Mitt, after the Roman god of mutual funds, and launched into the world with the lofty expectation that he would someday become the Arrow shirt man.

Romney was a precocious and gifted child. He uttered his first words ("I like to fire people") at age 14 months, made his first gaffe at 15 months and purchased his first nursery school at 24 months. The school, highly leveraged, went under, but Romney made 24 million Jujubes on the deal.

Mitt grew up in a modest family. His father had an auto body shop called the American Motors Corporation, and his mother owned a small piece of land, Brazil. He had several boyhood friends, many of whom owned Nascar franchises, and excelled at school, where his fourth-grade project, "Inspiring Actuaries I Have Known," was widely admired.

Head over to the NYT to read the entire article.