Romney Talks to ABC 6/FOX 28 at Otterbein University
WESTERVILLE? Lunch for a select few Otterbein University students Friday was a burger with a side of presidential politics.?
"It's been a tough few years for people coming out of college and this year doesn't look any better than the prior years,"? presumptive Republican nominee for president Mitt Romney told a select few students gathered for a meal and a round table discussion.
It was a hint to the message he would deliver later to a packed lecture hall at the private, Methodist church-affiliated college.
Romney told the crowd of about 250 people that President Barack Obama is to blame for what he calls an ?anemic and tepid? economic recover.
Gov. John Kasich, (R )-Ohio, joined Romney on the campaign trail for the first time at Otterbein.
Kasich told the students gathered for lunch that the jobs situation in Ohio is turning around.?
In a one-on-one interview with ABC 6 and FOX 28 Romney said unemployment is still too high in Ohio and across the country.
?Both [unemployment] numbers are high, well above the numbers we saw years ago and they underscore the fact that you still have millions and millions of Americans out of work or stopped looking for work,? Romney said.?
The former governor from Massachusetts said he?s ?proud? of Kasich?s work.
Romney had warm words for another Ohioan, too, but he said he wasn?t ready to reveal if U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, (R )-Ohio, is on his list of possible vice presidential candidates.?
"There are lots of terrific Republican leaders certainly he is one of them.? I don't have a list to share with you at this point," Romney said.?
The visit to the Otterbein campus of 3,000 students allowed Romney to bring his economic message to young voters in the same week Obama made stops in three other swing states.
In Colorado, North Carolina, and Iowa Obama pushed Congress to extend a freeze on interest rates on federal student loans.?
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Romney blunted the president?s message by publicly supporting the rate freeze earlier in the week.
Still, democrats who gathered on campus to highlight what they called Romney?s ?anti-middle class agenda? pointed out that the republican candidate also backs the Ryan Plan, a budget plan that slashes funding for Pell Grants.?
Joyce Beatty, a democrat and candidate for Congress in Ohio?s 3rd District, said cutting back on funding would be ?devastating? for working-class families.
?Often times it?s that last hundreds of dollars that prevents [students] from being able to go to school,? Beatty said.?
Romney said the Ryan Plan is a ?step in the right direction,? but he plans to outline a different budget plan.?
He said he was still working on the details and unable to outline any effects on federal funding for student loans.?
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Reporter: Dana Jay
Web Producer: Ken HinesRomney Talks to ABC 6/FOX 28 at Otterbein University
Posted: Friday, April 27 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
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