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.

Congressional career
In 1994 the Republican wave swamped Strickland who narrowly lost his seat to Republican Frank Cremeans. Between December 2009 and August 2010 however employment grew in the state by 57000 positions. A 1959 graduate of Northwest High School Strickland went on to be the first member of his family to attend college.

Theodore "Ted" Strickland (born August 4 1941) was the 68th Governor of Ohio serving from 2007 to 2011. However he was narrowly defeated (with less than 47% of the vote) for re-election in the 2010 gubernatorial election by former U.