President Obama In Cincy Today

President Obama chose Cincy’s Brent Spence Bridge as the backdrop to introducing the American Jobs Act last year, and the Queen City is once again in the spotlight today as he returns for another major visit to talk up his economic record here and what it means to the tri-state.  He’ll be at Music Hall around 2 PM this afternoon.  I’m hoping you have tickets, I’m stuck up here in Mason for the day.

Obama is holding a town hall event in Cincinnati, one of the state’s most heavily Republican areas. Ohio and Florida again are shaping up as the most intensely competitive states in the presidential race. 

White House aides said Obama will cite news reports suggesting that Romney’s plans for limited taxing of overseas profits by U.S. companies would encourage foreign job growth. The two candidates have repeatedly accused each other of outsourcing American jobs.

The White House said Obama will renew his call for extending the Bush-era tax cuts on all households except those earning more than $250,000 a year. Romney says the wealthiest Americans also should keep their tax breaks because they are the most likely people to create jobs.

And no, Cincinnati isn’t as Republican as you think.  Ask Mayor Mark Mallory, who is thrilled to see the President and is one of his strongest supporters in Ohio in his Enquirer op-ed this morning.

During the week of the Fourth of July, President Obama visited Ohio to talk about a great American comeback story made possible because of a bet on the American worker. 

He visits Cincinnati today with the same message, reminding residents of the choice between two very different economic visions, placed on two very different kinds of bets. Where President Barack Obama bets on America’s middle class, Mitt Romney bets against them. Where Obama is moving us forward, Romney would hold us back.

And as a mayor, I believe there are two areas where that contrast is most clear: economic security and public safety. Cincinnati is moving forward with the president’s policies that invest in the soul of our economy – our small businesses and manufacturers, teachers and safety forces. We have more work to do, but our city has a partner in the White House who understands how we leverage federal investments to promote local growth.

The Enquirer of course is immediately complaining about the expected traffic snarl.  That’s the Enquirer for you.  Still, I expect the President to continue kicking ass on the trail like he did this weekend in Eric Cantor’s neck of the woods.  There’s a reason he’s following that up with a visit to Orange Julius’s backyard today.

Guess who just got back today, driving all the orange men crazy.

Also, the Enquirer’s Amanda Van Benschoten is liveblogging the President’s arrival and visit here.