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this out from the Toledo Blade:
U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland told a closed-door Toledo audience over the weekend that he would hire ex-convicts for state government jobs if Ohioans elect him governor in the fall.
The Democratic candidate's remarks came at a private meeting Saturday morning with local political and African-American leaders, after Mr. Strickland was asked how he would help former prisoners find work and avoid returning to crime.
Mr. Strickland, a former prison psychologist, confirmed his answer yesterday but said its wording was perhaps "inartful."
"The point I was hoping to make to them is that people who served their time and are returned to their communities must become productive members of society," he said in a phone interview, adding that he was "painfully aware" of recidivism among ex-convicts.
This is why Democrats lose.
