In reaction to the rising unemployment figures posted today, the Portman for U.S. Senate campaign told Battle ‘10 that Ohio voters should plant the blame squarely at the feet of Lee Fisher and his allies in the Democratic Party.

Said Portman spokesman Jeff Sadosky, “Lieutenant Governor Fisher and Washington Democrats are trying to convince voters that we’re headed in the right direction when everything voters sense and feel tells them the complete opposite. Washington’s answers — the stimulus bill, the health care takeover, the cap and trade energy tax – are making the problem worse. There’s a better way and it starts with a commonsense approach: fiscal discipline.”