Vice President Joe Biden, on the defensive in Ohio today: “What would they say to those tens of thousands of teachers who got their pink slips this year, but are able to go back into the classroom” because of stimulus funds, Biden said. “What would they do . . . [let] all those cops get laid off? Would they say, ‘Okay, no problem?’ “

It’s an unfortunate example considering the news in Dayton today: “A major bombshell was dropped today on the Dayton Police Department as city leaders announced police layoffs. It is believed to be the first police job cuts in the history of the department. Eleven officers found out that they are out of a job effective the first of next month. They are among the twenty newest graduates of the Dayton Police Academy and have been on the job one year.”