Ohio and the Health Care Bill

In an article from USA today titled “Buckeye brickbats for Obama’s Ohio visit,” and posted by Kathy Kiely, talks about Republican Congressional Candidate Jim Renacci and how he attempted to turn a presidential appearance into one for his own benefit. On a conference call with reporters, Renacci said that the president had "tone-deaf, misguided, reckless leadership" he also mentioned that the health care bill is "being forced on the American people." To me this statement and use of appearance for his own benefit can be associated with the concept of agenda setting. In the text agenda setting is described as a tactic that tells people what to think about (p.77). In this instance Renacci is doing just that. He is criticizing Obama and the health care bill in hopes that people will hear what he is saying and prioritize that issue. The article goes on to question if Jon Boccieri, the current Democratic Rep. will change is vote on the bill when it comes to the house because of the highly Republican constituents. This further supports the agenda setting element to continue focusing on the health care bill. One of the reasons, the texts suggests, that agenda setting works is because they target a less interested, less involved public (p.77). This usually causes the audience to listen to what they are saying and think about the item at hand.