After campaigning on a platform of "Where are the jobs?", the newly Republican Midwest will quite suddenly have fewer of them. As zwoof mentioned, Governor-Elect Kasich in Ohio has killed the federally-funded passenger rail project that would have connected Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. Apparently, Kasich does not like the idea of putting Ohioans to work building new infrastructure that would keep a ton of people employed and provide people with a transportation option that would reduce fossil fuel consumption.

Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, 300 people working on the high-speed rail project that would connect Madison and Milwaukee have been let go owing to the election of Republican Scott Walker, who has vowed to kill the $810 million federally funded project over the objections of both mayors, who say that it will revitalize their downtown areas and create and sustain economic development.

Typical, really. Vote Republican, kill jobs. Just like the Bush years.