Some real smart analyst/blogger recently said that Ted Strickland was in trouble because unemployment was high – and likely to stay that way – the larger political environment was trending against him and he faced a credible opponent who would take advantage of these factors. While I try to remember who that was, please take a moment to look at some number that back that | Read More »
Yes, I just claimed that John Kasich is going to be Ohio’s next governor. This is not meant as hyperbole. I really believe Kasich is going to beat Governor Strickland in November. This is not based on deep study of the polls or a county-by-county analysis or anything of that sort. It is more of a gut feeling based on how I see the campaign | Read More »
The scandals just keep coming from the Strickland administration: A state investigation of an alleged scheme to cover up the use of illegal immigrants to remodel a state-leased office building is now in the hands of the Franklin County prosecutor’s office. But state troopers say they had to stand their ground to ensure the case reached the prosecutor. Former State Highway Patrol Lt. Col. William | Read More »
Ohio Right to Life has some new poll data on both the governor’s race and the race for the US Senate in Ohio: Gubernatorial candidate John Kasich and U.S. Senate candidate Rob Portman lead their respective opponents in a new poll released today by Ohio Right to Life Society. The Wenzel Strategies telephone survey of 1001 Ohio registered voters found Kasich holds a 10-point lead | Read More »
As I noted earlier, I was able to attend the press conference yesterday after the announcement – via Twitter – that Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich had selected State Auditor Mary Taylor to be his running mate. Do some technical difficulties with YouTube this post was delayed until this morning (and let me apologize for the video quality in advance – I need a tripod). | Read More »
Has anyone combined righteous indignation and humiliation -and a fat dollop of hypocrisy – quite like Ohio Governor Ted Strickland? You be the judge: (via Athens Runaway)
When I am in need of some comic relief I often head over to the left side of the Ohio blogosphere to see what the liberals are up to. What I am finding these days is that the denial is thick on the ground. As polls tumble, editorial boards across the state pummel the governor, and as the national media mocks him the lefty blogs | Read More »
We have reached the moment I knew was coming. I said it when Strickland pulled his flip-flop on slots: I have a suspicion this is a setup. There will be a battle over gambling and when it doesn’t work, the response will be we have to raise taxes. This is a last ditch effort to avoid tax increases. If Ted Strickland was a leader he | Read More »
Because they are really ratcheting up the lame attacks on John Kasich. First, they offered this lame website making the accusation that Kasich’s job at Lehman Brothers somehow makes him responsible for the firms collapse, the housing bubble, and the general economic crisis. I thought Kasich handled that one best: “Blaming me for Lehman Brothers is like blaming a car dealer in Zanesville for the | Read More »
The basic problem underlying the Democrats general floundering on the state of the economy comes down to two things: Blame Bush/Taft is only going to get you so far. Granted they will push this particular meme to the breaking point and beyond, but at some point when you control the presidency and the governorship; are in the majority in Congress; and the majority in the | Read More »
Cross posted to Ohio Politics Online. I think the Democrat Majority in the Ohio House of Representatives made a big mistake when they passed their bloated and unrealistic budget. Here is what I said at the time: I am not sure you can find a more uncertain economic environment than the current one in recent memory. So prudence requires that you limit future damage by | Read More »
Cross Posted to Ohio Politics Online Ohio Governor Ted Strickland must have had an odd tingly sensation run up his spine on Monday. Why the sudden sense of fear? Chuck Norris endorsed John Kasich’s bid for governor of Ohio: John Kasich is running for governor of Ohio. As his website conveys, Kasich is the son of a mailman, who grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood | Read More »
Yesterday I was able to attend John Kasich’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign announcement and rally. And I have to say that, while everyone knows it is a tough road ahead, he started things off very well last night. Ohio seems poised to shake off the ugliness of the past few years with a number of candidates who can excite the grassroots and bring the GOP coalition | Read More »
These are difficult times. Everyone is having to tighten their belt and make sacrifices. Except for the federal government who under Barack Obama seems intent on spending itself into oblivion. Usually states can’t follow this route because their constitutions require a balanced budget. But in hard times states often push the envelope using one time funds, fee increases, and any other gimmicks they can find | Read More »
When President Barack Obama wants to prove he is a centrist, and not afraid to tell his own supporters they are wrong, the one thin reed he has is some nice words on education policy. True, he doesn’t have much of an actual record of bucking the education lobby on policy (see Freddoso for example) but he does have a history of rhetorically supporting charter | Read More »
It seems Ohio’s economy is bad enough that even Democrats have to draw the line. The Obama supporting union SEIU has been pushing a ballot initiative which would require every business with 25 or more employees to offer seven sick days to full-time employees. Realizing that the last thing a struggling economy needs is more mandates, and the last thing he needs is to be | Read More »
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