[chimera]

I have known John Kasich since his days in the Ohio Senate and he has pretty decent conservative credentials. I know he's not the ideal TrueConservative^TM many on FR yearn for, but few people are, and even fewer end up getting elected. Right now, given the election as it stands, he's a better choice than the alternative.

My impression of Ted Strickland is that he may be a decent enough fellow but he has been totally ineffective as a Governor. He seems to spend a lot of time on the campaign trail for Obama and seems to be Obama's No. 1 cheerleader/groupie in the state, all the while we're bleeding jobs and losing people to better climes and places.

[neefer]

I agree with your view of Strickland. If he was willing to through his own party under the bus, he might get reelected. Many of Ohio's problems have been caused by the federal government. For example, a Cleveland bank was bought by a PA bank that received bailout money, sending thousands of jobs to Pittsburgh.

I know he's not the ideal TrueConservativeTM many on FR yearn for, but few people are
Until the party starts leaning farther right, I will not vote for a GOP candidate because he is the lesser of two evils. I'm half hoping the Republican party goes the way of the Whigs and a true conservative party takes its place.