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Ohio: Mandel Pulls Within One in Senate Race
Pundit Press ^ | 9/25/2012 | Matthew

Posted on 09/25/2012 12:19:03 PM PDT by therightliveswithus

Josh Mandel doesn't know how to quit.

The State Treasurer, who turns 35 in two days, is a man to be respected, even at his young age. The Marine Corps veteran spent eight years in the military, including two tours in Iraq. As a City Councilman he pushed tax reformed and knocked on almost 20,000 doors in his campaign for the Ohio House of Representatives. Elected as Treasurer in 2010 by 14 points, he is now taking on Sherrod Brown, one of the most liberal members of the Senate.

Coming from a large deficit, Mandel is only down by one.

Brown: 44% Mandel: 43% Other/und: 13%

What is helping Mandel here is the high level of undecided voters. Many of these voters turn against the incumbent, which may happen with such a polarizing figure as Brown.

Here's hoping.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2012polls; mandel; oh2012; ohio; senate; sherrodbrown
Another step along the way!
1 posted on 09/25/2012 12:19:09 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: therightliveswithus

IMHO it’s highly unlikely that things like this are happening at the same time that Obama and the libs running in Senate races are supposedly doing well. This could be a 2010 type of outcome.


2 posted on 09/25/2012 12:23:22 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: therightliveswithus

If this is true, then Obama is not way ahead in OH. With six weeks to go, this is a good sign.


3 posted on 09/25/2012 12:23:51 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: therightliveswithus

If this is true, it’s fabulous news. I just don’t know what to believe anymore. And this is with a +10 for the Democrats?


4 posted on 09/25/2012 12:26:45 PM PDT by rushmom
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To: therightliveswithus

Seeing Sherrod Brown go down on election night would be a fine sight to see. For someone from a swing state, the guy is pretty darn left-wing - a lifetime ACU rating lower than Harry Reid or Kristen Gillibrand.


5 posted on 09/25/2012 12:39:19 PM PDT by DemforBush (100% Ex-Democrat.)
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To: therightliveswithus
Notice the 13 % undecideds ?

All depends on who the undecided break towards in the next few weeks.


6 posted on 09/25/2012 12:40:01 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: therightliveswithus

Come on Ohio! You can do it!


7 posted on 09/25/2012 12:44:33 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Union vs. non-union
Minority vs. white
Old vs. young
Employed vs. unemployed

The biggest will be voter turnout...and fraud.

Sherrod Brown needs to go, the Marxist loser needs to go by way of the dodo bird.


8 posted on 09/25/2012 12:49:45 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
It could be another 2010, when both sides saw the tide coming, but resembles the run-up to 1994 as far as Congress is concerned. Then the conventional wisdom was to predict modest republican gains, if any. The few, like Newt, who predicted a republican landslide were pretty well dismissed from both sides of the aisle and laughed off by the media.
9 posted on 09/25/2012 1:46:25 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: DemforBush
Brown has survived by keeping a low profile and tending to his base. He has zero charisma and a virtually lifelong history of lackluster elected local and state office prior to the 2006 senate run. He won in a nightmare year for republicans in Ohio, and has been hardly heard from since.

He has huge financial support from the national leftwingers. But his liberal record is being exposed for the first time, and Mandel is a fresh energetic face.

10 posted on 09/25/2012 1:52:49 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: American Constitutionalist; LdSentinal; Perdogg; tatown

Not really. If you look at the absentee ballots that LdSentinal and I have been tracking, the R numbers are WAY up over 08 and the D numbers are way down. For ex., in Warren County (deep red) which went for McCain 2:1, the ration of R to D absentees has risen to FIVE to one!

In Cayahoga, where Obama won 68-30, the registration ratio now is 54-24. Rs are down six, but Dems are down a whopping 14!!

So, increasingly I don’t think the indies will matter as much as we once thought, because I think the GOP base is going to win this election without them.


11 posted on 09/25/2012 2:13:34 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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To: LS
Thank you for the breath of fresh air... needed the good news.....

Why do I get the feeling that Obama and his team are going to make another large gaffe ?
Or something major in the middle east happens and they screw it up big time ?


12 posted on 09/25/2012 2:21:28 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: LS
Pray, that Obama makes big gaffes during the Presidential debates.... you know, negative thinking and talking for the other side.....
Can't edit live National TV viewership...

Maybe he will make a slip of the tongue ? and the American people will see the true Obama ?
As in ? " My Muslim Faith " .... or " You white people "...
13 posted on 09/25/2012 2:26:01 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: LS

Awesome news LS, thanks for the update.


14 posted on 09/25/2012 3:28:24 PM PDT by tatown ( FUMD, FUAC, and FUGB)
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To: American Constitutionalist

How does he have time to prepare for the debates with all the talk shows he’s doing? Or, has the media given him the questions ahead of time? Makes one wonder.


15 posted on 09/25/2012 4:00:23 PM PDT by Catsrus
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To: therightliveswithus
Mandel is only down by one.

President-elect Romney's coattails could put him over the top.

16 posted on 09/26/2012 6:37:27 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Deb

Mandel will beat Brown. Remember where you heard it first.


17 posted on 09/26/2012 12:09:14 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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