Run, Paul, run! The Green Party is calling you!
Posted on 02/18/2006 2:46:10 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
February 18, 2006--The story of Paul Hackett's withdrawal from the U.S. Senate race in Ohio was a major event in the blogosphere and among political activists. But, just 18% of Ohio voters followed the story very closely. Another 22% said they followed it somewhat closely while 23% said they didn't follow the news on this topic at all.
Overall, 29% of the state's voters agree with Hackett and say he was betrayed by party leaders. Fifteen percent (15%) say he was not, but a majority of voters (55%) have no opinion on the topic. Among Democrats, 31% say he was betrayed and 24% say he was not.
Following Hackett's withdrawal, Republican Senator Mike DeWine has gained ground in his campaign for re-election. DeWine now leads Democratic Congressman Sherrod Brown by nine percentage points, 46% to 37% (see crosstabs).
A month ago, DeWine was ahead by five points, 45% to 40%.
Brown's support among Democrats has fallen from 77% in January to 69% this month. Next month's Ohio election poll will provide a hint as to whether this is just a temporary hiccup in the wake of the Hackett withdrawal or an ongoing problem for the Democrats' likely nominee.
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temporary hiccup in the wake of the Hackett withdrawal
To me, it looks like a sizable piece of Hackett's support is going to vote Republican.
Hopefully, there will be some Moonbat mounting a 3rd party challenge to siphon away more votes.
However, I suspect Mr. Hackett will have long been forgotten by November.
I'm sure that DeWine will be better than this Sherrod Brown character, but I can't help wishing Ohio republicans could find someone better.
Once again, DeWine will win. He is a known name. A whole bunch of voters will vote for him because they know the name well. I shall predict now, Dewine by at least 12%.
No, they're going to sit on their hands and not vote. Or vote for some third party nutcase. Hackett is a moonbat lefty, so his base would NEVER vote Republican!
If Dewine has only 46% he is in big trouble no matter how much he leads. An incumbent polling under 50% is in big trouble. We need to quit carping and get behind Dewine. Ohio is a very crucial state. FRankly if we don't we could be saying Vice President Brown in 2009. From what I understand Brown would be a strong candidate and if he wins he will go right to the top of the short list of VP candidates for the Dem's.
Me too! He sure as heck is not a conservative.
RINO, RINO, RINO! Yuk!
Ohio's other senator, Voinovich, is a worse RINO. He should've been voted out in 04, but wasn't.
Brown is well known too. He's won 2 statewide races before, for Secratary of State, as well as losing 1.
That said, I expect DeWine will come out on top too. Hackett was a more serious threat, being an outsider in a year where insiders aren't popular. Instead, you have career pol vs. career pol, and DeWine has incumbency, the lean of the State, the money advantage, and the fact that the D base is pissed because of Hackett.
Run, Paul, run! The Green Party is calling you!
DeWine is bad on Guns, and only so-so on spending, but he's good on everything else.
Vonovich is pretty bad on a lot of things. When push comes to shove, he's usually on our side on tough votes, but he's a major pain in the a$$.
I wish he had retired and Kasich had taken his seat.
I would've voted against him in 04, but I no longer live in Ohio.
Uhhh, you would have voted for Fingahurt?
He's slightly left of Marx.
I don't like the Voinster either, but I'd still vote for him in the general.
No I wouldn't, although a lot in my old neighborhood would have, but as I said, I moved out of state so my vote doesn't count anyway.
I'm glad you said that. I also always thought that Voinovich was even worse, but my husband told me today that the two are rated the same by conservative watchdog groups. Maybe I've just happened to catch more news about Voinovich in order to think this, or maybe hubby was mistaken.
Here's my take on it, keep supporting the incumbents until there is a weak enough Dem running for the Ohio Senate that we could handle a primary run-off.
But hasn't Brown been in politics since he was 19? I left Ohio in 1980 and I remember him.
I've been trying, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong places... where can I find political watchdog groups that rate elected officials and give the reasons why?
He was 23. 1975 he was a State Rep. Then he was Sec. of State in Ohio for a number of years. Then lost when Taft was elected to Gov. Then he represented the 13th district to U.S. House. Dewine's been at it just as long, but has had more statewide campaign coverage in the past 15 years or so. Sure, Sherrod Brown is well known, just not as well known as Dewine.
I was born and raised in Canton. the 16th district. although I live in New York now (not by choice, the Army put me here), I still maintain Ohio residency and participate as much as possible in Ohio politics.
My pals from childhood, almost all liberal, know who Mike Dewine is when I ask. Sherrod Brown (I'm not kidding here) they think is a black mayor from Cleveland. These fools, as I like to refer to them, as much as I love them, are political "activists" in their own mind, yet cannot distinguish between Mike White and an esteemed Congressman from the voting district 15 minutes north of our hometown. They claim, at least, to vote every election cycle.
Let 'em, I say. Some admittedly vote for the (D) next to the name, some vote in the incumbent because it hasn't been that bad and there is no scandal surrounding the guy. Dewine will win.
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