This loss is probably due more to voters going against the Republicans because of our esteemed governor (Taft) and a scandal involving the state Workers' Comp Fund.
The whole Republican ticket will suffer and all statewide offices could go Rat.
Also, factor in that Ohio was basically 50/50 in '04 and we end up with major losses.
Taft was a mistake from Day 1, IMO.
Don't forget about Dewine not standing with our President on one notable occasion. The base got hacked off at him.
didn't help that every local newscast in the state led today with the closing arguments in the trial of the grifter taft hired to invest the comp fund in rare coins and who therefore lost what he didn't steal.
"Taft" replaces "Munson" as the term describing losers everyhere.