[chimera]

Like it was in ‘06, OH could be the key battleground state. Unfortunately, the state has been trending leftward. Bush beat Kerry in ‘04 by a smaller margin than he beat Gore by in 2000. The state turned blue in the ‘06 elections. Why? Scandals in the state-level GOP, an unpopular Governor, overhang of the Iraq war, job losses in manufacturing and other outsourcing/offshoring concerns. The ‘Rats skillfully exploited those and parlayed them into a resounding win in ‘06. The state sent packing a moderate/conservative Senator and elected a rabid moonbat in his place. The “true conservative” candidate for governor got slaughtered by over 20 points (so don’t let anyone tell you that “true conservatives didn’t lose” in ‘06). Bottom line: it’s going to be a tough one to hold onto in ‘08. Any kind of momentum built up by the ‘Rat nominee is going to be awfully hard to counter.

[rhinohunter]

Scandals in the state-level GOP, an unpopular Governor, overhang of the Iraq war, job losses in manufacturing and other outsourcing/offshoring concerns.

Your forgot to mention a rino Senator who cried like a baby when confronted with the prospect of sending John Bolton to the U.N.

[LS]

And worse for us, Gov. Strickland has NOT screwed up yet (in any serious way). I'd figured he would have driven our unemployment up to about 10% by now.

Still, I think this poll is great news. Rudy has trailed Hillary in the last 2-3 rounds of polling, and Fred hasn't even been close.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

Wasn’t Ohio in a similar spot in 1982? The recession disillusioned a lot of Ohioans on Reaganonmics, and the state re-elected its Democratic governor and senator easily, and Democrats generally ran very strong overall statewide. John Glenn was even beating Reagan in some polls. Then 1984 came along, and Reagan rolled up 59% of the vote.

Granted, this is not 1984 by any means, but it shows that a strong Democratic trend in Ohio did not produce a like result in the presidential race in the next cycle.