Posted on 09/25/2009 3:23:44 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Next year’s U.S. Senate race in Ohio is a neck-and-neck battle for Republican Rob Portman no matter which Democratic candidate he faces, according to the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state.
Portman is in a virtual tie with Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher 41% to 40%. Six percent (6%) of Ohio voters favor some other candidate, and 14% are undecided.
The former GOP congressman is also essentially even with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, leading by a similarly insignificant 40% to 38% margin. Five percent (5%) prefer another candidate. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure how they will vote in this race.
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I guess my original comment still stands: It’s a sign of his weakness that, given the economy and job situation in Ohio, he is not ahead at this point. He might be everything you want, but he ain’t gonna win.
I'm trying to make a point here which is vital to the direction of the party. We're at a time in POLITICS and history where this is a viable option for the party's direction. If you show the party you will vote for someone who is lax in their conservativism then you will keep getting that kind of politician to run.
I'm encoraging conservatives to show the party we will not vote for people who are moderates/rino's. If you keep voting FOR moderates and rino's they will keep running as repubs which has been a disaster for the party.
The time is now to stop this rino juggernaut!
Portman is no “moderate.” If you think he is, then you need to reexamine his record. He is a marked improvement over voinovich.
I strongly disagree. There is no reason FOR him to be ahead right now. Brunner is in office, he isn’t. The Dems control the governorship and the media. And the best they can do now is a tie??? And he’s outraising her in money. That alone is usually good for a couple of points.
My dog is an improvement over V. SFW?! If Portman isn't a rino, and you think he's a viable conservative then elect him! However, if you don't really know if Portman is a rino and you vote for him then you're just exacerbating the problem.
So, how long have you been on Portman’s staff? ;-)
The old rich guy? Has he started spending money yet? If he spends enough he will get noticed.
I don’t know. Probably not yet, as it’s still early.
What happened in OH is reflective of what happened in the whole country. The backlash against the GOP. Thanks to Taft and Bush, plenty of decent conservatives were shot down at the polls. The fact that Portman and Kaisch are competitive means the GOP isn’t dead yet.
Kaisch and Portman winning in 2010 could signify the possibly of defeating Obama in 2012. In many respects, Strickland is like Obama. Strickland campaigned as a candidate for change. He bashed Taft and promised to make OH better. Although he didn’t say how he would do it. The outcome of the OH Governor race could give a clue of how 2012 might turn out.
Many house races (Steve Chabot's for ex.) were pretty close and had anyone but Obama been running, we would have won two or three of those.
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