Posted on 07/06/2010 6:56:35 AM PDT by moose2004
The players are the same, and the numbers haven’t changed.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the governor’s race in Ohio finds Republican John Kasich with a 47% to 40% lead over incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland - for the second month in a row. Three percent (3%) of Likely Voters in the state prefer some other candidate, and 10% are undecided.
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Sounds like good news in Ohio, though I’ve since moved back to a solidly red state.
There is plenty of time left, and things will get tighter, but I believe this is Kasich’s race to lose.
Great news! Ohio turning red again would make a massive difference in national politics. Kasich has the exact qualities we have seen succeed in NJ, VA, and Scott Brown’s election in MA. Plain spoken, likable, communicates conservative economic ideas clearly. He’s got the chops from his days as House chair overseeing the Fed budget.
Kasich is also a deficit hawk, which is exactly what voters are looking for in the era of The Won’s drunken spending.
Ohio will likely turn red again, as the Democrats have a >10% unemployment rate to deal with and they run the state.
Unfortunately the Ohio Republican Party is doing it’s best to lose the elections by running retreads from the Taft era and extremely uninspired campaigns.
Cross your fingers.
An incumbent polling at 40% is a very bad sign for Strickland, and helping keep LeBron in Cleveland will not win him re-election.
Sounds like suffolk county, long island.
I thought when Kasich left Wasington, it was a big loss for conservative Republicans. Glas he’s back where he can do some good. He was nearly as effective as Gingrich but without the baggage and easy target for the left.
I’m happy to see this latest polling data. I was worried that Kasich wasn’t going to make it. He has my vote and I can’t wait for the lib, obama-butt kissing dems to hit the road this November.
Man, if Ohio elects Strickland again, they will get what they deserve!! Kasich is a GREAT candidate and will turn Ohio around!!
Are Kasich or Portman Taft retreads? I don’t see that at all. Good or bad both were in Washington. Seems to me Kasich in particular is well positioned given the current state of affairs in Ohio. As another poster mentioned, he is a deficit hawk and can claim leadership in a balanced budget.
For Portman, I always have liked him and he has the benefit of both Legislative and Executive branch experience. Seems like a decent fit. Not sure who would be better.
Kasich has endorsed a federal extension of unemployment benefits.
Portman is NOT a Taft re-tread. He had nothing to do with the nightmare that was Sponge Bob Square Tax.
Rob is a fiscal conservative with a good head on his shoulders, a lightning quick wit and an amazing ability at recall of names and facts - especially economic facts. He’d be lethal in a debate and I believe he will make a fine Veep candidate to carry Ohio in 2012.
Technically, no you are right of course. But Portman I feel pretty good about in that he is up against Lee Fisher. Kasich I’m more worried about in that Strickland is a tough opponent, from the SE, and solid NRA supporter.
Also Kasich has already backed away from killing the Ohio income tax, and leaves him with few signature issues.
The big problems are Husted and the DeWines are still deeply embedded in ORP affairs and Mike DeWine is up for SOS. You remember him right? Gang of seven? Opposition to ANWAR, LOST to Sherrod Brown in 2006.
Yeah, he’s back.
Technically, no you are right of course. But Portman I feel pretty good about in that he is up against Lee Fisher. Kasich I’m more worried about in that Strickland is a tough opponent, from the SE, and solid NRA supporter.
Also Kasich has already backed away from killing the Ohio income tax, and leaves him with few signature issues.
The big problems are Husted and the DeWines are still deeply embedded in ORP affairs and Mike DeWine is up for SOS. You remember him right? Gang of seven? Opposition to ANWAR, LOST to Sherrod Brown in 2006.
Yeah, he’s back.
I don’t think Kasich has run any ads yet and a large number of voters don’t know who he is. Thinks are looking up.
Yes these results are mostly about:
1. Strickland’s failure as a governor and
2. Strickland’s negative ads backfiring.
The big old Kasich ad blitz has yet to happen.
Mike DeWine?
I don’t care what he runs for or who runs against him; no vote from me.
That’s a pretty bad image problem for a candidate.
What’s worse is he can’t fix it.
Our party guys say it’s much tighter, but both are low 40s, which isn’t good for Strickland. And he’s gone negative in June, as has Harry Reid. That tells you they are desperate.
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