In most all polls Strickland has been stuck in the 42 to 43% range. I’m not sure what the whole NR article is all about. Kasich is the challenger and he is leading in all recent polls, but he has lost his 17 point advantage from one earlier poll, and that makes for a story?
I was skeptical of that poll indicating a 17% advantage to begin with, so maybe his lead hasn’t shrunk as much as suggested in this article.
Kasich is not a Tea Party conservative. If elected, I’m guessing he will be a Voinovich type governor, still an improvement over Strickland.