Posted on 10/27/2010 6:06:31 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Democratic Governor Ted Strickland is trying to mount a furious comeback campaign against challenger John Kasich, the former Republican congressman. The latest polls suggest Mr. Strickland has narrowed what had been a comfortable lead for Mr. Kasich in recent months. A new Quinnipiac Poll has Mr. Kasich ahead 49% to 43%. That six-point margin is down from ten points a week ago.
"Gov. Ted Strickland has momentum and . . . has made the race for governor competitive," Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, was quoted as saying in the Columbus Dispatch. Even more worrisome for the GOP is that Mr. Kasich was leading by a prohibitive 17 points as recently as last month.
However, the race may be harder to read than the polls suggest. For one thing, surveys indicate a huge gender gap, with Mr. Kasich up 20 points among men and down 10 points among women. At the same time, a big problem for the incumbent Mr. Strickland is that only 43% of voters say they have a positive opinion of him.
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If the WSJ is calling it this way, we’d better take the threat serious.
Bye, Ted.
Not that we ever see much of him. He pretty much stays holed up somewhere, perhaps afraid of the sun or something.
Just stays inside and watches the jobs run from Ohio - and every now and then he says (while wringing his hands) ‘There was nothing I could do about it!’
So what is his Jobs Czar’s excuse, I wonder? Kick them all out of the state house and start with a clean slate.
My wife and I held our noses and voted for the gun grabbing Lehman Brothers crook today.
LOL. Yes, you heard those union commercials, too?
Who is that?
Apparently a big ad buy by the Dems had everyone concerned, but they blew it. Their ads weren't structured right, and basically they wasted their money.
Bye, Ted.
Not that I get palpitations for Kasich, but what in the world is the estrogen connection with socialism and statists??
Are their brains located somewhere other than in their cranial cavities?
If Ohio, my home state, goes for Ted again, I will think there is NO HOPE FOR STUPIDITY!!
Women are STUPID SOCIALISTS, and I am a woman!! They are the ones that don’t want SCORES in games...it might hurt Johnny’s feelings!!
I’m sorry. I realized that after I made my post.
But aren’t those union commercials that mention Lehman silly?
I’m going to stay off the internet for the next several days....these polls and all the naysayers are driving me mad......
Like your tag line
I agree that they are silly as are most union commercials. I’ve done my homework and just don’t care much for anyone who voted for the assault weapons ban or who worked for Lehman Brothers.
That said, Governors are breeding grounds for presidents and I don’t want Strickland to get any ideas.
He has done some good things by me with regard to the 2nd Amendment, castle doctrine, etc., however Ohio has also experienced massive job loses under his watch.
Ohio has had a long history of crappy Governors.
LOL!
And I was just about to ping you to ask what you knew. :)
That's some reassuring information, thanks.
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