John barely made it in Ohio. Needs more time to improve his positives. Rubio may be downplayed because the country may not want another Jr. congresscritter for President.
With what Kasich was up against, just barely making it is impressive. People think that with the Ohio economy being in the shape it’s in and the anti-Democrat mood in the country and Ohio in particular, that Kasich should’ve won easily, but that’s not the case. While he certainly isn’t very popular, Strickland isn’t that unpopular, either. He had tons of money to sling mud at Kasich and it almost worked. I’m not saying Kasich should be the guy in 2012, but don’t eliminate him on the basis of barely winning his election.