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Mostly in western Ohio, where I live. :)

God bless you and all conservative voters in western Ohio! :-)

Truth be told, lots of those conservatives belong to police anf fire unions (and the UAW, etc). The Ohio GOP overreached when they passed SB5, and made the fatal error of including police and fire unions in the reforms; had they been left out of the changes (like in Wisconsin), this referendum would never have made the ballot.

I just learned this earlier tonight (re: the police and fire unions being included in the reforms) via Charles Krauthammer on Fox News. (I don't know if this was discussed last week... I'm a bit out of the loop - we had a horrific freak snowstorm last week here in Connecticut, we had no power for a full week.)

Ignore the Lefty gloating; these reforms will be back, probably early next year, and will be passed one-by-one, which will make them much harder to repeal. In the meantime, we prepare for battle (and they can look forward to layoffs).

Thank you for this most interesting post, Tony. You've given me hope regarding Ohio voters. Do you have any idea if Ohio will go for Obama in 2012? Unlike my state (The People's Republik of Connecticut), your state is definitely going to be one to watch in 2012...

Shift gears and go after the unions this way... No Forced Dues Rand Paul's project to end on a national level the forced dues collected by Union Thugs. Basically, a National Right to Work!

I heard it advertised on Glenn Beck this morning.

Do you have any idea if Ohio will go for Obama in 2012? Unlike my state (The People's Republik of Connecticut), your state is definitely going to be one to watch in 2012...

Thanks for the reply. I'm glad to see you have power. :)

Ohio is always the bellwether - "As Ohio goes, so goes the Nation." I believe Ohio will once again decide a Presidential election, just like 2008.

Obama won here pretty easily in 2008, but he is very unpopular in the state, and I believe he will have a tough time winning here again. Despite tonight's union victory, the Democrat party has serious challenges in organization, and every statewide office is held by a Republican, as are both of the houses of the General Assembly. 2010 was the worst election for Ohio Democrats since the Coolidge Administration, and redistricting means they will have more on their plate in handling contested House seats in 2012.

I'm confident, but it will be close.