Columbus isn't nearly as bad as it seems to one that doesn't live there...
It has its moments, but if you check out the surrounding counties (all of which are going stronger with the GOP every year), this is just a short turn to the left.
No one really likes Coleman in the first place. OSU isn't that liberal (especially when compared to some other schools like say Denison University to it's east or Ohio University to the South and east).
Taft has been a boon for the Democrats because he is practically incompetent. If Blackwell (or Kasich or EVEN Petro) gets elected, the leadership will improve from having a different person in there.
Ohio is a red state waiting to be won. If it weren't for Cleveland, it wouldnt have been CLOSE last year.
I'm gonna have to differ on that one. Columbus has the most arrogant City Council I've ever heard of, and yes, I can attest as a student, that OSU is very liberal. Everywhere you go it's statism and multiculturalism.