He also was seen as a kid who job hopper. He went from state congress to the State Treasury and within a year was running for U.S. Senate. He was a little to much of an opportunist running against a dynastic name in a 50/50 state that had big Democrat turnout and the Obama fraud machine working Overtime.
As for Kasich. He will win by a landslide. He will take Ohio 57% (r)- 52% (d) - 1% (Nutter. He holds a 15% lead in a low turn out year against a job hopper from Cuyahoga County who was named Public Official #14 in one of the largest political corruption cases in the history of the country and certainly in the history of Ohio.
Also’ as much as I dislike some of what Kasich has done, including Medicare expansion. He has lowered taxes. Turned a multi-billion$ deficit into an $800 million surplus. added lots of jobs and opened the way for fracking and oil and gas exploration. The state is in a much better way than it was under Strickland and Fitzgerald is a nobody with no message.
Towns are struggling. A formula that improved the balance would I'd expect mean less money being thrown away and more money going to those voters who actually support Kasich.