PPP: Kasich Would Lose A Do-Over In Ohio By Twenty

[babsbunny]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/ppp-kasich-would-lose-a-do-over-election-in-ohio.php

The drubbing Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) took over the repeal of SB 5, his signature legislative initiative that striped collective bargaining rights from public unions as a way to curtail state and local budgets, has effectively crushed his personal standing in the state. A new Public Policy Polling (D) survey shows only 33 percent of Ohio general election voters approve of his job performance, while a majority of 53 percent are disappointed with it. Those numbers translate into a serious case of buyer’s remorse on the behalf of Ohioans, as Kasich would lose a rematch against former Gov. Ted Strickland (D) by twenty points in the poll.

“Ohio voters sent John Kasich a strong message in November by repealing Senate Bill 5 and his numbers haven’t improved any since then,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling in a release. “He remains one of the least popular Governors in the country and that could help Democratic prospects in the state this fall.”

[neverforget]

1. Ha ha!

[zbdent]

2. one of the anti-Strickland commercials had a bunch of office workers standing around, not working,

"lamenting" that Strickland couldn't keep NCR from moving out of the state ... never mind that:

1. If the office workers had enough time to stand around BSing about politics, they must be Republicans; otherwise they would have been fired

and

2. NCR gave heavy $$$ donations to Republicans ... who apparently encouraged NCR to move to ... guess where? Georgia ...

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. GOP may as well write off Ohio now

There's no way that Ohio voters are going to put an unknown GOP guy in the White House after the bait and switch the GOP pulled on them in 2010.

[doc03]

4. Kasich did his State of the State speech today, he claims he has brought more jobs to

Ohio in the last year than any other midwest state. It couldn't possibly be that Obama and the gas and oil boom had anything to do with it.

[doc03]

5. Don't underestimate Ohio voters, oh yes they could n/t

[demosincebirth]

6. What did they expect when they elected him...a labor friendly republican?