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Ohio House passes Senate Bill 5

March 30, 2011

Another hurdle was surmounted in the saga of the controversial Ohio Senate Bill 5 as the Ohio House passed a modified version of the public employee union reform bill that passed the Ohio Senate a few weeks ago. The Senate now has to vote on the changes, and it’s widely expected to pass there without too […]

Former Rep. Tony Hall leading anti-budget cut fast

March 28, 2011

A former local Congressman is coming back into the spotlight with his method of protesting proposed Republican spending cuts. After representing Dayton and Ohio’s 3rd Congressional District for 22 years, former Rep. Tony Hall is leading several anti-hunger organizations in a fast that begins tomorrow to register his anger at budget cuts that target foreign […]

Obama admin slaps down OH, WI govs on high-speed rail

November 10, 2010

Two recently-elected governors, John Kasich of Ohio and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, both ran on scrapping plans for high-speed rail lines in their respective states that would have been paid for with stimulus funds. Both felt, correctly in my view, that construction of these lines is a wasteful boondoggle destined to lose money in the […]

Kasich squeaks out victory as OH turns red

November 3, 2010

It was a close victory, but John Kasich has edged out incumbent Ted Strickland in the battle for Ohio’s governorship. This was a closely watched race in a swing state and bellwether indicator of political shifts. I thought that Kasich would pull this out, but the race had tightened so considerably in the last week […]

Will gun rights decide Ohio’s governor race?

November 1, 2010

For most of the summer and fall, Republican John Kasich held comfortable leads in most polls over incumbent Democrat Gov. Ted Strickland. Over the last few weeks, however, the race has tightened considerably, with the latest Quinnipiac poll putting Kasich up by only one point. This is despite the fact that the Republican Senate candidate, […]

Where are the internals on new Kasich-Strickland poll?

September 27, 2010

Liberal newspapers and Ohio Democrats are trumpeting a new poll commissioned by eight Ohio newspapers (including the Dayton Daily News, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and the Columbus Dispatch that shows incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland only down by four points to Republican challenger John Kasich. Previous polls had put Kasich up by as many […]

Kasich, Portman opening up larger leads in OH

September 19, 2010

The big races in Ohio seem to be favoring the Republican candidates more and more. The evidence now comes from a set of Quinnipiac polls, the first of which puts John Kasich ahead of incumbent Ted Strickland by 17 points, 54-37. Kasich, a former congressman and Fox News host, holds even larger leads over Gov. […]

Obama slings mud and fire in Ohio

September 8, 2010

President Obama has finally dropped all his false pretense of conciliatory partisanship in a campaign speech in Parma, OH today in which he railed hard against GOP Minority Leader John Boehner and the rest of the Republicans in an effort to prop up his party’s sagging poll numbers. From the New York Times: Seeking to […]

Ohio poll snapshot 2 months out

September 3, 2010

With the midterm election now only two months away, here’s a quick snapshot where the big races stand in the Buckeye State: The big news is John Kasich seems to be pulling away from the Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland. Rasmussen has Kasich up by 12 points, 52-40, when leaners are added (47-39 when they’re not). […]

PPP: More Ohioans want Bush back in office

August 31, 2010

Not even the most partisan Republican could have seen this one coming. Public Policy Polling tells the grim tale as a preview of its release of their Ohio polling results, and this is somewhat of a doozy – by an eight-point margin, Ohioans would prefer to see Dubya back in office than continue to have […]

Fisher leads Brunner in Ohio Dem Sen race

May 3, 2010

On the eve of a May 4th primary that will determine the Democratic nominee for Senator from the state of Ohio, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher holds a strong 20-point lead over Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner in a Quinnipiac poll released today. Fisher has a 43-23 advantage over Brunner, though 32% of Democratic primary voters […]

No surprise: Kucinich flips to yes

March 17, 2010

When he said he was going to call a press conference today, Dennis Kucinich wasn’t leaving too many people on the edge of their seats as to which way he was going to flip regarding his vote on health care. As many expected, he goes from “no” to “yes”: “In the past week it’s become […]

Kucinich to announce his health care vote tomorrow

March 16, 2010

Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich plans to announce his vote for or against the health care reform package in a press conference set for 10 am tomorrow. The package in question is being cobbled together from the Senate bill and a reconciliation fix drafted by Nancy Pelosi that may be enacted through a so-called “Slaughter Solution” […]

Sherrod Brown wants reconciliation vote on health care

February 16, 2010

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown was one of four signatories to a letter sent to Harry Reid calling for Senate Democrats to use reconciliation to push through a public option health care reform bill. For those unfamiliar, reconciliation is a parliamentary procedure that requires only 51 votes for passage of strictly budgetary items. It has been […]

Quinnipiac: Ohio rejecting Obama health care, favoring GOP

November 12, 2009

Quinnipiac University has released two polls over the last 48 hours that have shown severe warning signs for Democrats in Ohio and across the country. Yesterday’s poll had incumbent Dem Gov. Ted Strickland locked in a dead heat with challenger John Kasich in a race that hasn’t really begun in earnest yet. The poll says more about […]