13 Days until the Election.
Gubernatorial Race
- Recent bewildered stories by the press suggest that barely anyone has any idea what will happen to Ted Strickland or John Kasich come election day. On the one hand, the recent Quinnipiac poll shows Kasich dominating the race. On the other side, Kasich’s campaign strategy suggests that he might still be “late to the tea party.”
- What everyone agrees on is that this race has huge implications for 2012.
- However, the race has also gotten more complicated, with two new areas for attack open. On Kasich’s side, Kasich running mate Mary Taylor is under fire for lying about a recent complaint by Joe the Plumber against the Strickland administration. On Strickland’s side, one of the “concerned mothers” in a recent Strickland ad on education is member of a teachers’ union.
Senatorial Race
- Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher is still going to lose. In other words, nothing new has happened.
House Races
- Having failed to convince voters that Rich Iott of OH-9 has a record in the Waffen SS, Democrats are now trying to convince voters that Iott has a record and is overstating it. There’s nothing to overstate – Iott is a member of a volunteer militia and even acknowledged as much in a recent debate. This must mean Kaptur is in trouble.
- Negative ads have stopped working on OH-16, and it’s no surprise given that Republican Jim Renacci and Democrat John Boccieri have been at each others’ throats in one of the closest races of the cycle.
- And Zack Space in OH-18 apparently has the support of the NRA.
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