A reader looks at yesterday’s poll out of Ohio and wonders how 57 percent of Ohioans can have no opinion on former congressman John Kasich. I had wondered that earlier, and came to three easily forgotten conclusions. First, it’s easy to overestimate how much House members are heard from outside their districts. I’m sure most voters in Columbus have opinions on him, but unless they followed the House Budget Committee in the 1990s, most other Ohioans never gave him much thought. Second, Kasich left office in January 2001. That seems like yesterday, but that probably just means I’m getting old. For perspective, last time that John Kasich was running for reelection, Obama economic adviser Eric Deese wasn’t old enough to drink.

Finally, apparently not many Ohioans watched Fox News on evenings in the weekend.