Thomas Veil
May 17, 2006, 08:21 AM
Here's a subject we could make into a sticky from now until November: how races are shaping up for the upcoming election in various states.
For instance, I was pleased to find this in one of the local (Cleveland, Ohio) papers this morning:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland leads his Republican rival Ken Blackwell in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll, 52 percent to 36 percent. The poll results have not been posted on the Rasmussen Web site yet, but the Strickland campaign, which subscribes to the polling service, has been emailing results to supporters.
Rasmussen, an independent pollster that conducts automated phone surveys, has released results of its latest poll in Ohio U.S. Senate race.
It shows Ohio Congressman Sherrod Brown leading incumbent Republican Mike DeWine by three points, 44 percent to 41 percent. Though the poll’s 4.5 percentage point margin of error means the race is a virtual tie, the results are good news for Brown, who has trailed DeWine in all of the previous Rasmussen Reports polls.Now, the Strickland thing is important, sure. Ken Blackwell is not just intellectually dishonest in the extreme, he's actually a menace, pushing a budget-limiting amendment that's similar to the one that's been so disastrous for Colorado. And Blackwell was the secretary of state who certified the Ohio Bush 2004 results despite what looked like some shady activities. So yes, it's important that Strickland win.
But for me, the big news is that Sherrod Brown is actually pulling ahead of (or at least even with) incumbent Mike DeWine. DeWine is a rather quiet, relatively inoffensive congressman, and Sherrod Brown is a definite liberal. The fact that Brown can be surging upward in this state is rather remarkable. (Ohio is becoming thought of more and more as a red state, not a swing state.)
Yes, things are looking up in Ohio. As recently as a month ago, DeWine looked pretty safe. But now...?
If such a red state as Ohio can be suddenly turning blue, what does that say about the Republicans' fortunes in the rest of the country? What's going on in your neck of the woods? Do you have any good news about House, Senate or gubernatorial races?
Plain Dealer link (http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/openers/index.ssf?/mtlogs/cleve_openers/archives/2006_05.html#141439)
For instance, I was pleased to find this in one of the local (Cleveland, Ohio) papers this morning:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland leads his Republican rival Ken Blackwell in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll, 52 percent to 36 percent. The poll results have not been posted on the Rasmussen Web site yet, but the Strickland campaign, which subscribes to the polling service, has been emailing results to supporters.
Rasmussen, an independent pollster that conducts automated phone surveys, has released results of its latest poll in Ohio U.S. Senate race.
It shows Ohio Congressman Sherrod Brown leading incumbent Republican Mike DeWine by three points, 44 percent to 41 percent. Though the poll’s 4.5 percentage point margin of error means the race is a virtual tie, the results are good news for Brown, who has trailed DeWine in all of the previous Rasmussen Reports polls.Now, the Strickland thing is important, sure. Ken Blackwell is not just intellectually dishonest in the extreme, he's actually a menace, pushing a budget-limiting amendment that's similar to the one that's been so disastrous for Colorado. And Blackwell was the secretary of state who certified the Ohio Bush 2004 results despite what looked like some shady activities. So yes, it's important that Strickland win.
But for me, the big news is that Sherrod Brown is actually pulling ahead of (or at least even with) incumbent Mike DeWine. DeWine is a rather quiet, relatively inoffensive congressman, and Sherrod Brown is a definite liberal. The fact that Brown can be surging upward in this state is rather remarkable. (Ohio is becoming thought of more and more as a red state, not a swing state.)
Yes, things are looking up in Ohio. As recently as a month ago, DeWine looked pretty safe. But now...?
If such a red state as Ohio can be suddenly turning blue, what does that say about the Republicans' fortunes in the rest of the country? What's going on in your neck of the woods? Do you have any good news about House, Senate or gubernatorial races?
Plain Dealer link (http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/openers/index.ssf?/mtlogs/cleve_openers/archives/2006_05.html#141439)
