Last week's election was bad for Democrats. The next one could be worse.Associated Press
Senate Democrats running in 2012 will be trying to hold their jobs in states where Republicans just scored major congressional and gubernatorial victories — Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Virginia.
The Democrats' problems don't end with senators.
In just a week Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland has sliced 4 points from GOP challenger John Kasich's lead in the poll that has consistently showed the Republican John Kasich with a healthy margin.The Columbus Dispatch
Today's Quinnipiac Poll is the latest that shows Ohio's race for governor tightening as Election Day approaches. Kasich is ahead 49 percent to 43 percent; the 6-point margin is down from 10 a week ago, when it was 51-41. And 7 percent of Ohio voters say they remain undecided.
Dennis Kucinich image via WikipediaThe poll (based on a small but respectable 319 person sample, with a margin of error of 5.6 percent, weighted to eliminate gender bias) shows Kucinich ahead of his opponent, Peter Corrigan, by only 4 percent. The profile of undecided voters suggests they may break for Corrigan by about 3-2. And Corrigan's 4 percent deficit turns into a 4 percent Corrigan lead when voters are given information on Kucinich's ties to corrupt local Democratic leaders, and on Kucinich's support for illegal immigration. These are signs that undecided voters could be pushed to go Corrigan’s way. Furthermore, Corrigan is running even with Kucinich among those who've already requested their absentee ballot, as early voting has already started in Ohio.
Image via WikipediaJohn Kasich, who is challenging incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland, now leads by a margin of 51 to 43 percent, according to the poll sponsored by the University of Cincinnati.WFMJ
Republican Rob Portman has widened his double-digit lead over Lee Fisher in the race for the open Senate seat from the state of Ohio.
Image via WikipediaIn an election for US House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st Congressional District today, just as early voting begins, Republican Steve Chabot is positioned to re-take from Democrat Steve Driehaus the seat in Congress Chabot held for 7 terms before losing it to Driehaus in 2008, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for the Cincinnati Enquirer.Survey USA
It's Chabot 53%, Driehaus 41%, in interviews conducted 09/28/10 and 09/29/10 and released today, 09/30/10, one month till votes are counted. Voters who are enthusiastic vote 2:1 Republican. Voters who cast a ballot with less enthusiasm than in previous years vote 2:1 Democrat.
Image via WikipediaRepublican Rob Portman, a senior official under former President George W. Bush, has opened a commanding 13-point lead over his Democratic rival in a Senate race in Ohio, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday said.
Image via WikipediaOhio Survey of 750 Likely Voters | Election 2010: Ohio Senate | |
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| Rob Portman (R) | 49% |
| Lee Fisher (D) | 41% |
| Some other candidate | 2% |
| Not Sure | 8% |
Ohio Survey of 500 Likely Voters
December 7, 2009
Portman (R) | 38% |
Fisher (D) | 36% |
Other | 8% |
Not Sure | 18% |
Portman (R) | 40% |
Brunner (D) | 33% |
Other | 7% |
Not Sure | 20% |
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Ohio Survey of 500 Likely Voters
September 23, 2009
Portman (R) | 41% |
Fisher (D) | 40% |
Other | 6% |
Not Sure | 14% |
Portman (R) | 40% |
Brunner (D) | 38% |
Other | 5% |
Not Sure | 18% |
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2010 Ohio Governor Race | |
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John Kasich(R) | 46% |
Ted Strickland(D) | 45% |
Some Other Candidate | 3% |
Not Sure | 7% |
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"We got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns," Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) told the Columbus Dispatch. "It's the southerners."
Voinovich, a native Clevelander who retires after the 2010 election, continued after the southern elements of the GOP.
"They get on TV and go 'errrr, errrrr,'" he said. "People hear them and say, 'These people, they're southerners. The party's being taken over by southerners. What they hell they got to do with Ohio?'"
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When House Democratic leaders were rounding up votes Friday for the massive climate-change bill, they paid special attention to their colleagues from Ohio who remained stubbornly undecided.
They finally secured the vote of one Ohioan, veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, the old-fashioned way. They gave her what she wanted - a new federal power authority, similar to Washington state's Bonneville Power Administration, stocked with up to $3.5 billion in taxpayer money available for lending to renewable energy and economic development projects in Ohio and other Midwestern states.
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"I'll tell you what, we'd definitely be in one heck of a fight," [Joe] Wurzelbacher said told Laura Ingraham on her talk show Friday, "but, you know, I'd be up for it."
Fox News
State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber."Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama.
The 34-year-old from the Toledo suburb of Holland is held out by McCain as an example of an American who would be harmed by Obama's tax proposals.
Thirteen campaign workers for Barack Obama yesterday yanked their voter registrations and ballots in Ohio after being warned by a prosecutor that temporary residents can't vote in the battleground state.
A dozen staffers - including Obama Ohio spokeswoman Olivia Alair and James Cadogan, who recently joined Team Obama - signed a form letter asking the Franklin County elections board to pull their names from the rolls.
New York Post
