Quinnipiac: Kasich and Strickland are tied

[Lunar]

As long as Quinnipiac (R) isn't secretly working for the Kasich campaign....

but anyway, aren't those numbers an improvement for Ted?

/exits the spin zone

[Lunar]

No those numbers aren't an improvement for Strickland.  The last Quinnipiac poll (9/15) was 46-36 in favor of Ted.

http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/11/11/oh-gov-poll-economy-weighs-down-strickland/

fair enough.  I guess I was thinking of some of the other polls that have had Kasich ahead.

[Lunar]

a'ight, anyway, I think we can all agree that Kasich is looking more and more like a credible candidate.

[Lunar]

Yep, as long as Bush's recession holds out for another year, the Republicans might be able to score some wins.

Portman also seems to be a fairly talented candidate while Fisher seems to be a bit of an old fart.
If Portman wins in 2010, I would place him among the five most likely senators to be president someday.

And I dislike the guy and whatnot, but he's in the top 1% of well connected types and seems more polished than most first time state-wide campaigners.