I do expect Bredesen to get the same sort of treatment as Bayh (aka millions of dollars of attack ads) because the obvious route is to make him toxic to republican/independent groups.
The thing people keep forgetting about Strickland's 2016 campaign is that Rob Portman ran a superb campaign. Not only did he raise an absolute ton, have an amazing field game but he created himself as just an average suburban guy who happens to be a republican. (Despite being rather conservative) There's a reason why Portman outrun Trump.
If Bill Haslam, or even Bob Corker was running for this Seat we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
It was also because Strickland had a poor record when it comes to the economy when he was Governor. Under his governorship, Ohio lost 350 000 jobs and was ranked 48th among the 50 states in terms of job creation. In addition, Strickland voted twice in favor of granting China its most-favored-nation status.
Yep. A bunch of unions endorsed Portman in 2016 - basically killing Stricklands hopes of ever winning. They didn't give those endorsements out of pity - they looked at the two records and decided to break with the Dems.
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