OH-PPP - Kasich is tied with FitzGerald

[Niemeyerite]

Yeah, we should've run a serious candidate here...

[Niemeyerite]

Yeah, we should've run a serious candidate here...

For the last time, Todd Portune was never a serious candidate. He lacked support from the state party and Chris Redfern rightfully wanted nothing to do with him, lacked name ID and cash, is to the right of FitzGerald, had serious back problems and would have never managed to do the strong grassroots campaigning that FitzGerald has done, blatantly attacked the state party and FitzGerald on a number of occasions and was too ignorant to admit that FitzGerald already had the African American base locked, couldn't even find a running mate until the final week before signatures were needed, used other potential running mates for him from Cuyahoga County as "fear mongering" against FitzGerald, and struggled to get anybody behind him (IIRC, 7 people showed up to an event during the Portune Palooza in January). If Portune was the nominee, the ODP may as well just should have endorsed Anita Rios because Portune would just govern the same way as Kasich has on tax policy favoring the rich and taxing the middle class and seniors with aggression or, at best, neutrality on issues pertaining to gays, women, African Americans etc. Portune during his whole charade cared more about making the Ohio Democratic Party dysfunctional, unorganized and set his sights on having no clear frontrunner for the nomination and really could have cared less about attacking Kasich's policies which is the main, effective strategy needed to win this race.

If you ask me, FitzGerald is a huge upgrade from Strickland and heck, Strickland himself agrees with that statement. He stated he realizes the need for newer, more progressive candidates that can appeal to younger voters and get the high turnout from our county that Strickland could never get. He won't be able to match Strickland's 2010 numbers in SE Ohio (FitzGerald may have already hurt his chances by coming out in favor of comprehensive gun control), but he can make those votes up in Cuyahoga and Montgomery Counties, will obviously do well elsewhere up North, and Hamilton County will be in play.

LoL, I was trolling you (again).