19% for Bob Taft? Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Thank God there's not much more of him left to go.
What did he do that's so bad? I heard he's a RINO.
It's a combination of things, mostly centered on his total inadequcy to actually run the state. We've all sat and watched as the deficit and recession got worse (particularly in the North East), with education funding all but running out. His response was a massive tax hike, which was actually much worse for the poor people and did hardly anything to the rich. He also poured money into totally pointless schemes, such as rural barn renovation, in the hope that he'll be remembered for at least one good thing. During the bad flood season, he decided to take a golfing vacation. Lastly (and this is really just the first few things that come to mind), he was nowhere to be found for much of the presidential campaign. You'd think he would have at least shown some interest in America's #1 swing state.
As for him being a RINO - not really. He said he'd try and "govern from the middle" and all that, but I think he meant "from the middle of the GOP".
