Huffington Post has some polling for Ohio for 2012:
Public Policy Polling (D)
12/10-12/10; 510 likely voters, 4.3% margin of error
Mode: Automated phone
PPP release
2012 Senate
43% Brown (D), 43% DeWine (R)
43% Brown (D), 38% Husted (R)
43% Brown (D), 35% Jordan (R)
40% Brown (D), 38% Taylor (R)...
Favorable / Unfavorable
John Kasich: 36 / 40
Rob Portman: 35 / 62
Mike DeWine: 30 / 43
Jon Husted: 17 / 21
Jim Jordan: 11 / 16
Mary Taylor: 19 / 16
Ohio voters are probably wondering if Husted, Taylor, and even Mike DeWine will jump into the fray of running for U.S. Senate against Senator Sherrod Brown. Husted seems to hate being in any political job for any length of time. His ambition is obvious. Taylor hasn't even been sworn in as Lt. Governor and rumors are flying over the state that she would love to move up the power ladder. Old Mike DeWine, former lapdog of President George W. Bush, will probably get bored staying in Ohio and hunger to get back into the U.S. Senate.
*** Tim Grendell is wincing under criticism from Ohio Republicans.
Dispatch:
Sen. Tim Grendell and his state party's top leader traded caustic jabs this week after the Republican State Central and Executive Committee condemned Grendell's decision to remain in the Ohio Senate rather than take the House seat to which he was elected....
....Democrats pounced on a portion of Grendell's letter related to his committee hearings this year looking into a canceled drug sting at the Governor's Residence.
"I worked hard to facilitate John Kasich's election," Grendell wrote.
"My diligent pursuit of the Ohio Senate's investigation of the Strickland administration's politically motivated mishandling of the drug drop at the Governor's mansion had a detrimental impact on Gov. Strickland's re-election effort. I do not recall receiving any affirmative recognition from you or the Central Committee for my hard work."
Grendell's political witch hunt wasted time, money, and smeared Gov. Ted Strickland and his staff. Consequently, Ohioans should regard anything that comes out of Grendell's mouth with great suspicion. Grendell can aptly be called a pompous, self-serving, a**hole.
By the way, the good people at Plunderbund had published the Grendell story on December 14th. What took so long for the Dispatch to get to the story?
