...On May 25, Democratic pollsters Tom Jensen and Dean Debnam of Public Policy Polling released results of an Ohio survey and asserted that President Barack Obama would be helped next year in the state, and in other states, because of unpopular Republican governors....
....The national GOP brand in the fall of 2012 is more likely to be defined by the party’s presidential nominee (or even the Congressional party over the next 17 months), not individual governors or state issues. We will all be focused on the primaries, the presidential hopefuls, the national economy and Obama, not on Scott, Kasich or Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker — none of whom will be on the ballot next year.
I do not dismiss out of hand Ornstein’s argument to me that if he were the president, “I would go into Ohio and campaign on this theme: If you like John Kasich’s economic policies, you are going to LOVE [fill in the name of the Republican nominee].” But that will be merely one of Obama’s messages....
Hmmmm. I think that for those of us in Ohio and other states might just feel differently about Republican candidates. After suffering through six long months with Kasich as governor, I believe that Ornstein's suggestion for President Obama's campaign theme is perfect, but I'd re-write it this way:
"If you like John Kasich's agenda that destroys the middle class, de-funds public schools, allows drilling and polluting in our state parks, gives tax breaks to rich cronies, privatizes government services, you'll adore GOP presidential candidate ____."
> Choose from below:
a. Romney f. Bachmann
b. Gingrich g. Santorum
c. Pawlenty h. Palin
d. Paul i. Perry
e. Pawlenty
Haven't we suffered enough with Kasich? Do we really want a Republican president that pushes the same far right ideological agenda, and then destroys Medicare?
