Ohio Megathread

[bore]

I honestly could not think a campaign could be run worse than Charlie Crist, but Ed FitzGerald takes the cake. If Kasich breaks 55%, I bet he might change his tune on the presidency.

If Kasich can't break 55% against this guy, he should do the honourable thing and become a hermit.

[TTS1996]

Can you all just shut up on this thread and realise that Fitzgerald is going to cakewalk this election, and if he doesn't, well, it will be oh-so-narrow and only because of Kasich's lies about the virtuous wonderful FitzGeRaLd not being as squeaky clean as the Ohio Democrats claim. Which FitzGeRaLd is. Squeaky clean, that is.

If anyone dares to disagree, I have at least six more paragraphs in me (per post) with which to pummel anyone who DisaGrees with the obvious fact of FitzGeRaLd's cakewalk to victory into submission.

Kneel before the revealed truth, and put those polls aside. Everyone knows polls are always wrong (especially in a nation with such an unsophisticated rough polling operation such as the USA)

[JerryArkansas]

He is done for.  Of course those in the campaign won't say so, but he is.  I hope the DGA pulls all money and puts it to better use in GA and other places.

[The Mikado]

Kasich is ludicrously lucky.  This is Obama 2004 Senate race lucky.  First he runs for governor in 2010, the most GOP year in two decades, winning a state that had gone to s**t in the economic turndown under a Democratic governor by the skin of his teeth in a race that he would have lost any other year.  Then he runs against Tartuffe in 2014 and will likely run up the score in a dramatic fashion.  He'll have a record of winning the top swing state in the nation twice going forward now, making him the most attractive resume/paper candidate in the GOP field in 2020 to run, likely, against a President Clinton seeking reelection, or, should the GOP win in 2016, to wait until 2024 and make a bid then.

[Pandaguineapig]

Kasich is ludicrously lucky.  This is Obama 2004 Senate race lucky.  First he runs for governor in 2010, the most GOP year in two decades, winning a state that had gone to s**t in the economic turndown under a Democratic governor by the skin of his teeth in a race that he would have lost any other year.  Then he runs against Tartuffe in 2014 and will likely run up the score in a dramatic fashion.  He'll have a record of winning the top swing state in the nation twice going forward now, making him the most attractive resume/paper candidate in the GOP field in 2020 to run, likely, against a President Clinton seeking reelection, or, should the GOP win in 2016, to wait until 2024 and make a bid then.

Why would he wait? What's stopping him from running in 2016?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Kasich is ludicrously lucky.  This is Obama 2004 Senate race lucky.  First he runs for governor in 2010, the most GOP year in two decades, winning a state that had gone to s**t in the economic turndown under a Democratic governor by the skin of his teeth in a race that he would have lost any other year.  Then he runs against Tartuffe in 2014 and will likely run up the score in a dramatic fashion.  He'll have a record of winning the top swing state in the nation twice going forward now, making him the most attractive resume/paper candidate in the GOP field in 2020 to run, likely, against a President Clinton seeking reelection, or, should the GOP win in 2016, to wait until 2024 and make a bid then.

Why would he wait? What's stopping him from running in 2016?

For one thing, he would do about as well as Bill Richardson...

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

He'll be 68 in 2020. If he's going to run for President, 2016 is his year.

[Sol]

I think we're to the point now that Wendy Davis will probably outperform Fitzgerald.

What counties can he win at this point?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I think we're to the point now that Wendy Davis will probably outperform Fitzgerald.

What counties can he win at this point?

Athens and Cuyahoga are the only certainties.  Maybe Lucas and Summit (I'd guess he barely wins the former and loses the latter).  That's probably it.  I imagine he'll do even worse than Lee Fisher.

[ShadowRocket]

Kasich is ludicrously lucky.  This is Obama 2004 Senate race lucky.  First he runs for governor in 2010, the most GOP year in two decades, winning a state that had gone to s**t in the economic turndown under a Democratic governor by the skin of his teeth in a race that he would have lost any other year.  Then he runs against Tartuffe in 2014 and will likely run up the score in a dramatic fashion.  He'll have a record of winning the top swing state in the nation twice going forward now, making him the most attractive resume/paper candidate in the GOP field in 2020 to run, likely, against a President Clinton seeking reelection, or, should the GOP win in 2016, to wait until 2024 and make a bid then.

Why would he wait? What's stopping him from running in 2016?

I agree. If names like Christie, Bush, and Walker prove not to be viable/don't run, I can see the GOP establishment trying to get Kasich into the race.

[PiMp DaDdy FitzGerald]

Is it possible that Fitzgerald could play up his "player" appeal like Clinton did?

[Simfan34]

Has anyone made a "he really is in" joke or anything like that yet?

[Niemeyerite]

You know Ed FitzGerald is a joke and will be crushed in November when Adam FitGerald doesn't come here anymore to pretend the race is competitive.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

When the going gets rough, he does disappears. But, he still believes Fitzgerald can win.

[Clermont County GOPer]

I think we're to the point now that Wendy Davis will probably outperform Fitzgerald.

What counties can he win at this point?

Athens and Cuyahoga are the only certainties.  Maybe Lucas and Summit (I'd guess he barely wins the former and loses the latter).  That's probably it.  I imagine he'll do even worse than Lee Fisher.

Mahoning?

[Maxwell]

Has anyone made a "he really is in" joke or anything like that yet?

I tried to change the title to do something like that

[International Brotherhood of Bernard]

Can someone explain to me what makes this scandal so devastating to Fitzgerald? I mean, I never thought he would win in the first place, but this always seemed like a whole bunch of nothing to me.

[Niemeyerite]

Can someone explain to me what makes this scandal so devastating to Fitzgerald? I mean, I never thought he would win in the first place, but this always seemed like a whole bunch of nothing to me.

I don't really know, but I suppose it's devastating enough that Adam has stopped posting here...

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I think we're to the point now that Wendy Davis will probably outperform Fitzgerald.

What counties can he win at this point?

Athens and Cuyahoga are the only certainties.  Maybe Lucas and Summit (I'd guess he barely wins the former and loses the latter).  That's probably it.  I imagine he'll do even worse than Lee Fisher.

Mahoning?

Forgot about Youngstown   It could go either way, but I suspect FitzGerald narrowly carries it b/c of the unions.

[RogueBeaver]

Top campaign aides preparing to leave Fitzgerald's campaign. On his current financial trajectory he could have no TV presence after Labor Day.

[Tender Branson]

FitzGerald Punished Employees Without Valid Licenses

"As Cuyahoga County executive, Ed FitzGerald (D) has disciplined employees for not holding a valid driver's license - something the former FBI agent and Democratic candidate for governor himself lacked for years," the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

"In 2013 his administration punished at least eight employees, with penalties ranging from a written reprimand to a five-day suspension without pay."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/08/20/fitzgerald_punished_employees_without_valid_licenses.html

[Maxwell]

That's hilarious. Congrats Two-Term Governor Kasich.

[Miles]

This race is just freakin painful to watch now.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

This race is just freakin painful to watch now.

At least its outcome doesn't affect your state

[PiMp DaDdy FitzGerald]

Alot of this is the fact that Americans are quick to slut-shame anyone, even men sometimes.