OH-Sen: Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld likely running

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If he performs solidly against Portman, he has a bright future. I'm sure he has a better shot at Governor in 2018, but he may be more of a legislative type.

I've seen some interviews of him and he's very telegenic.

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Another name floated is Betty Sutton.

Sutton is probably more like if Dems give up on this seat and convince Sittenfield to go for Governor.

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The OH democratic party is a joke party.

Not really.  It's going through a rough patch right now, but a joke party it is not.

Maybe "joke party" is kind of exaggerating the situation, but their bench is fairly thin (though I think Sittenfield is very promising for a future race) for a major party in a swing state.

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The OH democratic party is a joke party.

Not really.  It's going through a rough patch right now, but a joke party it is not.

Maybe "joke party" is kind of exaggerating the situation, but their bench is fairly thin (though I think Sittenfield is very promising for a future race) for a major party in a swing state.

I mean 2014 was the biggest Republican wave in modern US history and Ohio was one of the ground zeros for it.  That sort of thing tends to hurt a bench, as does the fact that the Republican congressional and state legislature maps are some of the most effective gerrymanders of the decade.  While we have a thinner bench than one might expect, we have both some extremely promising rising stars (Stinziano, Ginther, Bishoff, Klein, Sittenfield, Pillich, arguably Whaley and Kamrass, etc) and some strong, established, big-names (Leland, Cordrey, Carney, Strickland, Ryan, Cranley,  Gentile, Schiavoni, Budish, etc).  Those are just off the top of my head.  We've taken a beating due to 2010 and 2014, but the ODP is a far cry from the Florida Democratic Party.

Fair enough. And for the record, I know they aren't the Florida Democratic Party.

[Maxwell]

We need remember that Barack Obama was "only" an Illinois State Senator when he was elected to the US Senate. That was in a state similar in political size to Ohio.

Obama's opponent imploded fabulously.

Did you expect concrete analysis from PBROWER2A?

[Maxwell]

Let's be real - Strickland probably loses. Dude would be an ancient freshman - Portman can make the case that he would be a more effective Senator for Ohio and probably be correct.

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Losing a primary 3-1 is a good career move? I fail to see that logic.

That's because Sittenfeld WILL WIN!

[Maxwell]

I wonder how much the Sittenfeld campaign is paying LeBron.

Not as much as Ed Fitzgerald, but close.

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Sittenfeld wants 6 debates.

He'll be lucky to be get more than one debate out of pity.

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I feel bad for Lebron - bad luck strikes his favorite candidates where ever they go.

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I heard someone on this site say they thought Portman was going to win re-election by a landslide. He may have a point if Strickland continues to underperform so excessively.

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I seriously doubt you can compare Strickland to Thompson who said Medicare is a bad program.

No one said it was was gonna be easy. But, no way this is gonna be a landslide race.

You are totally missing the point.

Don't get in the way of his computing system.

*snip*And yes, I'd take Sittenfeld over him. *snip*

This is like claiming that Alan Grayson is better candidate than Patrick Murphy.

The difference being that Patrick Murphy is actually doing okay and meeting up with his goals.