Will Sherrod Brown lose next year?

[Sumner 1868]

He was looking vulnerable until Trump won, and now that the OH-GOP chair has been replaced, he's looking far safer. Not titanium safe, but assuming he runs campaigns of the same calibre as in 2006 and 2012, I'd put money on him beating his opponent, especially if it's Mandel again.

What if Trump becomes a failure and Kasich gets the US Senate nomination?

The idea popular governors are shoe-ins for Senate seats isn't always true. Especially when it's a wave year as 2018 is likely to be.

[Sumner 1868]

The idea popular governors are shoe-ins for Senate seats isn't always true. Especially when it's a wave year as 2018 is likely to be.

You mean... like 2016 is likely to be a D wave year? I think Kasich would beat Brown pretty handily in a neutral year, not that he would have an easy time winning the Republican primary.

I never thought 2016 would be a wave, and a lot of blue avatars now seem to believe in a "red wall" in a bizarre reversal from 18 months ago. And throwing Kasich's name sounds almost like they expect to lose without him.