How would the Ohio Senate race turned out if this had happened?

[Kevin]

Lets say that Dennis Kucinich got the Democratic nomenation to run against Mike DeWine. How would that have turned out?

[Padfoot]

Hmmm thats a hard call.  I definately don't think Kucinich would have done as well in the Southeast as Brown did.  I think it would be a lot closer but Kucinich could have pulled it off.  Something like 51%-49% Kucinich victory maybe.

[HardRCafé]

DeWine would not have had to advertise and would not have started a series of screwups.

[Padfoot]

DeWine would not have had to advertise and would not have started a series of screwups.

I don't recall any major screw-ups coming out of DeWine's camp.  It was just a bad year for Republicans in Ohio.  DeWine would have had trouble regardless of the candidate really.  Taft and Balckwell pulled the entire GOP down.

[they don't love you like i love you]

DeWine would not have had to advertise and would not have started a series of screwups.

I don't recall any major screw-ups coming out of DeWine's camp. 

the ad with the doctored footage of 9.11. That really fuccked DeWien up.

[CPT MikeyMike]

Kucinich, would probably be far too liberal in a state wide race. More than likely, it would be close but I'd say a 52%-47% win for DeWine.

I think most people outside his district see him as a joke. I know most of the country see that in him.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Kucinich would've gotten about 32%-36% a the most (way more than he deserves). 

[© tweed]

DeWine 55% Kucinich 45%

[they don't love you like i love you]

Brown is just as liberal on the war and economics as Kucinich.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Brown is just as liberal on the war and economics as Kucinich.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Kucinich, would probably be far too liberal in a state wide race. More than likely, it would be close but I'd say a 52%-47% win for DeWine.

I think most people outside his district see him as a joke. I know most of the country see that in him.

I think he should consider it a victory if the country knows who he is

[they don't love you like i love you]

Brown is just as liberal on the war and economics as Kucinich.

How do they differ?

[Rob]

Hilariously, Brown is more liberal than Kucinich (according to the American Conservative Union). And he trounced a "moderate" Republican incumbent by double-digits in a Bush state!

Good luck in '08, Buckeye Republicans.

[7,052,770]

Kucinich wins narrowly.  DeWine couldn't beat any Democrat in 2006 in Ohio.  Kuciinich would've surely toned himself down a little bit when he realized he had a chance.

[Adlai Stevenson]

OHIO SENATE:
Kucinich (D) 51%
DeWine (R) 49%

Kucinich's narrow victory is attributed to the coattails of Ted Strickland. 

[nini2287]

49-43-8 DeWine.  Some populist-leaning liberal runs as an indy.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Some populist-leaning liberal runs as an indy.

Why? No reason to if they didn't against Brown.

[adam]

Kucinich is probably the one Democrat that could not have won that race.

[Padfoot]

Kucinich is probably the one Democrat that could not have won that race.

You think Tubbs Jones could have done better?  Kucinich could have pulled it off.  It would have been close but he could have done it.  Strickland's strong coattails combined with a bad year for the GOP would have carried him into office.  He would be destroyed in 2012 though.

[nini2287]

Some populist-leaning liberal runs as an indy.

Why? No reason to if they didn't against Brown.

Brown's rhetoric is much more mainstream than Brown's.  It would be like Ned Lamont challenging Bill Nelson or Tom Carper instead of Joe Lieberman.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Some populist-leaning liberal runs as an indy.

Why? No reason to if they didn't against Brown.

Brown's rhetoric is much more mainstream than Brown's.  It would be like Ned Lamont challenging Bill Nelson or Tom Carper instead of Joe Lieberman.

OK, but why would a populist-leaning liberal want to play spoiler? That's exactly what Kucinich is and no liberals have a problem with him actually, it'd be swing voters.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

49-43-8 DeWine.  Some populist-leaning liberal runs as an indy.

Why would such a person run against one of their own? (even if Kucinich is a bit of crank and even if he's now as much of a hypocrite over abortion as most American politicians).

[ag]

Kucinich does have a crackpot reputation (which Brown somehow escapes - underservedly, in my view). Crackpots rarely win statewide races.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Kucinich does have a crackpot reputation (which Brown somehow escapes - underservedly, in my view). Crackpots rarely win statewide races.

Tom Coburn?

[Adlai Stevenson]

Kucinich does have a crackpot reputation (which Brown somehow escapes - underservedly, in my view). Crackpots rarely win statewide races.

Tom Coburn?

There is a difference between Tom Coburn and Oklahoma and Dennis Kucinich and Ohio.  The majority of Oklahomans viewed Brad Carson as the more extreme candidate in the 2004 Senate race.