I do expect Bredesen to get the same sort of treatment as Bayh (aka millions of dollars of attack ads) because the obvious route is to make him toxic to republican/independent groups.
The thing people keep forgetting about Strickland's 2016 campaign is that Rob Portman ran a superb campaign. Not only did he raise an absolute ton, have an amazing field game but he created himself as just an average suburban guy who happens to be a republican. (Despite being rather conservative) There's a reason why Portman outrun Trump.
If Bill Haslam, or even Bob Corker was running for this Seat we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
It was also because Strickland had a poor record when it comes to the economy when he was Governor. Under his governorship, Ohio lost 350 000 jobs and was ranked 48th among the 50 states in terms of job creation. In addition, Strickland voted twice in favor of granting China its most-favored-nation status.
Yep. A bunch of unions endorsed Portman in 2016 - basically killing Stricklands hopes of ever winning. They didn't give those endorsements out of pity - they looked at the two records and decided to break with the Dems.
Yeah, no. Portman had all of 4 union endorsements.
1: The United Mine Workers
2: The International Union of Operatinf Engineers
3: The Fraternal Order of Police
4: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Of those 4 groups, the first 3 are all normally conservative groups, and shouldn’t really come as a surprise. UMW was
somewhat surprising, given Ted’s record in Congress and Governor, but they endorsed late meaning 1: it had already become clear Ted would lose and 2: Clinton had already made her massively idiotic coal statement which hurt Democrats everywhere. Teamsters’ decision probably had to do with Ted’s historic unpopularity in Northeast Ohio as much as it did with anything.
UWS and anyone who thinks pro-protectonist unions — which none of those 4 unions really are — endorsed Portman over Strickland over two-votes on trade authority is a moron when rob Portman was George W. Bush’s goddamn U.S. Trade Representative. (Something he very keely did not emphasize.)
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