OH: University of Cincinnati: Strickland (D) down by only 2

[Tender Branson]

New Poll: Ohio Governor by University of Cincinnati on 2010-10-21

Summary: D: 47%, R: 49%, I: 0%, U: 4%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

[Tender Branson]

Cool that the best OH pollster has the lead going from 8 to 2 within a week. Maybe Obama's visit helped Strickland a lot in OH.

[Eraserhead]

Strickland surviving would be big for us. Fingers crossed.

[Mr.Phips]

I just feel like this and the Illinois governor's race is Christie-Corzine all over again. 

Incumbent governors have come back from trailing in the past(John McKernan in Maine in 1990, Brendan Byrne in New Jersey in 1977, Hugh Carey in New York in 1978, Tim Pawlenty in 2006), but I just dont feel it here unless Strickland and Quinn have fantastic ground games and polling is undercounting Democrats. 

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I just feel like this and the Illinois governor's race is Christie-Corzine all over again. 

Incumbent governors have come back from trailing in the past(John McKernan in Maine in 1990, Brendan Byrne in New Jersey in 1977, Hugh Carey in New York in 1978, Tim Pawlenty in 2006), but I just dont feel it here unless Strickland and Quinn have fantastic ground games and polling is undercounting Democrats. 

I don't know about Quinn, but Strickland has (with the exception of the debates) run an excellent campaign.  I doubt he'll lose because he didn't have his act together on election day, if he loses it will mean he couldn't have won this year no matter what he did.  However, I'm starting to think Strickland might actually pull off an upset win (though I'm not letting myself get m hopes up too much).  The other thing is that while Strickland is in trouble because he is a Democratic Governor in a Republican election cycle, I get the sense that Quinn is genuinely unpopular and would be in a tough race even in a neutral cycle. 

[Miles]

I just feel like this and the Illinois governor's race is Christie-Corzine all over again. 

Incumbent governors have come back from trailing in the past(John McKernan in Maine in 1990, Brendan Byrne in New Jersey in 1977, Hugh Carey in New York in 1978, Tim Pawlenty in 2006), but I just dont feel it here unless Strickland and Quinn have fantastic ground games and polling is undercounting Democrats. 

I don't know about Quinn, but Strickland has (with the exception of the debates) run an excellent campaign.  I doubt he'll lose because he didn't have his act together on election day, if he loses it will mean he couldn't have won this year no matter what he did.  However, I'm starting to think Strickland might actually pull off an upset win (though I'm not letting myself get m hopes up too much).  The other thing is that while Strickland is in trouble because he is a Democratic Governor in a Republican election cycle, I get the sense that Quinn is genuinely unpopular and would be in a tough race even in a neutral cycle. 

Quinn's ties to Blago would have made him vulnerable even in a normal year.

I'm glad to see Strickland rebounding. OH voters really would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater if they ousted him.