OH: More Money Stuff (August)

[Maxwell]

For downballot offices, I suspect Frank LaRose, Steve Austria, and Mike Duffey will run.

Why would Steve Austria be a contender for anything?  He's a has-been that never was, at best.

because all Kingpoleon does is google names.

[Maxwell]

"Just cause dude wear a kufi don't mean that he bright
Just cause you don't understand him don't mean that he nice
It just means you don't understand all the BS that he write"

- Jay-Z, writing about Kingpoleon

[Maxwell]

State Representative Kathleen Clyde seems to be the only Democrat angling for this position. She'd pushed voting rights-related legislation during her tenure, and as the Representative of Kent, has made inroads with various college groups.

Please, no. She's pretty bad. Also, where do y'all think Mandel will end up?

Clyde seems pretty good to me.  Hopefully Mandel will end up in an unemployment line where he belongs (he's all-but-declared his candidacy for Senate).

Can we have Tiberi, please? Or Huffman? Or anyone but Mandel?

How about we just keep Sherrod Brown since he's easily one of the best Senators in the country

Yep. Brown has far and away the best voting record of any swing state senator, among other things.

[Maxwell]

I can see two different scenarios for the Ohio Gubernatorial race

1. DeWine and Husted battle it out, and their attacks to eachother get so nasty that a third candidate (either Taylor or Renacci at this point) rises in the polls and gets the nomination.

2. DeWine and Husted battle it out, but are so dominant that it forces the lower tier candidates (again, Taylor and Renacci) to run for something else. I suspect this is where Mandel's primary challenge in the Senate arises.

[Maxwell]

I've heard it second hand from a reliable source than Kucinich is going to announce a Gubernatorial run within the next week. Not sure I by it, since I can't find it substantiated anywhere in speculation, but ... it's fun, so I thought I'd throw it out there.

oh god the terror

[Maxwell]

still better than Beautiful but with lots of Flaws Ed Fitzgerald, I suppose.

[Maxwell]

Idk the differences between Schavionni and Pillich, but both seem like they'd be better than Sutton.

[Maxwell]

If Republicans are using John Ossoff's personal life in Georgia, oh boy, Democrats better use Dave Yost's pathetic dad rock in their ads.

[Maxwell]

Springer is an odious POS.

[Maxwell]

At least Springer was mayor of a large city. Wouldn't be as embarrassing as Kid Rock.

Springer is genuinely a worse person than Kid Rock though. Almost as artless, too.

[Maxwell]

Honestly I'd be more afraid if it was the other way around (Husted, a very strong political operator, on top, and DeWine, the elder statesman, on bottom), but still this is a tough ticket.

[Maxwell]

It's spelled Baeto O'Rourke