Ohio Republican governor approval rating is 12 percent

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0610140252oct14,1,2904226.story?coll=chi-news-hed

A red state goes code blue for GOP

By Tim Jones
Tribune national correspondent
Published October 14, 2006


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In the color-coded, Crayola world of politics, Ohio is a red state.

But if one pays close attention--listening to the grumbles of unhappy voters, reading the poll numbers and catching the hang-dog expressions of Republicans--it's almost as if one can hear the drip-drip-dripping of the dye into the electoral paint can, changing the hue of the great state of Ohio ever closer to blue.


Once again Ohio, credited with giving President Bush a second term two years ago, is the national battleground in miniature. The war in Iraq has left the veteran Senate incumbent, Mike DeWine, surprisingly vulnerable. Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty to felony corruption charges Friday, but has yet to leave office. And the Rep. Mark Foley congressional page sex scandal has damaged the campaign of the fourth-ranking Republican in the House, Deborah Pryce, who described Foley as a friend in a recent magazine article.


The state's two-term Republican governor, Bob Taft, pleaded no contest last year to ethics charges that he failed to report golf trips and other gifts from lobbyists, and the Bush campaign's northwest Ohio director, Tom Noe, was convicted of losing more than $50 million of state money in a rare coin investment scandal.

Taft, who cannot run for re-election because of term limits, is a pariah in his party. His public approval rating is 12 percent.

[EFerrari]

1. How the hell are they going to get away with stealing that one?

Go, Ohio!

[pocoloco]

3. duh...

ever hear of blackwell??????

[EFerrari]

4. You mean the Sec of State who will count his own votes

in the Gubernatorial race. I vaguely remember hearing the name.

There were riots in Ohio last time they faked an election there. You have to wonder what the escalation will look like. :(

[razors edge]

5. something like this?

[EFerrari]

8. Oh geeze. I sure hope not.

:(

[Maccagirl]

6. Riots?

Please educate me-I live in Columbus and have no memory of even a peep about the fraud except from progressive activists and African-Americans.

[EFerrari]

7. At the statehouse that night! I only know because there was

an actual picture on the internets to go with the story. But you and I know, the NYT's didn't report it so it obviously didn't happen.

[maseman]

17. Headline should read:

Ohio Gov.'s IQ Still Lower the Approval Rating

[razors edge]

2. He hasn't courted 18 in so long

he's begining to wonder if he's a pedo.

[greiner3]

9. Damn;

That's a 50% jump from where it was!

[Kurovski]

10. Congratulations to him. He worked very hard for those numbers.

Earned them the good old Republicon way.

[Kurovski]

11. A good swift Kick for Bob Taft. (nt)

:kick:

[Blackhatjack]

12. So Which Repub Candidates Is Taft Campaigning With??

Taft is polling 12%, I just wonder how showing up to face 88% against you feels, and how effective you will be speaking out on behalf of a fellow Republican candidate.

[Justice Is Comin]

13. He should bring in Cheney to campaign for him.

That would give him 25%

[upi402]

14. What? Satan's too busy these days?

:shrug:

[Kurovski]

15. term limits mean he can't run again.

according to the article.

[Raine]

16. 12% I like to talk to those

12% ... that is if I could pry their heads out of their asses to ask them why they still support the crook. :silly: