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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRedfern resigns as Ohio Democratic chair.
It's about time! These statewide races have been a joke under his watch because the party puts no competition up against the Republicans.
Kasich never should have won by 31 percentage points in the governor's race. He won in 86 of the state's 88 counties and those were sparsely populated counties in SE Ohio. That means he won in traditional Democratic areas in NE Ohio, Toledo and Dayton. Fitzgerald was an unknown with a sloppy track record who did nothing in his campaign. Literally, NOBODY in my area even knew who was running for governor on the Democratic ticket. The state's economy has picked up because the national economy has picked up, especially in automotive manufacturing which has a HUGE impact in Ohio.
Josh Mandel wins re-election as Treasurer by campaigning that he balanced the state budget. Well, WHOOP-DEE-FREAKIN-DOO! The state budget is required to be balanced under the state's constitution.
Jon Husted won by 30-some points as Sec. of State despite all of the shady news regarding voter registrations and access to polling places under his watch.
And another thing - All of the polls show Congress has a lower approval rating than ebola. Yet, in my state, the incumbents all won by landslides. "Congress is a bunch of assholes, except MY congressman," is what the voters seemed to be saying. If we're ever going to fix this country's mess, we need to clean our own house and not be afraid to vote out some of these crooks.
Nationally, the Kentucky Senate race was most disappointing. How can you re-elect McConnell when he personifies everything I hear people bitch about what's wrong with the federal government? And now, it looks like he will chair the Senate for at least the next two years.
vi5
(13,305 posts)Just feels like no coordination, no effort, no nothing except to have our candidates hunker down, hide, and wait for their opponent to have a Todd Aken moment and say something stupid that implodes their campaign. That didn't happen this time and here we are.
Get Howard Dean back in there (if he's willing) and start fighting a 50 state strategy where Dems run as Dems and all hands are on deck.
merrily
(45,251 posts)2008 triumph and is now a US Senator.
Then Kaine was replaced with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who could not bring herself even to refer to whatever that funny shaped office is in that white building in D.C. or utter Obama's name, despite an entire segment of goading by Joe Scarborough. If Republicans' sole campaign strategy for 2012 was to make Democrats act as though they were ashamed to be Democrats, well then, by gum, DNC Chair DWS was not going to disappoint them.
"Wake up, America" is right.
bulloney
(4,113 posts)Just hope the opponent says or does something really stupid. That rarely works.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Kaine resigned as head of the DNC after the 2010 midterm, but it does not appear that now US Senator Kaine resigned in disgrace or in remorseful recognized that his stewardship had fallen short.
riversedge
(70,219 posts)over and over long ago last night, but perhaps some may start to take it seriously!
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)I also noted that the only two counties that carried for the Dems were in Appalchian Ohio.
BumRushDaShow
(128,981 posts)maybe she will the next go-around. She is a great firebrand for Ohio!
bulloney
(4,113 posts)That's what one of the attack ads had on her.
BumRushDaShow
(128,981 posts)She is a treasure to Ohioans!
ellie
(6,929 posts)Sayonara!