The Ohio Republican Party would be foolish to start taking the advice of editorial pages like the Dayton Daily News without a huge pile of salt.
Tag Archive: Bob Taft
Mar
04
John Kasich: Ohio's Next Governor
Yes, I just claimed that John Kasich is going to be Ohio’s next governor. This is not meant as hyperbole. I really believe Kasich is going to beat Governor Strickland in November. This is not based on deep study of the polls or a county-by-county analysis or anything of that sort. It is more of …
Aug
05
Bob Taft is feeling pretty good these days
What with Ted Strickland taking all the heat from left and right while the economy makes Taft’s time in office seem like an oasis of prosperity. The folks over at the Education Gadfly had the bright idea of talking to him about his new found perspective. And it produced some interesting quotes. These two in …
Jul
13
Dispatch looks to Voinovich; dreams of tax increases
Jon over at 3BP takes the time to explain to Joe Hallet why gubanatorial candidate John Kaisch did the right thing by not getting involved in the budget debate: Simply because Kasich has announced his candidacy does not mean he has an obligation to have fully developed policy proposals with only a skeleton staff tasked …
Jul
09
Kasich on the stimulus and economic growth
Kasich really has an interesting message and style. For obvious reasons, he is promoting his work during the 90s and the growth of that period. But he is also in a sense running against the GOP leadership that followed that period; against Bob Taft and against Bush and the GOP who he says “forgot the …