Saturday Afternoon in Central Ohio.....

*  With the redistricting in Ohio, current Republican Mike Duffey (and Kasich's BFF), will have some tough competitors for District 21 in the Ohio House of Representatives.  The new alignment has Dublin and Worthington in Ohio House District 21. One of Duffey's opponents is Democrat Donna O'Connor.  Donna O'Connor is a classroom teacher and she has been a fighter for her students in and outside of the classroom.  O'Connor says that she will support the middle class, fight for policies that create fair wages for everyone, and stand up for our children.  Isn't time that we had someone like Donna O'Connor fighting for us? To get more information on Donna O'Connor, visit www.oconnorforohio.com.

Early voting starts January 31st! 

(Let me remind you that Republican Mike Duffey was an enthusiastic supporter of SB 5. Duffey's neighbors and former friends in Worthington have been appalled at his embracing of the Kasich agenda. Need I say more???)

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>>>>>  It looks like Ohio Gov. John Kasich is losing more friends in the Cleveland area.  Some have accused Kasich of delaying road construction in an effort to push his plan to sell/lease the Ohio Turnpike. 

Cleveland.com:

With his administration under fire and his motives questioned this week for suddenly leaving the long-planned Inner Belt Bridge project shortchanged, Gov. John Kasich on Friday fired back....

....The governor also said the timing of the Ohio Department of Transportation's announcement on Tuesday that it was running a $1.6 billion deficit for road projects was not a politically calculated move to drum up support for his unpopular Ohio Turnpike leasing idea, as his critics have asserted....

...It has all left Cleveland leaders feeling blindsided and angry with the administration and worried over potentially decades-long gridlock that could emerge from a half-completed bridge into the heart of the city.....

According to the Ohio Secretary of State's website, then Gov. Ted Strickland beat Kasich by over 100,000 votes in Cuyahoga County in 2010.  Does Kasich think that voters in Cuyahoga County will forget this move on road construction and how he added to road congestion?
(FYI:  The Secretary of State's page has these numbers from the 2010 election for governor:
Kasich: # of votes= 1,889,186 (49.4%).............. Strickland: # of votes= 1,812,059 (47.04%).  Kasich won the election by only 77,127 votes.)

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A new Quinnipiac Poll shows Ohioans has some interesting news about Ohio. Here are some of the highlights-----
Cleveland.com:

....U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is in pretty good shape for his expected November showdown with Republican Josh Mandel. 

The Democrat holds a 47-32 edge over Mandel among those surveyed, a finding almost unchanged since late October, when a Quinnipiac survey found Brown up 49-34. The always critical independent voters favor Brown by a 44-27 margin.....

....Gov. John Kasich's job approval rating remains negative, with 39 percent approving and 48 percent disapproving of the way he is handling his job. His numbers were 38-50 in December.....

John Kasich is definitely not spreading sunshine in Ohio.  He has been a major disappointment for even those that voted for him.

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I heard a clip of Rush Limbaugh saying the following in his attempt to defend Newt Gingrich: "....Everybody has an angry ex-spouse..."

MediaMatters has the clip---

Really?  My husband and I do not have any ex-spouses.  We've been married almost 38 years to each other and no one else.  Having angry ex-spouses might be more common in the Republican Party. Why would anyone take anything Limbaugh and Gingrich say as fact?