Strickland Leads Blackwell in Ohio; Kerry joins Strickland rally

[ProSense]

Angus Reid Global Scan : Polls & Research

Strickland Leads Blackwell in Ohio

May 20, 2006

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – United States congressman Ted Strickland is the frontrunner in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 52 per cent of respondents in the Buckeye State would vote for the Democrat in this year’s election, while 36 per cent would support Republican state secretary Ken Blackwell.

Bob Taft—a Republican—has acted as Ohio’s governor since 1999. The former state secretary defeated Tim Hagan in the November 2002 election with 58 per cent of the vote.

In August 2005, Taft was convicted of four misdemeanour crimes after failing to report $3,500 U.S. worth of golf outings and gifts received from political and business leaders. The governor was fined $4,000 U.S. plus court costs.

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http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11944

Article published Sunday, May 21, 2006Hoping for headway with head start, Kerry joins Strickland rally in ToledoBy JANE SCHMUCKER
BLADE STAFF WRITER

In John Kerry and Ted Strickland's speeches to a cheering who's who of more than 300 local Democrats at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Plaza last night, perhaps what was most telling was simply the date on the calendar.

Typically, such rallies don't happen until early fall, after the candidates have made the county fair circuit, party organizers said. Last night was just 2 1/2 weeks after the primary election, a month before the first local county fair, and 5 1/2 months before Mr. Strickland, a U.S. representative from southern Ohio, faces Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio's Republican secretary of state, in the general election for governor of Ohio.

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"Ask your Republican and Independent friends: 'Do you think things are better now,' " Mr. Kerry, the Massachusetts senator who ran for president in 2004, told the rally at the Toledo train station where he was campaigning for Mr. Strickland.

He joked that one reason Mr. Strickland gets along so well with Republicans is because he met so many in his previous career - as a prison psychologist.

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http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060521/NEWS09/605210449

"prison psychologist"

:rofl:

[globalvillage]

1. That was funny.

But I still think the Stephanie interview was funnier.

Great that he's supporting Strickland, and good news about the poll. Blackwell must go!!!

[ProSense]

3. I agree! Hope the 52% to 36% lead widens for Strickland. n/t

[movonne]

2. This blackwell is a crook and must go...do not see why anyone

would vote for him...does he still have control over the voting machines??

[AndyTiedye]

7. YES HE DOES STILL CONTROL THE VOTING MACHINEZ

does he still have control over the voting machines??

Yes!

If Strickland is only ahead by 16 points on Election Day, he will "lose".
He will need a much bigger lead than that to overcome Ohio election fraud.

Last Fall, he turned a landslide for US into a landslide for THEM.

This Fall, he intends to sElect himself as governor of Ohio.

[midnight]

4. Good for Ohio.

They deserve better than Blackwell.

[UrbScotty]

5. I guess Diebold has a lot of work to do (nt)

[Doctor_J]

6. 16% is within the Margin Of Diebold

and when you factor in that most Dems won't be permitted to vote, it still looks like a Whitewell landslide to me.

[Turn CO Blue]

9. I figure the Diebold advantage at about 5%-9%

[Brundle_Fly]

11. ageed/

you know its false if its 51-49 and between 1500 votes, seems to be a pattern.

seems lots of recent elections have been too close to call and always figuring in the end for repukes

16% is child's play for Diebold, you'd need a Blackwell sex scandal and at a minimum 30% spread.

also, watch the exit polls.... although they will be eventually discounted, they always give you the goods.

you know Blackwell will walk away with this one.

[DeepModem Mom]

8. I had no idea Strickland had this lead! nt

[faithnotgreed]

10. that was my response

i had no idea

the last i heard some time ago was that blackwell was ahead (though i dont know if that incl the projected diebold add-on) but 52-36 sounds pretty good and will only get better

[Cha]

12. Why wait for fall? The time

is Now on into the Fall! These aren't just any campaigns..this is our duty to stop the fascist cancer before it continues spreading.

[_dynamicdems]

13. First the speech at Emerson and now this! Wicked sense of humor

John Kerry has. He's such a smartass and that's just one of the things I love about him.

Nothing quite so entertaining as Kerry unleashed.

[depakid]

14. 36% are batshit crazy

Maybe that's why I keep hearing so many bizarre stories coming out of Ohio.

[IronLionZion]

15. There's something in the water in Ohio, it even catches on fire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River

which may explain the 36% of Ohioans who hate themselves.

I hope Brown wins the Senate election too.

[wisteria]

16. I have my fingers crossed. Blackwell does not deserve to be rewarded

for his underhanded smears and tactics in the 2004 election. Actually, Strickland is the better candidate.