Kasich is hardly as strong of a governor as this election makes him look. FitzGerald was just that weak of a candidate. A one-term County Executive with no prior statewide exposure should never have been the Dems' choice to pit against an incumbent. They could have gone with anyone from Sherrod Brown or Richard Cordray, to Mark Mallory, Tim Ryan or Betty Sutton. Any of them would have made this into a genuine race and not the trainwreck mockery of a campaign season it has turned out to be.
Someone hard-hitting could have easily put Kasich on the run by exposing all of his corrupt and criminal dealing. FitzGerald didn't even bring up SB5 from two years ago!
Also, why not a female candidate? She would have rallied women in this state and taken Kasich to task and made him squirm under scrutiny for his misogyny and attack on women's rights alone.
IMHO, too many botched opportunities by the Ohio state Dems, and now we are stuck with Kasich until 2019. He won't fly as president, though he and Jeb seem to be buddy-buddy enough. He could wind up as a VP candidate on a "Bush III" ticket.
In reality, Kasich should be in prison like Blagojevich, but the BFEE probably have his back. That still doesn't explain Redfern's incompetence as Dem state party chair. He needs to resign immediately and go away somewhere, and never come back. Same with FitzGerald.
Hopefully somebody else will step up who knows how to actually bring something to a fight.
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