In the latest Rasmussen poll thats being reported widely on Ohio blogs Sherrod Brown is surging ahead of Mike DeWHine after their first debate on Meet The Press on last Sunday. Brown now leads 49% to 41%. While DeWHine is still stuck around 40% for months Brown is close to hitting 50% mark.
Brown has also come up with a great TV ad hitting hard DeWHine on 9/11 doctored images, WMDs, missed intell mettings, etc. Checkout the great ad at: http://www.youtube.com/...
There is one other great ad in which a soldier's mother talks about Brown. Watch the ad at: http://www.youtube.com/...
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In other great news from Ohio, Ted Strickland is destroying Blackwell in fundraising. Strickland raised $2.28 million in September while Blackwell got $1.12 mill. Ted Strickland has $9.75M cash on hand!
All other statewide democratic candidates have improved their September fundraising compared to previous months. The SoS candidate Jennifer Brunner is even with her opponent in CoH. The State Treasure candidate Richard Cordray is way ahead of his opponent and has $1.7 mill CoH. The candidate for Auditor, Barbara Sykes has $720K CoH while her rethug opponent has only about $20K CoH. All three democrats ahead of their rethug opponents in recent polls. The AG candidate Marc Dann has also improved his fund raising and only few points behind Betty Montgomery in polls.
In the latest University of Cincinnati Ohio Poll, Democrats lead rethugs in almost every category.
Democrats Republican
Job Creation in Ohio 51% 29%
Ohio Economy 51% 31%
Education 51% 28%
Corruption 45% 25%
State Govt Spending 47% 33%
State Taxes 46% 37%
Illegal Immigration 36% 35%
Crime in Ohio 31% 36%
Only 19% rate Ohio economy good while 82% rate it as fair/poor. With these astounding numbers it should be a great election night for Ohio Democrats.