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Friday, September 3, 2010
Poll: Ohio voters don’t want Boehner for House Speaker
They wouldn’t actually get to vote on it, but Ohio likely voters don’t think much of the idea of U.S. Rep. John Boehner, R-West Chester, becoming Speaker of the U.S. House if Republicans win control of the House in the Nov. 2 election, according to a poll released on Friday, Sept. 3.
The poll from Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, N.C. found that just 28 percent of Boehner’s home state voters want him to become Speaker if the GOP takes over the House, with 44 percent preferring “someone else.”
Republican voters back Boehner for Speaker, but just by a 54-15 spread. Democrats, who don’t want a Republican majority to start with, oppose Boehner, 73-6 percent,while independents oppose him, 41-22 percent.
Boehner currently is House Minority Leader and is expected to be chosen Speaker if Republicans take over the House from the Democrats as several analysts now are predicting.
The poll also found that Republicans lead Democrats, 47-41 percent on a generic ballot for U.S. House seats.
However, just 29 percent of Ohio voters approve of the direction of the GOP while 55 percent disapprove.
That suggests that the generic preference for the GOP is a vote for change, not affirmation of GOP policies or a mandate, an analysis of the poll said.
The poll was taken by automated phone calls from Friday, Aug. 27 to Sunday, Aug. 29 with 474 likely voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percent
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TweetStrickland to join VP Biden in Toledo on Labor Day
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland plans to join Vice President Joe Biden in Toledo on Labor Day, Sept. 6, for the annual Labor Day parade and other “festivities,” Strickland’s campaign announced.
Strickland’s campaign said the governor would be at the parade festival at 9 a.m.
President Barack Obama, meanwhile, is expected to be in Milwaukee for Labor Day festivities as the campaigns for the Nov. 2 election shift into high gear.
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Tweet“Crystal Ball” forecasts bad news for Fisher, Dems
Political scientist Larry Sabato’s “Crystal Ball” historically has been a good predictor and that could be bad news for Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and other Democrats, both in Ohio and across the country.
Sabato, from the University of Virginia, on Thursday, Sept. 2, moved the Ohio U.S. Senate race from “toss-up” to “lean Republican.” The Republican candidate is former U.S. Rep. Rob Portman of the Cincinnati-area who’s running against Fisher.
Jennifer Duffy, senior editor for the Cook Political Report, also moved the Ohio U.S. Senate race from “toss-up” to “lean Republican.” Portman’s lead has been widening in recent polls. The average of his lead in recent polls is 6.7 percent, according to RealClearPolitics.
Sabato also forecast that Republicans would pick up from eight to nine U.S. Senate seats, short of the 10 the GOP needs to take over the Senate.
However, Sabato forecast that Republicans would add 47 U.S. House seats, more than the 40 they need to take over the House. As many as six Ohio U.S. House seats now held by Democrats - none in the Dayton area - are in play and could be among those picked up by Republicans.
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Tweet“Revolt Spending Tour” headed to Dayton on Friday; Rep. Seth Morgan, Tea Party leader to speak
The National Revolt Spending Tour, with support from the Dayton Tea Party, will stop at Courthouse Square in Dayton on Friday, Sept. 3, from 5:30-6 p.m.
“Our nation is on the brink of fiscal suicide,” Rob Scott, founder and president of the Dayton Tea Party, said in a press release. “The tour is raising awareness and advocating government to reign in out-of-control spending.”
Scott and state Rep. Seth Morgan, R-Huber Heights, will speak.
The tour is a “broad coalition of taxpayers, business owners, women, families and policy organizations focused on breaking the cycle of spending dependency in Washington, D.C.,” the press release said.
Scott is to hold a press availability at 4:30 p.m., a separate release said.
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