By Jim

August 1, 2011 8:25 PM | Link to this

Kasich will be using the lease of the turnpike to rebuild the infrastructure in Ohio….. this is TONS of new jobs. The AFLCIO is fighting this with every dollar to stop Kasich and SB5. If they lose, Ohio will simply have more jobs and the taxpayers won’t be subsidizing their unions. Just sayin….

By danby

July 30, 2011 10:16 PM | Link to this

SB5 is only the beginning of what is to come in the future. Kasich’s mandate is all in his head. He was simply a better choice than his predecessor. All career politicians are only there for the prestige and feathering their own nest. No one should be in public service with their own agenda in mind. They are elected to serve the people not themselves.

By Hmmmmm

July 29, 2011 6:04 PM | Link to this

Looks like Squirrelly doesn’t want to talk about her true hero, Rupert Murdoch, the one ultimately responsible for her incredibly long and boring list of FOX talking points. Just ignore it and it will all blow over… yeah.

By Hmmmmmmm

July 26, 2011 4:59 PM | Link to this

Blah-blah-blah, same old cra(p)ola. Haven’t you got anything new to talk about? How about what’s happening with YOUR hero, Rupert Murdoch, the guy who says it’s okay to hack into dead/missing people’s emails? But you haven’t heard too much about that since they’re not reporting anything on FOX about it other to say it’s all lies… Squirrely, have you noticed that your other boy, Glenn Beck got himself fired from FOX TV (FINALLY!) I’ll bet you hung on his every word. Can’t wait to hear what you say about Murdoch… Oh wait, it’ll be more: “All LIES”, “Brazilian Oil contracts”, “teleprompter”, “Rev. Wright”, blah-blah-blah. Zip it.

By Squirrellygirl

July 26, 2011 10:23 AM | Link to this

I forgot to add to Holder’s list of bad stuff that he protected the Black Panthers (who interfered with elections, standing outside threatening people standing in line waiting to vote, the same election Obama was elected for President) from prosecution. Holder refused to prosecute people of color, and the Black Panthers, although caught on video tape waiving a batton and yelling threats at people in line waiting to vote while the black panthers were dressed in military garb including military boots and battons. Have YOU seen this video, too? This is how Obama got elected for president, didn’t you know that?

By Squirrellygirl

July 26, 2011 10:07 AM | Link to this

Hmmm said: “The reason you never heard of Soros, Cass Sunstein, etc., before President Obama was elected is because you now have your tv and/or radio tuned to FOXNoise or Rush Limbaugh 24/7.” These are people Obama has associated with regardless of what news stations I listen to. Who or what I watch has nothing to do with Obama and George Soros (a Jew who hates Jews who assisted Hitler during Holocaust, who has destroyed currencies of several other countries prior to eyeing our country and buying/ contributing/ manipulating our mainstream media and many communist/socialist/ marxist community organizations), or Obama and Cass Sustein (regulatory czar who is refusing to grant deep water oil drilling permits, causing oil rigs to depart America with their jobs for Brazil and other countries that are more willing), Obama and Bill Ayers (who wants to kill 25 million americans who refuse to be reeducated to socialism, and who allowed Obama to start his political career at his residence), or Obama and Rev Wright (a “man of the cloth” who said “G D America!” and whose church Obama attended for over 20 years), or Obama and Van Jones (communist who Obama appointed as green manufacturing czar), or Obama and Holdren (another Obama appointed czar who wants to SECRETLY sterilize our water supply), or Obama and Holder (who pushed for terrorist trials here in U.S. instead of via Military trial, who pushed for Muslim mosque to be built where radical Muslims brought town NY Twin Towers, who also pushed for illegal immigrants rights, who also was at the head of fast and furious who gave guns to illegal aliens through that program which ended up killing a border patrol cop), or Obama and … you get the idea? The point is, I don’t personally know any communists, socialists, marxists, black panthers, left wing radicals, terrorists, (well…the list goes on), and wonder why and how other Americans can feel secure with someone like Obama with his questionable affiliates ruling our country and turning us into a 3rd world country in one term as president.

By Hmmmmm

July 25, 2011 5:19 PM | Link to this

@Squirrellygirl, no I am not “Karon”. Funny how you think everyone is “lying”, because you were at a Tea Party and didn’t see the same thing as Mike. Maybe he was at a different one? Yes indeed, everyone but YOU is in the wrong, all the time. The reason you never heard of Soros, Cass Sunstein, etc., before President Obama was elected is because you now have your tv and/or radio tuned to FOXNoise or Rush Limbaugh 24/7. Now you’re the EXPERT because Glenn, Sean, Bill-O & company have transmitted continuous waves of propaganda at you for months. Aren’t you tired of lying awake at night pulling the covers over your head and hugging your worn-out teddy bear all the while FOX blares in the background about the latest “socialist/Marxist” transgression that is blamed on Obama and the Democrats? If you PRAY, why WORRY? If you WORRY, why bother PRAYING? Lack of faith seems to be your dilemma, leaving you with all this FEAR. Come towards the light, Squirrelly!

By Squirrellygirl

July 25, 2011 11:04 AM | Link to this

Hey, Average Mike, I went to a tea party gathering (it was at the Nutter Center). Which one did you go to? I doubt you went because when I went, everyone wasn’t over 60 and everyone wasn’t white. So you are obviously lying. Just sayin’ that maybe if you want to convince people that you are a Republican that you not lie about stuff like going to a tea party gathering, because we all know you are lying about it. Can’t believe anything this character says. In fact, you sound like “Karen” the train girl. You know…the mental case…

By Squirrellygirl

July 25, 2011 10:50 AM | Link to this

You know what all of this talk reminds me about? Our debt ceiling, and how unpresidential Obama looked on tv last Friday night when he was whining about how Republicans didn’t know how to say “yes” when Obama was the one, we find out, that changed the deal at the last minute to increase revenue. The deal breaker was Obama, not the Republicans. So now we hear that Boehner is working on a deal independent of President Obama. What I would like to see is Boehner’s proposal agreed to by Congress/Senate and then Boehner elected as President in 2012. Now that would be a “change” for the better!

By AverageMikeIsADemocrat

July 25, 2011 10:31 AM | Link to this

To average mike, you are not a republican. You are a poser. You gave yourself away. Give up. You aren’t convincing anybody of anything except that you are too stupid to even pose as a Republican. I think you have to at least have an average IQ to pose as a Republican when you are a Democrat who is addicted to special interest entitlements. You are what you eat, you know, POSER!

By Squirrellygirl

July 25, 2011 10:25 AM | Link to this

Brazilian oil, Cass Sunstein, Van Jones, etc. Until Obama started running for the office of president of the United States of America, I didn’t even know who these people even were. I don’t personally have any communist, socialist, or marxist friends, and I’m not even sure if I have ever even met a communist, marxist, or socialist before. But we can now see the evidence that they do indeed exist, and are active in trying to overthrow our Republic. All of a sudden, our government is full of them. What happened? Obama got himself elected by posing as a centrist. Then he put these people in powerful positions, some of them without being properly vetted. Did Americans fall asleep and let the socialists take over our government? I guess so…but it’s not too late to get rid of them. We need to make it illegal for communists to serve in our government, just like it USE to be before these communists rewrote our laws!

By Squirrellygirl

July 25, 2011 10:13 AM | Link to this

Hmmmm, is that you, Karen? The “train” girl? She blogs under “null” too. No, I’m not paid by anyone to blog. Thanks for the compliment, though. I am still a concerned citizen that Obama’s policies are hurting our Republic. Kasich has done the job he was voted in to do. The unions, the marxists, the socialists, the progressives, the Democrats, whatever you want to call them or whatever name they are going by now, their policies won’t get our country out of trouble, especially with all of the high spending and lack of concern on cutting the deficit of this current administration. At least Kasich is helping our state attract businesses again. As long as this bill isn’t repealed, we are out of the red and back on track. The marxists and unions will do nothing but scare jobs away. If the unions have their way, the public workers will be on unemployment because Kasich has to balance the budget one way or another. Either he can make the better choices up front, or the layoffs will come later. If you repeal the bill, you will get what you deserve.

By East_Side

July 21, 2011 8:04 PM | Link to this

We Are Marxists were successful in getting their repeal signatures. I see some here are into that class warfare. If S.B. 5 gets repealed, public union workers will just go on unemployment. Their benefits will expire, and we’ll here debates on extending unemployment benefits. You know the classic Marxist will say, “if you don’t vote for an extension, you’re not for working families.” S.B. repeal = Let the layoffs begin!

By Jenny

July 21, 2011 3:53 AM | Link to this

Good point I.V…how can we decide who deserves and who does not? I’ll be voting against SB5. Kasich never had a mandate and came on way too strong. He had an opportunity for compromise and never made an attempt. Typical power-hungry politician.

By Independent Voter

July 20, 2011 11:38 PM | Link to this

Voting to repeal SB5. Public employees should have the sames rights as private employees.

By E.BRUCE

July 20, 2011 10:43 PM | Link to this

SB5 has been exposed and the people will be heard in November. Hurting working families isn’t the way to make our state stronger. I have been a Republican all of my life….no more. I relish the thought of voting against Kasich and only wish I could vote against Niehaus, Jones and Batchelder.

By Paul

July 20, 2011 10:38 PM | Link to this

ObamaPropaganda, that’s all it is. NO ONE believes these polls. I’m proud to have Kasich as governor of Ohio. Everybody I work with likes Kasich too, so that proves the point that the liberal media is making up their own polls. Desperation will do that to you, I suppose.

By Hmmmmm?

July 20, 2011 10:30 PM | Link to this

It does seem strange that many of these comments supporting SB5 all touch on the same old talking points… I wonder if SquirrellyGirl gets paid to post the same old blather about Brazilian oil, Cass Sunstein, Van Jones, etc. There are paid trolls on the major blog sites whose only function is to stir the pot and rehash the same old you-know-what. So she’s probably using 5-10 alias names to pound her talking points through. Nice little paycheck? Or is she merely a confused Murdoch accolyte? So what do you think about the phone hacking scandal, SG? Never mind, I already know—-it’s a vast, left wing conspiracy…

By stangbanger

July 20, 2011 8:14 PM | Link to this

I’m a ibew member and our union supports the gov unions and employees who are under attack by kasich.This bill doesnt effect us but we will vote this anti-union bill down.

By null

July 20, 2011 7:58 PM | Link to this

i’m a republican and I am fed up with kasich he is a disgrace and arrogant

By Average Mike

July 20, 2011 7:25 PM | Link to this

I am so ashamed and embarrased of my republican party. I am a registered republican and feel our party needs a major change. In Ohio Kasic is attacking the Middle class, while taking care of his wallstreet and business buddies. Look into who gave to his race. Wallstreeters, Big energy Companies, The Kock brothers, and charter schools. I go to tea party meetings. White, over 60, racist, and selfish is what I see. The tea baggers can’t even get along with each other. The minority tea baggers are taking the republican party and the nation hostage in washington. Republican friends stand up and protect the people not the extremely rich.

By Average Mike

July 20, 2011 7:07 PM | Link to this

I am a registered republican with a catholic background. I am so ashamed of my party and Kaisic. He is attacking the Middle Class to protect his wall street buddies. Also look into who donated to his election. Rich out of state business, energy companies, charter schools, and the anti union Kock brothers. I attend tea party meetings. Everyone is over 60, white, and only care about themselves. The tea party is the far conservitive side of my party. They are small in numbers but large on opinion. Ignore the tea baggers and fellow repubican do the right thing for our public servants.

By null

July 20, 2011 5:58 PM | Link to this

Not all public employees are union members. We have also had furloughs and pay cuts. I pay 10% into my retirement system; you pay 4% into social security. I pay $1500 deductible for a single health insurance account. YOU had bonuses in good years and corporate contributions to your 401K. Public employees never get bonuses…and obviously, in these comments, Republicans never learned spelling or grammar!

By @ Joanie

July 20, 2011 5:05 PM | Link to this

Joanie, you can’t compare the salaries of rank and file police officers with the salaries of America’s highest paid CEO’s. That’s just plain silly. What if I said, the average police officer makes 48K and the average elementary school janitor makes 12K. How can those crooked cops expect to make 4 times as much as the janitor? Get the point Joanie? Your claim is just plain silly! Do you really think those police officers aren’t corrupt? : )

By Todd "Carlin Audio" Jackson

July 20, 2011 5:02 PM | Link to this

The governor is an extremist. Even too extreme for conservative frumpy old Ohio. Just another teabagger nutcase.

By null

July 20, 2011 4:56 PM | Link to this

Two comments Joanie: First) The average you quote is for the top 250 CEO’s in America. That’s out of hundreds of thousands of CEO’s. There are over 100 CEO’s in Middletown OH, and only a couple of them make more than 1 million annually. MOST of them make less than 250K. Nice try! Did the Union pay you to post that hogwash? Second) According to the US CONSTITUTION, the salaries of Privately held Corporate Executives is NO BUSINESS of the Federal Government. Are you a Communist too?

By Joanie

July 20, 2011 4:45 PM | Link to this

When the average salary of a policeman is $48,00 per year and the average salary of a CEO is over $9 million per year, the statement that unions abuse power is pretty hard to swallow. Unions are corrupt? Prove it. Do you really think corporations and politicians aren’t corrupt?

By AverageJoe

July 20, 2011 4:44 PM | Link to this

Carl, since you asked, and since you obviously have NO clue: THE SUPREME COURT RULED ON ABORTION. Congress can not overturn that decision. Have you ever read the Constitution? Never mind, the answer is obvious! If you had, you would realize that the Congress makes the Federal Budget, not the President. Now listen closely: The Republicans controlled Congress AND the budget from 1995 to 2006. In those 12 years they increased the debt 4.03 Trillion, an average of 336 billion per year. The Democrats controlled Congress AND the budget from 2007 through 2010. In those 4 years they increased the budget 6.3 trillion, an average of 1.6 trillion per year. Which party got us in this mess?

By no to SB5

July 20, 2011 3:53 PM | Link to this

I collected signatures and attended the training to ensure they were collected legally. A show of hands revealed that half or more of those attending my training (including me) were not union members. None of the people who signed my petition were union members. If you want to see all the questions and the results, click on the blue words in the above article.

By new teacher

July 20, 2011 3:50 PM | Link to this

How will SB5 create more jobs? I still can’t figure that one out. No where in this bill does it say anything about creating jobs, yet that is all you hear how it will help the economy and create jobs.

By carl

July 20, 2011 3:49 PM | Link to this

GOP is the ones that got this country in this shape.All they care about is getting re-elected at all cost taking corporate pay offs,and for the party.They use all these issues to fire people up.If they were against Abortion,why didnt they get rid of it when they had control for 8 years?

By AverageJoe

July 20, 2011 3:41 PM | Link to this

Thanks Judi. You added a ton of useful information to the discussion. How could we get by without you? Was it the fact that Bush had an unprecedented 52 consecutive months of economic growth that upset you? Was it the fact that Bush held unemployment under 5.5% for over 7 years that upset you? Was it the fact that Bush had 5 consecutive years of declining deficit spending that upset you? Was it the fact that Bush’s largest deficit ever was merely 1/3 of Obama’s smallest? Please tell us so we can understand?

By Judi

July 20, 2011 3:06 PM | Link to this

WOW…from the comments on here (Squirrelygirl’s as usual) you people DESERVE all the h.e.l.l that everyone is going through, thanks to Bush and now the Koch-funded GOP. What an ignorant populace that is left in this state.

By repeal sb5

July 20, 2011 3:02 PM | Link to this

he only used certain provisions because what he did was just insert them into the budget that when they become inseted into the budget it becomes law. it was just a back door way of getting what he wanted. the cutting taxes for the rich is actually an income tax that strickland suspended to balance the budget and it cost the state 800 million dollars. it is just that him and his friends would benefit the most from it and he uses the small business to be his lobbyists becuase if he only allows millionaires to be on the stage with him than it will be obvious who he works for. and i believe merit pay is what he used but offered no way of inacting or any formula to use for teacher pay. this bill simply makes it so that employees pay for future deficits and they dont have to cut from anything else and since it will only affect employees which is a smaller group than the taxpayer there will be less political payback at the polls.

By AverageJoe

July 20, 2011 2:47 PM | Link to this

@ Repeal SB 5.. I can tell you I pay about the same per month as you do. (Around $200.00) I will also tell you that my deductible is $1000 Ea / $4000 per family. I don’t necessarily think you or the teachers are overpaid, but I agree with the other post that the teachers have been shielded from a lot of the cuts everyone else has had to endure. It’s time they give a little back too. Maybe just a 5% cut across the board for every teacher in Ohio. That’s less than I had to take to stay employed. Is that just a harsh reality? For the record, Kasich DID NOT cut any taxes for the rich. That’s a false statement. And, I was under the assumption that Kasich did indeed use provisions of SB5 to balance the budget. Have you heard otherwise? I will do a little research…

By Squirrellygirl

July 20, 2011 2:24 PM | Link to this

How many countries has George Soros manipulated their currencies and caused them to fall? Why is this person even allowed in our country? I agree with everything you said, Mr. Jones. Obama is now up to 1500 waivers for his friends including the unions. These are the very people that want the rest of us to be made (mandatory) to pay for this health care insurance monstrocity bill that was snuck through by this socialist administration. I think GE should be made to pay their fair share of taxes. Just because they are in bed with Obama shouldn’t give them a free ride! But that’s what happens when you have a socialist administration in high government. They will continue to take advantage of the tax payers as long as the tax payers keep voting these infidels into office!

By repeal sb5

July 20, 2011 2:06 PM | Link to this

All of these things minus the cost savings because those went into effect before kascih I have been paying my 8 year career as a corrections officer with a max security prison. I am not a teacher if people are thinking teachers receive too much than tell your elected officials not to crumble when they go on strike. we are not allowed to go on strike. and you say the private sector has been paying the same thing for years…well that sounds like to me this bill is not needed because we are on the same level playing field that JK wants us on. As far as 200 a month for insurnace what were your deductibles because ours are 400 per member and 800 for the family. BEFORE insurance covers things. also the fact that johnny closed an 6 billion gap and cut taxes without sb5 that argument that the state cant have a balanced budget with out is dead too. He is screwing the working class and cutting taxes for the rich class and that is all he stands for eversince his days of bankrupting Lehman Brothers.

By Kelmer Jones

July 20, 2011 1:57 PM | Link to this

I support Kasich certainly alot more than ol Strickland. Strickland helped us get an increase in our Dayton Power and Light bills. Obama wants unions and wants to control unions. I don’t place much value in the Polling Agency for acurate evalutions. I say yes to Kasich and let’s get Obama out of the White House along with Cass Sunstein, no input from Van Jones or George Soros. They all need to be out of our government in D.C. Obama keeps running his mouth about the debt ceiling and how we have to come to a solution. My impression is he wants NO solution. He wants us to fail so we fall to more socialism. We must send him packing for 2012!

By Squirrellygirl

July 20, 2011 1:44 PM | Link to this

There’s a good reason unions are representing less and less workers. Remember the “good” ol’ days when unions made their auto workers strike for higher wages/benefits? Where are those jobs now? People without jobs don’t need unions to represent them. Unions abuse their power, are politically driven, and are corrupt. To “By Repeal SB 5”—you only pay $200/month for your insurance? You are out of touch with reality. Some people in private industry pay a lot more than that for our health insurance. I had to elect inferior insurance because I couldn’t afford the better insurance I use to have. ‘nuff said. SB-5 is here to stay. Too bad you might have to pay a little more for your benefits to catch up with the rest of us. That sounds fair to me. Kasich is drawing jobs to Ohio now, and our state’s credit rating improved. Not bad for the short time Kasich has been in office. Good job!

By null

July 20, 2011 1:38 PM | Link to this

@ Repeal SB 5… all those things you contribute to.. the Private Sector people have been paying for years. That’s the point of the argument. We were all forced to take large cuts and pay higher %’s of our benefits too. The teachers have been shielded from all the cuts thus far. The teachers that respond to me and tell me they went some years without raises will NOT admit to you that they still got step increases. (COLA) It’s time the Public sector take the same measures as the rest of us.

By Jim

July 20, 2011 1:36 PM | Link to this

Well, let work hard to keep SB5 entact. If it should be repealed, it is a vote for socialism and will drive more people out of Ohio. There is really nothing more anti American than unions.

By Repeal SB 5

July 20, 2011 1:28 PM | Link to this

If people who say they suppported this bill knew what was in it, they would change their mind if they was a decent human being. This bill says wages can be negotiated but what they dont say is that at anytime during an imapasse the gov can just impose the last and final offer ( where is negotiating). It also strips away seniority meaning that when people have 25+ years they will be terminated simply for the sake of the budget ( check with former employees of Indiana it happened there). Also at anytime JK or any city manager can declare fiscal emergency and open up and change anything previously agreed to so once again where is the point to even negotiate. And what free benefits do employees get? I pay 200 a month for my health along with any deductibles and copays along with 20% of medical bills. I also am doing it on wages from 3 years ago while getting 3.2 hours taken from every paycheck to pay for my cost savings days. Its not our retirement plan because 400 a month goes from my paycheck to that. This bill also says that the employee will pay AT LEAST 15 % of health care…there is no cap meaning they can just raise it to 50% on a whim and force people to no insurance. And anyone who thinks none of this would happen and that this is just someone being real extreme has not worked for the government that all ready has a powerless union that does not need cut off at the knees.

By JustPeachy

July 20, 2011 1:12 PM | Link to this

A lack of support for SB5 may be partially due to the fact that non-union employees are adversely affected as well and these are the employees that have never received the “union” benefits.

By Squirrellygirl

July 20, 2011 12:41 PM | Link to this

SB-5 ain’t going nowhere. It was necessary to have this bill because unions abused their power. It’s a new day and we actually have a future now in Ohio thanks to Kasich. I love how he is undaunted by political threats. He’s actually DOING his job. Our President Obama could buy a clue from Kasich!

By Jim

July 20, 2011 12:32 PM | Link to this

I can’t wait to see SB5 go down in flames.

By A1Squirrelly

July 20, 2011 12:26 PM | Link to this

“…Gov. Kasich’s name remains mud in the eyes of the Ohio electorate.” Such a nice, unbiased article by DDN (NOT!!!!). Does DDN even KNOW how to report news without showing the authors prejudice against conservatives? I’m convinced that socialists like Obama calling their fellow representatives and followers “enemies” because we disagree with them on policies just about sums it up. There it is. As long as socialists are allowed to represent us in our government, we will be divided as a nation. Kasich is doing the job he was VOTED IN to do. I heard Kasich’s policies have already moved Ohio up the list as a more friendly business environment and he is getting Ohio’s budget out of the red. Kasich for President 2012!

By dagwood

July 20, 2011 12:18 PM | Link to this

I wish the uneducated liberal idiots of this state would actually find out what SB5 is all about. If SB5 is repealed then the tax payers will have no say in what the public unions do or get in the way of pay and free benefits that they get at the tax payers expense.

By TJ

July 20, 2011 12:18 PM | Link to this

actually this mess started with Bob Taff L Berry. When Strickland took over office the State of Ohio was in ruins. It takes more than 4 years to clean up what he did to our state in 8 years.

By dday

July 20, 2011 12:14 PM | Link to this

46 union none of them in a union that sb 5 will effect. I handle the contracts a non union position. What will kasich get out of sb5? Everything he wanted the gov.unions would have have up.

By gom

July 20, 2011 11:59 AM | Link to this

Polls mean little at this point. Kasich is and will be gov for the rest of his term. I’m always amazed that people seem to vote for a candidate who offers “change” and then have second thoughts when the change affects them or someone they know. Kasich isn’t doing anything unexpected based on his compaign promises. You wanted change, you got it. Same with Boehner, voters wanted change from the Dems who they overwhelming elected two years previous. Now they don’t like Boehner because the changes are going to impact them and their pockets. You can’t have it all and not be be willing to pay for it and you can’t complain about spending without being willing accept cuts. Get over it and move on.

By Ben

July 20, 2011 11:33 AM | Link to this

LeftofDayton - I know LOTS of people who couldn’t stomach Strickland and can’t stand Obama. What’s your point? If we repeal SB5 we get what we deserve.

By AverageJoe

July 20, 2011 11:30 AM | Link to this

@DDAY… Just out of curiousity, do all those people that support the repeal of SB5 belong to a Union? That’s like asking the hens if they support killing the fox….

By beam

July 20, 2011 11:24 AM | Link to this

You have to love the left. they do not seem to care about the soundness of our state or country, just if the hand outs keep coming. Standards and Poors has upgraded our debt rating but you don’t hear any libs saying good job. I just hear them yelling, don’t take my ridiculous hand outs that the private sector could never get away with.

By Joker

July 20, 2011 11:21 AM | Link to this

Many people did not do their research and were tricked into voting for Kasich and now regret it. The so called Liberals have this poll. The so called Conservatives have money for commercials on TV. Either way its all a joke.

By CK

July 20, 2011 10:47 AM | Link to this

I participated in this poll. What is not stated in this article is that you had the option to not answer any question. What also is not being reported are the questions asked about the performance of Sherrod Brown and Obama. I wonder what those results are?

By ck

July 20, 2011 10:39 AM | Link to this

I participated in the poll. They don’t state that you didn’t have to answer any question that you don’t want to answer. They also don’t report about all the questions on the poll about Sherrod Brown’s or Obama’s performance. I wonder what those results show.

By dday

July 20, 2011 10:24 AM | Link to this

I’m in a work place with 234 employees that has both management and entry level positions. The majority support the repeal of sb 5 and most regret voting for kasich.

By L Berry

July 20, 2011 9:54 AM | Link to this

Quinnipiac University pols are teh liberal Press’s main reference documents. hey are also biased in favor of Liberals. Governor kasich is fixing the mess left by the one-time Governor Strickland. So Strickland screwed up both the economy and remains a “favorable” Governor by the Quinnipiac University polls. Why? Because he failed Ohioans. But since he didn’t do anything to upset the Unions, the DDn loved him. Look folks, Ohio has a balanced Budget Law. Governor kasich was required by law to submit a Balanced budget. The hard choices were to correct the failues of teh Strickland Administration.

By Doug

July 20, 2011 9:49 AM | Link to this

Average Joe you are correct. SB 5 will go down in landslide.

By Whitey-on-Da-Bus

July 20, 2011 9:30 AM | Link to this

These polls are a travesty. Kasich has done what he said he would, which is better than the President. He has kept his word. Standard & Poor’s ratings services just upgraded Ohio’s debt rating! Liberal media bias always tries to dump on Republicans….even when they are getting the job done.

By jrock

July 20, 2011 9:27 AM | Link to this

Looks like Mr Hershey is bios. I don’t see how this article is helping the tax payers. Maybe if people had more money in their pockets they would be able to afford the DDN to line their bird cages with.

By Dick

July 20, 2011 9:25 AM | Link to this

It isn’t always popular to do the right things. SB5 is a good bill. JK may be a one time governor but we will be the better for it. The State will have a balanced budget and that doesn’t sit well with Tax and Spend Democrats.

By LeftofDayton

July 20, 2011 9:01 AM | Link to this

Kasich makes no apologies for the partisan legislation he signs into law and is very aware that he may be a one term Governor. When you upset the policemen and women, teachers and firefighters, you are going to take some blows politically. I know several conservatives who just can’t reason some of his policies to the point where they’ll be voting for the first time on the democratic side. We will see in November.

By AverageJoe

July 20, 2011 8:38 AM | Link to this

Quinnipiac poll predicted John Kasich didn’t have a chance to get elected over Ted Strickland in Ohio….. What were the questions and how were they presented? I support SB5 although I think it could use a little work. Beyond that, I work in an office of over 100, and nearly everybody supports Kasich and SB5. We’ll see in November.