Let’s start the day with some good news. Here are some new results from a Quinnipiac University poll —
Ohio voters support 57 – 32 percent the repeal of SB 5, the centerpiece of Gov. John Kasich’s legislative program, as the margin against the governor’s measure has almost doubled in the last month, from 51 – 38 percent for repeal September 27, a 13-point margin, to a 25-point margin in today’s Quinnipiac University poll.
Gov. Kasich’s standing is in the same negative neighborhood as SB 5, with Ohio voters disapproving of his job performance 52 – 36 percent, down from 49 – 40 percent disapproval in September’s survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.
“With two weeks until Election Day, the opponents of SB 5 have strong reason to be optimistic,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “The opponents had seen their 24-point margin in July close over the summer and early autumn. As we enter the home stretch, however, they have once again taken a commanding lead. Except for Republicans, just about every demographic group favors repealing the law.”
You rock, Ohio.
This is Ohio, the home of Kenneth Blackwell, so I’ll wait the full 2 weeks before I cheer.
You can’t recount your chickens if they’re electronically hatched.
And it ain’t over until the fat lady does whatever it is fat ladies do – which one might think is eat, but apparently they like to sing, too.*
*And I”m casting no aspersions here since no one has ever confused me for a male version of Twiggy.
“Except for Republicans…” Asked a friend of mine the other day if she was still a Republican (given the incomprehensible behavior of same lately.) Her answer was yes, followed by a spiel lifted word for word from Limbaugh at which point a light went off in my head. It’s not that Republicans are semi-conscious, stupid, uninformed, ovine-like, or misguided – they’re Limbaughites.
Limbaughlights
We can keep praying that the 57 – 32 margin holds, or we can Get Out The Vote.
VOTE OHIO
@Felicity – they’re programmed. They just repeat what’s been pumped into their heads. It actually oozes out of their pores. I realized some months ago that there is an entire population of zombies running around in our midst. They’re not dangerous yet, but they will be when things get bad.
Like any automaton, they’re fairly easy to either ignore or argue with, if you want to waste the energy. Their message is uniform, and by now we’ve heard it in all its variants.