COLUMBUS, OH- In a battleground state like Ohio, any shift in political moods will have a national impact. With recent polls suggesting a dead heat (Quinnipac University 11/5-9) in the 2010 Governor’s race between current Governor Ted Strickland (D) and former U.S. Rep. John Kasich (R) political experts are predicting a long tough campaign that will turn negative.
“It will be a muddy race. Because neither candidate will want to talk about the future, they will want to talk about each other. And the reason is that the future is rather dire from a economic point of view,” says Columbus Dispatch Senior Editor Joe Hallett.
Speaking to Fox News one on one, Governor Strickland says, “Any incumbent is going to have some difficulty” and that “I am not responsible for the recession.”
While former U.S. Congressman and former Fox News host John Kasich says, “This is not about this guy, (Gov. Strickland) he had his chance. We have lost hundreds of thousands of jobs.”
Watch segments of their interviews with Fox News Correspondent Steve Brown as they make the case for Ohio’s top job.