Not since the 1900 Presidential election, when voters had to choose between war-monger McKinley and Darwin-denier William Jennings Bryan, have the two major parties presented American voters with such unpalatable opponents in a single race as in this year's Ohio gubernatorial contest. Not to get melodramatic, but I'd put the choice between corruption-kingpin Ted Strickland and ex-Lehman executive John Kasich up there with the quandry after the Chicxulub asteroid impact in 65000000 BC, when Stegasaurs had to decide between breathing poisonous sulfuric air or jumping into a forest fire. Ohio voters aren't asked to hold our noses this year, we're warned to enter the voting booth in full-body hazmat suits.
Yet one thing is clear: The victor won't be Democrat Strickland. Reuters/IPSOS has entered the Ohio polling game, showing Kasich in the lead by nine points, 48-39, with only twelve weeks to go: http://www.reuters.com/... Strickland hasn't led in the race in a legitimate poll (outside the margin of error) since May of 2009. It's over.