Here in Ohio we have a Democratic candidate for governor who seems to have the corner on the running amuck category. Of course our newspapers and television media blurt about FitzGeralds problems day and night. Punishing letters to the editor are published scolding the candidate and the Democratic party for the general awfulness of the candidate situation.
In Ohio as in many other states the only election that is any real test of voter strength is the statewide ballot. Governor, Senate and statewide ballot issues. We shouldn't worry about the awfulness of the defeats at the congressional level because those districts are gerrymandered. Those aren't real elections. When a candidate gets up before his crowd and announces his "win" he should feel shame for having perpetuated another voting fraud.
Democrats living in these grossly over-gerrymandered districts can only hope for their friends and neighbors to grow tired of casting a mock vote for a candidate who can not lose. Wouldn't you think that the voters would also feel some shame for not objecting to the overall unfairness of gerrymandered districts?
But there is a small beacon of hope on the horizon:
In 2012 Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown won his relection bid against Republican Josh Mandel with a few hundred thousand votes to spare - 327,022 to be exact.
In the same 2012 election, President Barack Obama won his relection bid in Ohio with 2,827,709 votes. Mitt Romney lost Ohio.
In the 2010 election for Governor, Ted Strickland garnered 1,812,059 votes and his opponent John Kasich garnered 1,889,186. Kasich only won by 77,127 votes. Two years later, Sen Brown's 2012 victory exceeded the Kasich win by 249,895 votes.
The fact Ohio can and often does elect a Democratic candidate statewide gives me hope that Ed FitzGerald - well - I won't say he can win - but I will say if he loses it won't be an enormous loss.
The link for the real Ed FitzGerald website - the one he owns -
If you must see more dirty tricks Republicans are up to check out their FAKE FitzGerald website.
