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OilemFirchen

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21. There's a Purity Partier attempting to take out Ohio Senatorial candidate Ted Strickland.
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 06:48 PM
Dec 2015

The parallels to the Presidential race are sadly similar - Strickland, former Governor and well-respected Democratic Party stalwart is being primaried by P.G. Sittenfeld, a Cincinnati Councilman. Strickland has been endorsed by damned-near everybody, including the state Party and Sherrod Brown. The angry and vociferous Sittenfeld supporters ostensibly have a beef with Strickland's working-class constituents, many of whom come from the coal country of Southeastern Ohio, but their actual animosity comes from Strickland's Establishment bona fides and support and, moreso, his utter indifference to their candidate and themselves.

Said supporters are a clear minority, but they're attempting to create a rift within the Party that serves no purpose other than to weaken Strickland's chances against Portman. This would (and should) be an important pickup, one that'll be challenging enough for Strickland.

See if this sounds familiar:

http://wvxu.org/post/topsy-turvy-world-strickland-sittenfeld-race#stream/0

Sometimes, it almost seems as if the Sittenfeld campaign is spending more time running against the Ohio Democratic Party than against Strickland.

Dale Butland, a long-time veteran of Ohio politics and Sittenfeld’s campaign spokesman, said the campaign’s only beef with Strickland is that he is “playing rope-a-dope” – in other words, he’s acting like a boxer just taking body blows and hope that his opponent wears himself out and that he can throw a knock-out punch.
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Sittenfeld wants them to focus on the following topics – jobs and the economy, Social Security and Medicare, education and student loan debt, civil rights, trade agreements and foreign policy, and why each candidate thinks he would be the strongest to run against Portma.(sic)

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A Quinnipiac University Poll in June had Strickland up by six percentage points on Portman – down a bit from the nine point lead the former governor had in April. But Portman led Sittenfeld with 49 percent to the Cincinnati council member’s 24 percent.

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. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #1
My Congressman, Keith Ellison. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #2
ah, yes enid602 Dec 2015 #10
You got a problem with Ellison? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #11
keith enid602 Dec 2015 #12
I don't think it's odd at all. abakan Dec 2015 #3
clothes enid602 Dec 2015 #7
:-) NurseJackie Dec 2015 #30
I've met all of the Senate candidates...I'd say none. brooklynite Dec 2015 #4
"If Sanders wins, we're in trouble" - And to that Berniestas say "GOOD!" baldguy Dec 2015 #25
Is meeting Senate candidates part of your job? NT Eric J in MN Dec 2015 #29
thanks for asking. One wonders. Hiraeth Dec 2015 #31
Interesting question. LWolf Dec 2015 #5
more importantly bigtree Dec 2015 #6
infiltrate enid602 Dec 2015 #8
We've been gerrymandered since 2010. mmonk Dec 2015 #9
played enid602 Dec 2015 #14
Since well before 2010. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #15
It's hard to get anyone to run in some districts mmonk Dec 2015 #17
election enid602 Dec 2015 #19
There is no coalition. Nt NCTraveler Dec 2015 #13
personality enid602 Dec 2015 #16
Coalitions are being built. They take time. mmonk Dec 2015 #18
DWS tombstone epitaph: I killed the 50 state strategy nt msongs Dec 2015 #20
There's a Purity Partier attempting to take out Ohio Senatorial candidate Ted Strickland. OilemFirchen Dec 2015 #21
purity enid602 Dec 2015 #22
I know Strickland; I know the Party Chair. I'm not worried. brooklynite Dec 2015 #23
I'm not worried, either. OilemFirchen Dec 2015 #24
The entire progressive caucus. onecaliberal Dec 2015 #26
maybe they should endorse him enid602 Dec 2015 #27
Maybe they're waiting for the primary to be done. onecaliberal Dec 2015 #28
Clinton will give us more Corporate Democrats (just what we need more of). n/t Skwmom Dec 2015 #32
tragic enid602 Dec 2015 #33
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