Is Portman under threat from his right? I was reading earlier about a primary challenger who is self-funded and is up on the air already. Might dent his huge cash haul slightly fending that off.
Mind you, he’s not the only one. Ayotte has a conservative self-funding challenger, and Grayson in KY is also under threat from a well funded outsider conservative. NY-23 is moving to the Senate!
I don’t know why. Portman seems like a solid conservative, Ayotte seems to be doing well in New Hampshire. Grayson and Rand Paul both seem to be strong in Kentucky.
Sean, my point is that the “outsider, more conservative” label is a strong one, even against solid conservatives. And with Hoffman defeating Dede (although falling short) and Rubio picking up steam agsint Crist, that’s only likely to continue.
“Is Portman under threat from his right?” Yes, both from within the party and an Independent candidate. I actually donated to Mr. Portman, but not everybody in my household is on board. Mr. Portman is at least much better than a quazi-GOP clowns in our state party.
November 11th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Looks good.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Dems are sinking for sure, far too much skepticism over their leadership already. Time for Kasich to rise to the challenge.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Rep Kasich is the man! Great to have him in the Gov’s mansion!
November 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Hopefully Quinnipiac will have numbers on the Senate race soon. Kasic and Portman could be looking strong for next year.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Excellent news. Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’…
November 11th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
‘Keep those doggies rollin. Rawhide!!
November 11th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Is Portman under threat from his right? I was reading earlier about a primary challenger who is self-funded and is up on the air already. Might dent his huge cash haul slightly fending that off.
Mind you, he’s not the only one. Ayotte has a conservative self-funding challenger, and Grayson in KY is also under threat from a well funded outsider conservative. NY-23 is moving to the Senate!
November 11th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
“NY-23 is moving to the Senate!”
I don’t know why. Portman seems like a solid conservative, Ayotte seems to be doing well in New Hampshire. Grayson and Rand Paul both seem to be strong in Kentucky.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Go Kasich!!
November 11th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Sean, my point is that the “outsider, more conservative” label is a strong one, even against solid conservatives. And with Hoffman defeating Dede (although falling short) and Rubio picking up steam agsint Crist, that’s only likely to continue.
November 12th, 2009 at 5:05 am
“Is Portman under threat from his right?” Yes, both from within the party and an Independent candidate. I actually donated to Mr. Portman, but not everybody in my household is on board. Mr. Portman is at least much better than a quazi-GOP clowns in our state party.