Ohio Governor Bob Taft: Is He Gone Yet?

From the Ohio State Sentinel:

Campaigning has already begun for Ohio’s next governor’s race. Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman and Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell have left the gates a bit early to try to capture the support of Ohioans. This early campaigning is likely to pay off for the candidates, because no matter who is running in 2006, Ohioans will choose just about anyone who isn’t Bob Taft.

Governor Taft has watched his political career take one of the largest falls from grace in recent history. The state currently holds a $720 million deficit. In a recent approval rating survey, Bob Taft held the bottom spot, making him the most disliked governor in all 50 U.S. states. It is safe to say that Taft has become the most hated man in Ohio—from Democrats to Republicans, Taft just can’t win. In friendly circles, even those with the most conservative influences, just a mention of Bob Taft’s name could result in week-long debates over who dislikes him more.

Taft’s popularity could not be lower, and now it seems he has driven the final nail into his own political coffin. After creating one of the largest deficits in state history, Taft is searching for a way out, and that way out is increasing the consumption tax, better known to all as the “sin tax.”

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My Comments:
Is Bob Taft gone yet? Not quite. But just so long as he's gone by the time I get to Ohio, or shortly thereafter. And he can take Ohio's RINO Senators, Mike DeWine and George Voinovich, with him.

Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is my man for Governor of Ohio.