Portman vs. Strickland

Posted on April 3, 2015 by kinmanr

As the 2016 Presidential Campaign is starting to take off, another important race is kicking off for Ohioans. The 2016 Senatorial race, where Rob Portman as the incumbent and Ted Strickland as the challenger. In Cleveland.com article about Rob Portman re-election talks about the amount of money already raised by Portman. The article talks about how Portman has already raised 8 million dollars for his re-election race. The article talks about how Strickland just recently made his bid for the Democrat’s Senator place. What makes this race unique is that Strickland is not new to the an important job as he once was the Governor of Ohio. This race will both have name recognition, Portman as the sitting senator and Strickland as the former governor. If Strickland wins the Democrat bid, this will be a close race because Clinton just backed Strickland which will lead to many more fundraising money. This race will be less about name recognition and more about Strickland defending what he did as governor and Portman pushing he is better than Strickland.

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One Response to Portman vs. Strickland

  1. dcarden says:
    April 6, 2015 at 5:28 pm

    “Rob Portman has $8 million for his re-election race, and 19 months to raise lots more” is the headline of the article. Candidates are sold to the highest bidder. Eight million dollars is more money that I will earn in a dozen lifetimes! Our textbook states on page 341 that short-term goals (often linked to news events) were tied to appeals for fundraising. This seems to be part of Portman’s strategy- give me money to get rid of this scourge named Strickland. This quote from the article stood out to me: This is the statement from U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s campaign manager, Corry Bliss, who announced those sums: “We’ve seen an incredible outpouring of support for Rob around Ohio and throughout the country. Rob Portman’s fight to expand opportunity for all Ohio workers is gaining momentum and it’s clear that most Ohioans don’t want to relive the Strickland era when over 350,000 jobs disappeared from the state.” Are hard-working Ohioians going to fall for this rhetoric? Here is the stock speech for candidates in the Heartland: “I am all about the common man and middle class economics” on the campaign trail, but when the special interest groups call, they always answer the phone. $ame $ong, $ame dance. We voters and workers have heard it all before. ~Debbie

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