Ill Wind Blowing Against Rethugs In Ohio

The battle in Ohio over restoring collective bargaining rights for public employees by repealing a recent state law is causing right-wing Rethuglican Gov. Kasich some severe shrinkage in the polls -- 54% of Ohioans disapprove of him. The issue has been placed on the November 8 ballot, and there is strong public support for repealing the unpopular law (57% oppose it) that was championed by union-busting Rethug politicians and their corporate bosses. As this article notes,

"The law’s diminishing poll numbers have coincided with a decline in the approval ratings of Republican Gov. John R. Kasich, the measure’s most visible proponent. The drop is coming as the law’s union-led opponents have waged an energetic campaign against a measure that they say represents an overreach by the state’s Republican political leaders."

Overreaching seems to be in the DNA of right-wing, teabagging Rethuglican Governors (see Wisconsin, Michigan and Florida, also). The upshot of this overreach in Ohio may be to improve President Obama's chances to carry the state in 2012, along with other Dems. One can only hope.