Obama rally in Columbus on Oct. 17
President Barack Obama will be back in Columbus on Oct. 17 for a big campaign-style rally, a Democratic Party official said this morning.
Today, in Madison, Wisc., in a youth-oriented event, is the first of what the White House is calling "Moving America Forward" organizing rallies. The events are designed to spark a Democratic base that appears less motivated and energized than their GOP counterparts.
More details about the Obama rally in Columbus have not yet been released. This will be the president's 10th visit to Ohio since he took office, and his fourth to Columbus. His other visits have tended to be all or at least partly "official" stops to talk about policy matters; but this one seems to be a pure political organizing rally.
Strickland within margin of error in new Fox poll
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland has closed to within 2 points of GOP challenger John Kasich in a Fox News poll released today, a 4-point gain in just a week.
Kasich's lead is 45-43% in the survey Saturday of 1,000 likely Ohio voters, with 10% undecided. The margin of sample error is plus or minus 3 percentage points in the poll, conducted by Pulse Opinion Research.
The new measure comes on the heels of a Columbus Dispatch/Ohio Newspaper Organization survey published Sunday that showed Kasich up by 4 points.
The former GOP congressman and Fox commentator was ahead by 6 points a week ago, and 5 points two weeks ago in the Fox poll. Kasich's current lead is fueled by a 4-point margin among independent voters.
The latest survey also shows that Republican Rob Portman continues his commanding lead over Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, 50-37%. The ex-congressman from Cincinnati's 13-point margin was the same last week.
Meanwhile, a new Rasmussen Reports survey shows Portman with a 9-point lead, virtually the same as his 8-point margin two weeks before in the same poll. Portman is up 51-42%, the first time he has crossed the 50% barrier, with 6% undecided. A fortnight ago it was 49-41% Portman.
The automated telephone survey of 500 likely Ohio voters was conducted Monday with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. The polling firm is likely to release its new gubernatorial numbers Wednesday. The latest results are here.
The full results of the Fox poll are here.
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