Strickland and Dems out of answers

I have been too busy with work related stuff to post here regularly (if you are interested in contriuting to the site please drop me a note) but wanted to note this incredibly lame response to John Kasich.  Here is the article in the Vindy:

When asked later about Strickland, Kasich said: “There isn’t much to talk about there. I’m not worried about him. He’s been no leader, no leadership.”

In response, Seth Bringham, spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party, told the newspaper that the governor “is working every day to create jobs and pull us out of the economic mess that was created by the Wall Street greed that John Kasich was a part of as managing director of Lehman Brothers.”

This is lame on so many levels:

1. Who cares if Strickland is working every day?  It ain’t working people!  Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost while Governor Strickland has been “working” on the problem.  Maybe we need someone else to work on it?
2. The idea that the economic downturn was primarily created by greed on Wall Street is laughable; and unhelpful.  Has greed been absent previously and suddenly a breakout caused the downturn?  Prior to the fall of the Lehman Brothers was Ohio growing and creating jobs?  Does this accusation even offer an over-simplified explanation of the problems we face.  Um, no.  This is just a desperate attempt to repeat a already worn out non sequitor.
3. And the idea that Kasich played some instrumental role in Lehman Brothers’ problems is also far fetched.  As has been pointed out frequently, Kasich was a rather small cog in the large machine.  Any connection between his work and the larger financial crisis is rather silly.  Decisions that led to the problems were at a much higher pay grad than Kasich’s and were unrelated to his focus.

It all comes back to the fundamental problem the Democrats have: they really don’t understand economic development and growth.  Their answer is always more government control, stronger unions, more regulations, more “investment” in public projects, etc. If asked why it isn’t working the answer is that we haven’t tried hard enough.

And that is why they are so desperate to smear Kasich.  He represents something they fear.  A charismatic and convincing leader who is rejecting the status quo; who understands that Ohio has to make serious changes if it is to be competitive.  And they know that this economic downturn is exactly the type of environment that could cause voters – particularly independents – to give Kasich a chance to lead after years of stagnation and excuse making.

So keep up the lame responses, Democrats.  But be surprised if voters decline to buy them.