Gov. Kasich hit the trifecta in Sunday’s Plain Dealer with three upbeat pieces on the opinion pages to get you through those tense moments leading to his State of the State Address in Lima.

The headline “Kasich is thinking big and long term” appeared above Brent Larkin’s paean in which he lauded the governor for turning the state around from a half-century of slogging in reverse.

Just beneath that column was a piece by Tom Suddes that bore the headline, “A Kasich budget Dems could love?” That one suggested he might be able to satisfy wavering Democrats in the legislature.

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