It’s a fact: Gov. John Kasich and his handlers don’t lose sleep out of fear Ohio media will ever question their well-crafted, but largely false narrative, that Ohio was doing well until Gov. Ted Strickland spent down the state’s emergency fund down to 89 cents for no apparent reason.

The history of Ohio’s troubles can be easily found for anyone who cares to look. It started well before voters elected Ted Strickland by a nearly 2-1 margin in 2006, following GOP pay-to-play politics that was so egregious that voters finally voted Republicans out of power after having controlled it top […]