Standing in stark contrast to the breathless day-by-day reviews of where Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be in New Hampshire in the coming weeks and what his PR handlers are telling go-along reporters about his chances to become the presidential pick of Republicans next year, The Toledo Blade has shown itself willing on more than one occasion to deliver the kind of blunt and candid assessments of Mr. Kasich’s leadership The Columbus Dispatch and Cleveland Plain Dealer appear politically freighted to do in any meaningful way.

In a Sunday editorial called “Mr. Kasich’s leadership,” The Blade delivered a 752-word […]