ATHENS – Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland thinks that for many people American politics have become a blood sport.

“There is polarization in our politics, but there doesn’t have to be hate,” he told the Ohio University chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Tuesday night at OU’s Schoonover Center. “I think for many people it has become a blood sport, and there’s too much hate.”

Speaking with the group of journalism students, Strickland offered a candid assessment of his successor as Ohio governor, John Kasich, his thoughts on the state of the country, his failed bid […]