Kansas is bad, Ohio is worse.

Governor Sebelius has done about every thing possible to destroy the Kansas economy, but Ohio is even worse. While Gov. Sebelius has seen employment in the private sector drop, she can still claim employment gains since she has increased the size of government. Same thing happened in Ohio. If we are not careful, Kansas will be following in Ohio's footsteps.

The Self-Inflicted Economic Death of Ohio

Once known as the Mother of Presidents, Ohio is now getting poorer, older and dumber – and making all the wrong moves to reverse the situation.

And that may actually be a plus for Barack Obama. His party is finding that lofty, vague promises of change combined with high-spending, high-tax, welfare state-ish policies are a political winner in the state. How else to explain why Gov. Ted Strickland's approval ratings are in the mid-50s or why Democrats may even win control of the state House for the first time in 14 years?