Picking a celebrity moderate Republican with no experience who can run to be governor just torches all expectations for the Republican gubernatorial primary.
Is Tressel qualified to be governor? Of course not.
Is an unqualified football coach better than a Maga true believer, I think yes.
Given that he was fundraising for Moreno and the Ohio GOP were trying to get him to run for Senate in 2018, I'm worried that "moderate Republican" is not an accurate term for what he'd be.
I haven't had any association with him in years, but he was always an old fashioned Catholic Republican when I lived in Youngstown. Sent his kids to public schools and backed more school funding at every level.
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There are no moderate Republicans in office. Picking a Democrat just poisons that Democrat for everyone.
Is Tressel qualified to be governor? Of course not.
Is an unqualified football coach better than a Maga true believer, I think yes.
Committed fraud in business, lied to law enforcement, fired from prior job, friends with criminals