Gov. John Kasich's 2012 State of the State Address
The backdrop to Gov. Kasich's approximately 1 hour and 23-minute speech was huge state flag, which was given to the school by the governor when the event, a joint convention of the Ohio General Assembly, was adjourned. Credit: John Michael Spinelli
- The backdrop to Gov. Kasich's approximately 1 hour and 23-minute speech was huge state flag, which was given to the school by the governor when the event, a joint convention of the Ohio General Assembly, was adjourned.
- Members of the legislature, agency officials, major and minor political figures, the media and other ticket holders sat on the main floor. One protester disrupted the governor's remarks when he started talking about hydraulic fracking.
- Members of the media, including CGE, were assigned seats in the back of the main auditorium. Media selection was handled by the Ohio House of Representatives when Gov. Kasich moved the location of the address from the Ohio Statehouse to Steubenville.
- The sign speaks volumes to what some polls say is the buyers remorse many voters have for putting Kasich in office by fewer just north of 77,000 votes statewide in 2010, when he defeated former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.
- This protester's sign reminds viewers that Kasich, before he was elected governor and after he had served in Congress in the House for 18 years, was a high-profile managing director for Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers.
- Unlike Wisconsin, where Gov. Kasich political alter-ego Scott Walker finds himself in another election to stay in office, Ohio has no provision to recall any statewide office holder, including governor.
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