AP Gives Credence to Ill. Gov. Quinn's Claim of 'Mandate' Despite

Tom Blumer
It's strange how this "mandate" thing works, at least at the Associated Press. In Ohio, Republican John Kasich defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Ted Strickland on Tuesday with a victory margin of about 2.5%, or almost 100,000 votes. Strickland is the first incumbent Buckeye State governor to lose a reelection bid since Democrat John Gilligan lost to Republican Jim Rhodes in 1974. In that…