national midterm, that s a quote from you. how so larry? ohio has long since been the bellwether of the country, almost always gone in the same way as the country in terms of picking the presidential nominee. i would say today they re more republican than average nationally, but they are still competitive enough so that we always look to ohio as one of the great cross roads of american politics. that s going to prove true this november as well, in their governor s race and especially the senate race that you just cited. blake: let s talk about the senate race that s likely to shape up come november. jim got to get through the primary not expected to have any troubles and sharon brown who is the incumbent. you have it right now as leaning democrat, the incumbent keeping his job. does he have a chance to close the gap and if so, how might president trump factor into all of this? he absolutely has a chance, a