Ohio Senator Backs Pence

The audio tape released that has Trump saying those vulgar words about women has left the Republican Party scrambling to decide what to do about him. Many are removing their official support for him, others are vowing to vote for Pence, and many are even demanding he drop out of the race. Of course, the big guy has no intention of dropping out of the race, and this is clearly going to only divide the party further. Many see this as the nail in his coffin; however, this makes things a lot trickier for the other Republicans running for office.

Take Ohio Senator Rob Portman, he is up for re-election and has been able to keep a stable lead over his competition, but there is no doubt this sort of thing could shake up that campaign. Now, I'm not saying this scandal is going to destroy his campaign, I believe he is pretty safe since since his average lead is over 12% and he acted very quickly by removing his support for Trump and backing Pence. This could shake things up around the country though, a politicians move one way or the other could send their voters packing. Not to mention, the growing divide among the party and the lack of moral could seriously effect voter turn out, and the same time the growing animosity towards Trump could improve vote turn out on the Democratic side.

Which ever way you look at this it's bad for Trump and it's bad for the Republican Party, and it's not likely that the debate tonigh is going to help anything.

Sources

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/senate/oh/ohio_senate_portman_vs_strickland-5386.html

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/portman-says-hell-vote-for-pence-instead-of-trump-229393