Tim Ryan's centrist campaign against J.D. Vance is tightly focused on signaling his authenticity and independence, writes Philip_Elliott for The D.C. Brief
while promoting parts of the White House’s agenda such as the Inflation Reduction Act. Ryan is pitching tax cuts and ditching anything nearing the Green New Deal. He wants more cops on the streets and fewer people in jail for marijuana. His campaign soundtrack is heavy on country, his standard speech heavy on faith and family. He drops in some Bobby Kennedy for good measure, but there are glimmers of Ronald Reagan’s optimism in there, too.
That’s not to say Ryan’s posture has been universally embraced, even among those who have already voted for him. “He’s more centrist than I am,” Karen Schubert told me in Youngstown on Tuesday. The 62-year-old director for the nonprofit literacy group Lit Youngstown says she would have preferred a more progressive candidate, but is holding her nose and backing Ryan because she wants no part of a Vance regime.
It’s not an uncommon thread. “I’m further to the left than he is. But at this point, he’s the best chance Ohio has,” says Kevin Ankney, a 38-year-old lawyer with the Lucas County Children Services Board who caught Ryan’s stop in Toledo on Wednesday, where the candidate, wearing an International Association of Fire Fighters half-zip, arrived with an escort of electrical workers on their motorcycles. “If elected, he’s Ohio’s version of [Joe] Manchin.
And, in that, Ryan might have tremendous power in a closely divided Senate. At present, the chamber stands at 50-50, with West Virginia Sen. Manchin
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