John Kasich wants to streamline state regulations; Gov. Ted Strickland says he's already done it

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich on Wednesday laid out a plan to reform Ohio's business regulations -- complex and sometimes duplicative rules that he says are a major impediment to job creation.

But his ideas nearly mirror the regulatory reform plan laid out by his opponent, Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, just two years ago in an executive order.

"As governor, I have already done what Congressman Kasich only talks about," Strickland said in a statement on Wednesday, citing his executive order in February 2008.

Even the name of Kasich's plan appears to borrow from Strickland's. Kasich dubbed it CSI Ohio, for Common Sense Initiative. Strickland's in 2008 was the Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order.

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