Donald Trump claims ISIS involvement in a minor disruption at a rally near Dayton. John Kasich says he’s “had it” with Trump’s “toxic” campaigning, and wonders whether he could support him if Trump won the nomination. Hillary Clinton is ahead of Bernie Sanders in statewide polling, but her supporters are reportedly having trouble getting excited about her. Sanders’ rallies were described by Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan (a Clinton supporter) as “massive and raucous.”

This is Ohio two days before primary day in the state that has since 1896 picked the winner in 28 of 30 presidential elections.

The contrasts in tone could hardly be greater. It’s notable that Rep. Ryan’s description of Sanders’ rallies included terms like “massive” and “raucous,” but not “violent” or “disrupted by alleged terrorists.”

Nor did it include the thought that Sanders’ speeches “often sound more like sermons or therapy sessions than political pitches.” That description was not delivered by any politician but by AP reporter Kathleen Ronayne, and she was writing about Ohio governor John Kasich.

Meanwhile in Cleveland on Saturday, Trump told supporters,” I have to still get rid of this Kasich guy. I have to get rid of Kasich.” Presumably everyone understood him to be speaking in political terms; otherwise it would be a rather threatening thing to say about the governor of the state in which one says such a thing. That is, of course, a matter of distinguishing fact from fancy, and not overinterpreting events.

Speaking of which, the alleged terrorist incident at Trump’s Dayton rally was a man rushing the stage, getting close enough actually to touch the stage before he was stopped. Later in the day Trump told a crowd in St. Louis, “It was probably ISIS or ISIS-related. Do you believe it?”

ISIS expert Charles Lister’s assessment of a possible ISIS connection concluded that it was “utterly farcical … serves only to underline the totality of his ignorance on this issue.”

This is politics in Ohio, the state that has predicted more presidential elections than any other. We can all fervently hope it does not predict the tone of what’s to come.