I love this item over at OPENERS about the possibility of Ken Blackwell running against The Crying Man, our Senator RINOvich:Democrat Ted Strickland trounced Blackwell, the former Ohio secretary of state, in last year's gubernatorial election, but Blackwell still has friends among the Republican base. He spends his days toiling for the Family Research Council in Washington and the Buckeye Institute in Ohio. He writes a weekly column for the New York Sun. And he's on the leadership council of the Club for Growth. These aren't bad conservative credentials, at a time when some conservatives are ticked off at Voinovich for his shift on the Iraq war and his refusal to toe the line on immigration.They also quote Carlo LoParo as saying he doesn't think that Blackwell would be interested at any rate, but what an arrogant attitude on the part of RINOvich. Of course, we're missing the tone of the conversation here, but I suspect he thinks of Blackwell as he does the rest of his constituents: beneath him.
So we put the question to Voinovich: How concerned are you about a primary challenge from someone like Blackwell?
"Give me a break," he blurted. Told that Blackwell has been mentioned as a possible challenger, Voinovich added, "No comment on that."
Personally, I'm a bit tired of Ken Blackwell as a politician. He's much more effective at writing articles and speaking. I'm a harsh critic of the way the post-primary campaign for governor was run and I suspect Blackwell himself was responsible for most of the blunders.
