| Is Ken Blackwell the Savior of the Ohio GOP? |
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| Written by Daniel White | |
| Monday, 03 October 2005 | |
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John J. Miller of the National Review wrote an interesting article about the current state of the Ohio Republican Party. Several scandals have rocked current Governor Taft's administration. While he ran for office as a Republican, many critics have noted that he governs like a Democrat. His administration has plunged Ohio into economic freefall and severely hurt the Republican Party in Ohio. But, Miller believes that Republicans have one chance to stave off a Democrat victory in the next election for governor, and that chance is current Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. (Click 'READ MORE' to continue...) A recent Cleveland Plain Dealer poll showed Taft holding a 15% approval rate... lower than even Richard Nixon held as he resigned in disgracve following the Watergate scandal. Democrats are hoping this is a signal of impending change, but the Blackwell campaign, and many conservatives, believe they have an answer. Blackwell is clearly the nominee the Democrats fear most. If he weren’t, the Ohio Democratic party would not recently have draped a “Stop Ken Blackwell!” banner across the top of its website. In the wake of George W. Bush’s reelection, Democrats tried to demonize Blackwell for a supposed election scandal just as other Democrats had lambasted Florida’s Katherine Harris four years earlier. But the attempt went nowhere... Click here to read the full article. |