Just to be clear: If pierce wins in May, he will roll over Brown in November. Partly out of fear, the GOP will fund him heavily, and his common-sense conservative message will resonate, esp compared to far-leftie Brown.
And to repeat, if DeWine wins in May, I will swallow hard and vote for him. I can't speak for whether the rest of the base will show up. DeWine has alienated 2nd Amendment folks, he has disastrously voted on illegal immigration in the past two weeks, he likes to spend, he won't drill in ANWR, he's one of the Gang of 14.... and I'm just warming up. It's a lot to expect the whole based to swallow.