Posted on 02/13/2006 4:53:11 PM PST by NeoCaveman
Eric Fingerhut is canceling his quixotic bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against the anointed candidate, Ted Strickland.
Also, Paul Hackett (D-Barking Moonbatville) cancelled his appearance on Hardboiled with Chris Matthews, fueling speculation that he will drop his primary challenge to Sherrod "Stalin" Brown and instead take another crack at the congressional seat now held by Jean Schmidt. This sets up a Brown v. DeWine race in the fall. DeWine is probably grateful because if Hackett had been his opponent, Hackett may have gotten NRA support. Look for the NRA to stay neutral on this one.
Source for the (drop out/ cancellations) is: http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/openers/
Candidates have until the end of the week to file in Ohio.
As of now Attorney General Jim Petro is staying in the race for the Republican nomination for governor against Ken Blackwell. It looks like the only interesting statewide primary race will be on the GOP side.
Filing deadline in Ohio is February 16
Pings.
It would be a tragedy if Paul Hackett were to drop out of the race. I was looking forward to seeing him self-destruct in the general election.
Is no Republican challenging DeWhine?
There will be other names on the ballot, I'll vote for one of them in the primary but as of right now, none of them have name recognition.
At least there will be others running against him! Anyone you think has a chance of defeating him?
Well there is are at least 1/3 of primary voters who will vote ABD, Anybody but DeWine. Unfortunatley I doubt any of the candidates can raise the money to get the name recognition to win. We don't even have a Pat Toomey or a Steve Laffey in this race.
You have FReepmail.
Thanks for the laugh. :)
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