Still, it's going to be an uphill fight for Blackwell. There is a strong negative overhang from the Taft scandals and 16 years of one-party rule in the state. There is a lot of stuff out there that Blackwell has nothing to do with but will still get blamed for because he is with the party in power.
People seem to get that herd mentality going and just blame whoever is in office for whatever bad is going on. I was talking with a lady from my parish the other day who was ranting about how bad Republicans were and Blackwell in particular, and it was the same day local gasoline prices cracked through the dreaded $3/gallon mark, and she was blaming Blackwell and the Republicans for that. I said, "You know Blackwell is Secretary of State, don't you?" She said, "Yes, so what?" I said, "You know what his job is then?" She said, "Well, no, not precisely." Me: "Basically he is in charge of elections in the state. He doesn't set gasoline prices." She: "Oh. Well, I still don't like him..." Totally clueless people, I'll tell you.
I saw a bumper sticker once that said "I'm stupid, and I vote."
Sums it up.
I agree completely with post 10. North of the border, jenny granholm will probably get kicked out of office for the same reasoning.
you are right. Blackwell kinda reminds me of Roger Cloud the hapless Gubernutorial candidate in 1970. He got blamed for a lot. But, we must remember that 4 years after cloud lost the GOP won in it back in of all things the Watergate year.