[RockinRight]

There's no way he's doing THAT badly among white voters. That's why I don't buy these polls showing him down 28. Even Walter Mondale did better than that in 84!

[HostileTerritory]

Racism may be coming into play. And sometimes candidates simply tank. Ohio has had Republican governors for 16 years, the last one being an unending disaster. I'm not surprised to see the run end someday, particularly with the state in such a bad economic state, and for people to abandon a candidate who frankly many have a hard time taking seriously.

Any major-party candidate who doesn't completely screwed up is guaranteed his partisan base, but when the stars align like they have for Strickland vs. Blackwell, everyone else could go to the other side.