He would be good, I suppose, but he couldn’t do anything in OH in 2006.
No Republican could “do anything” statewide in Ohio in 2006. And, that followed a similar pattern nationwide.
As an Ohio resident, I can tell it had nothing to do with Ken's positions or his campaign. Tremendous amounts of out of state money, the media screaming that he had "stolen" the 2004 election for Bush as Secretary of State, the awful RINO administrations of Taft and Voinovich over the previous 16 years and a liberal dollop of Democrat racism by playing the Uncle Tom card doomed Blackwell's chances.
He’s got a head on his shoulders. In 2006 in Ohio, he was up against Soros and ACORN. The RNC didn’t have the organization to fight that.
And, a lot of people have left the state, moving to where the jobs are. This has left ‘others’ who can’t move. Lots of Unions. Lots of incoming Hispanics and Somalis. Then, Ohio took in some Katrina folks, too.
Very different mix here now. Have a look see at Realtytrac.com to see how well this state has been doing on foreclosures.
The reason for that is a majority of conservatives have left the state and all the corruption in the republican party as of late.Ken Blackwell would do just fine as RNC chair.