[Big_Monkey]

'I certainly do hope that Ken Blackwell does run for something, maybe for the U.S. Senate seat. Is Robert Portman already officially running for U.S. Senate?

Blackwell has already very publicly endorsed Portman for Senate. With the shellacking he took in 2006 plus his ties to the Taft administration, I think he's going to lay low for several more years.

[smith288]

With the shellacking he took in 2006 plus his ties to the Taft administration, I think he's going to lay low for several more years.

Taft and Blackwell were not at all buddies. The tie that binds is party affiliation and nothing much more.