Being Secretary of State does not make you part of a Governor's administration. Neither does holding any other elected down ticket office. Is California's Treasurer and its Controller part of Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration? Obviously not, as they are in the other party and both will challenge the Governor next year. Secretary of State is a position independent of the Governor's administration.
Furthermore, Blackwell has modeled much of his campaign on attacking Taft. To say that Blackwell can be tied to Taft is ludicrous on its face when Blackwell is the leading anti-Taft Republican!
As for the comment from Joe that running the Ohio recount will not help Blackwell win Democrats, news flash: We don't need Democrats to win Ohio. It was only a swing state last year because of the economy, which will not be a drag on Blackwell as it is for Bush.
Honestly, Democrats are in a fantasy land about Ohio, just like Florida four years ago. Remember how Terry McAuliffe poured all that money into Florida, and Republicans held the Governoship in 2002 and gained a Senate seat in 2004? Have fun running Paul Hackett for Senate, or whoever you've convinced to make that suicide run, and good luck beating a black Republican in a state where Democrat are totally reliant on the heavily black Cuyahoga County.
Thanks, but it looks like we didn't need good luck.
