Ohio Gubernatorial Race

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

You might be right about Blackwell, the only reason such a fuss was made over him is because he's black, plus he would've never got the Lt. Gov. position if he was white either.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I was referring to Steele.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Blackwell is a two-term Secretary of State and one term Treasurer of Ohio, among other positions in Washington and in Cincinnati that he has held in the past, so he's hardly a "token" candidate.  If anything, he was the best choice.

Good point. I don't think I'd consider Swann or Steele as "token" candidates either.

Steele is an insanely tokenist candidate.  Swann not as much.

Steele has served a four year term as Lt. Governor and was state GOP chairman before that.  How much political experience does a Black Conservative need to stop being a token (to folks like you) and start becoming an individual?

The bigotry from the left is amazing.

How many white candidates have run for Senate after only one term as Lt. Gov. (a rather powerless position at that?). Why was no one mentioning our one term Lt. Gov. as a ptoential Senate candidate, or whoever Rendell's one term Lt. Gov. is before Casey stepped in, etc. Of course Steele wouldn't be thought of as a candidate if he wasn't black.

And he wouldn't even be Lt. Gov. if he was white too. Think about it, he was state GOP chairman in MARYLAND. Would the guy who ran the opposition party to most of the state be thought of as a help to the ticket if he was white?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Blackwell is a two-term Secretary of State and one term Treasurer of Ohio, among other positions in Washington and in Cincinnati that he has held in the past, so he's hardly a "token" candidate.  If anything, he was the best choice.

Good point. I don't think I'd consider Swann or Steele as "token" candidates either.

Steele is an insanely tokenist candidate.  Swann not as much.

Steele has served a four year term as Lt. Governor and was state GOP chairman before that.  How much political experience does a Black Conservative need to stop being a token (to folks like you) and start becoming an individual?

The bigotry from the left is amazing.

How many white candidates have run for Senate after only one term as Lt. Gov. (a rather powerless position at that?). Why was no one mentioning our one term Lt. Gov. as a ptoential Senate candidate, or whoever Rendell's one term Lt. Gov. is before Casey stepped in, etc. Of course Steele wouldn't be thought of as a candidate if he wasn't black.

And he wouldn't even be Lt. Gov. if he was white too. Think about it, he was state GOP chairman in MARYLAND. Would the guy who ran the opposition party to most of the state be thought of as a help to the ticket if he was white?

This is Maryland. How many viable Senate candidates can the Republicans produce from there, anyway? Lt. Gov is as good as any.

Someone like whoever ran against Mikluski last election. Fact is if Steele were white he wouldn't be considered a remotely viable candidate.