In the race for the republican nomination for the Ohio governor's race, the republicans nomianted by far the weakest candidate of the three candidates, SoS Ken Blackwell, a man who constantly panders to the extreme religious right and calls homosexuality a choice and who is aganst abortion even in the case of rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is at stake. Either Jim Petro or Betty Montgomery, had the republicans nominated them , would not be losing to Ted Strickland by 20 points right now. Alas, Petro and Montgomery didn't bash gays enough or condemn the pro-choicers enough.
In the NY Gov's race, the republicans forced the more moderate candidate out of the race in favor of the arch-conservative candidate who has even LESS of a chance (if that's possible) against Spitzer in the general. Not a very smart move at all in state where as many as SEVEN GOP-held congressional sdeats could flip to the Dems in the face of the overwhelming Spitzer-Clinton victory that is about to all but take out the NY repub party.
You don't know what you're talking about. Petro polled considerably worse than Blackwell, and Weld polled even worse than Faso.
