[AuH2ORepublican]

If Ken Blackwell is the only conservative running for Governor, I am sure that he will win the GOP primary over any RINO and go on to win in November of 2006. But we just have to make sure that "moderate conservatives" such as Senator DeWine do not jump into the gubernatorial race and pull conservative votes away from Lt. Gov. Blackwell.

[Kuksool]

According to the exit polls, Bush won 16% of the OH black vote. A higher rate than any other battleground state. I suspect the presence of Ken Blackwell had something to do with it. Last year was a horrible year for African-American conservative. We had 3 electable candidates: Dylan Glenn, Vernon Robinson, and Herman Cain. Instead, the primary voters selected boring, white RINOS. These defeats give the Left cheap fodder to say the GOP is hostile to minorities, especially with the elections of Ken Salazar and Barack Obama. I suspect RINOS want the GOP to flop on minority outreach. Because the type of minorities open to the GOP message are social conservative ones. RINOS figure the less social conservatives, the better. In fact many RINOS think using abortion to reduce the minority population strengthens them politically.