Interesting and informative post JB. Since I am still not considered an Ohio resident I don'treally follow Ohio state politics, but I had heard about the rare coin investment scam. I had no idea it was so bad. I wonder how this will affect the Ashbrook Center with its close ties to the Ohio GOP. I've never like Taft or Montgomery, but Blackwell struck as an ok (if boring) guy. That is he seemed to talk the talk (in an economically conservative way) but I never looked in to see if he followed through. That being said, I don't think Ohio would elect a black governer, despite his conservative Republican leanings (Conservative republican, liberal republican, why have the party designation at all?). I don't know about the Dems (actually I know nothing about Strickland) but I've heard interviews with Brown on the radio and I don't like him at all.
As for comments, I'd prefer to leave that up to the poster whether they want to or not. I am of the feeling that comments bog things down (you get multiple little conversations in their own windows rather than one larger one) but you are probably right that it would useful for certain cases.
As for 2008: this is the man who has earned my vote (as a write-in most likely)
