Strickland suffers defeat
The AP is reporting that Charlie Wilson, the man picked by Democrats to replace outgoing Ohio representative Ted Strickland (D - 6th), failed to get enough valid signatures to enter the primary. The final tally was 46 valid, which is 4 short of the required 50.
This means that in the 2006 Congressional Elections, the GOP will probably pick up Ted Strickland's seat. The law being what it is, Wilson could in a Rube Goldbergian way still find himself running in the fall election as either a Democrat, Independent, or write-in.
This is Strickland's first major gaffe and does not present his organizing skills in a positive light. If this is how his staff helps friends, I wonder how he will work with his enemies? Furthermore, if Strickland stumbles so badly over something so simple as gathering 50 signatures, it does not appear that will be able to manage the state bureacracy or pass laws.
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2 comments:
Can we say over-reaching??
Um, it's not Strickland's gaffe, it's Wilson's. Strickland isn't running for Governor and running Wilson's campaign, too.
Speaking of organizing skills, when is Blackwell going to change his campaign finance reports to show he's running for Governor, not Secretary of State?
Thanks for responding.
As to your first point, it was a 'gaffe' in the same way that a sitting president is unable to translate his mantle of leadership to his VP. The president does not lose the race in the legal sense but POTUS' problems do effect (or is it affect?) the man who runs to replace him.
Clinton hurt Gore.
Bush I hurt Quayle, well actually, potato with an 'e'
Reagan helped Bush
Carter hurt Mondale.
LBJ hurt Humphrey.
Kennedy's legacy helped LBJ.
Eisenhower hurt Nixon.
I chose gaffe, because it was less strong than defeat. I wanted to edit the title but having linked to this blog posting elsewhere, the other websites would have been sent down a dead-end, so I left the title as-is.
As to your second point: Where are Blackwell's finances publicly available and to what specifically are your refferring? You seem to have access to information that I don't. I read from your comment that Blackwell's letterhead still says Secretary of State. If there is a problem with Blackwell finances, he should change post-haste or else he will experience the same as Charlie Wilson.
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