A Blackwell tidal wave

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First our favorite candidate, Mayor Coleman (pictured below), has withdrawn from the race. We really are sorry, because the Mayor was Bill Clinton with political mojo and without the personal scandals. Vale Amice Coleman, Vale. It would have been so, so fun. We take credit for providing the pressure to make him drop out.
Instead, Ted Strickland (below left) has shot his way to the front of the Democratic pack.
Blackwell, meanwhile has surged in the polls and is receiving accolades from the conservative press:

1. George F. Will analyzes how the GOP's hopes rest on Blackwell's conservativism.
   
2. Kathryn J. Lopez, editrix of National Review Online, briefly profiles Blackwell as Jesse Jackson's worst nightmare;
3. Jay Nordlinger of NRO (sub req) bets on A horse of different color;
4. Nordlinger glance at Blackwell in this Impromtu;
5. John J. Miller of NRO (sub req) remembers A Taft too far; and,
6. W. James Antle III's of NRO offers a solution to Taft's ethical problems
7. Matt Lewis of Human Events Online notes Blackwell's smooth-as-silk campaign
8. John Gizzi of HEO mentions Blackwell's conservative running-mate Tom Rega
9. Thomas Sowell over at Townhall.com warns Blackwell about hand-wringing conservatives.
   
10. Robert P. Bluey editor of HEO blogs about Blackwell's iconic principles.

This is but a partial listing of the many articles featuring Blackwell.

More evidence of a Blackwell swell accumulates from the fact that Betty Montgomery has dropped out of the governor's race citing money and too many attack adds, and that Petro's running mate, Phil Heinlich, begged off to run for his same seat. A recent GOP-sponsored poll has Blackwell leading Petro 40% - 30%

Blackwell should surf to easy victory in the GOP primary.

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