Blackwell retains double-digit poll lead over Petro in GOP race for govern

[sabra]

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/?story=dispatch/2006/04/30/20060430-A1-01.html

Blackwell retains double-digit poll lead over Petro in GOP race for governor


It looks like a wire-to-wire win for J. Kenneth Blackwell in Ohio’s GOP primary for governor.

The secretary of state holds a 12-point lead over Attorney General Jim Petro in the final Dispatch Poll before Tuesday’s election.

Blackwell’s campaign as an outspoken candidate for change — despite the fact his party has held the governor’s office for nearly 16 years — is apparently resonating among Ohio Republicans, more than three quarters of whom now say the state is heading "off on the wrong track."

Skeptics questioned whether Blackwell’s staunch, Bible-quoting conservatism could win him a majority even in a GOP primary. But the poll shows 45 percent of Republicans consider themselves a born-again or evangelical Christian, and Blackwell prevails by 24 points among those voters. He leads by just 2 points among GOP nonevangelicals.

[Sadie5]

1. Is he mixed up in the Ney coin deal?

If so I guess the Ohioan born again Christians don't care if he's a crook or not, as long as he is born again.Can't believe this.

[skipos]

2. Rasmussen gives Stickland (D) 50%, Blackwell (R) 40% for OH Gov

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/March%202006/Ohio%20Governor%20March.htm

[LisaL]

3. These two have been going at it-which one is more against

abortion.
Republicans must be eating it up.

[partylessinOhio]

4. If Blackwell wins, Ohio voters should lose their right to vote along

with the minds they have already lost. What does religion, same sex marriage and abortion have to do with making sure every vote is counted and restoring honesty to our government?

[NEOBuckeye]

7. He won't win

He'll be trashed by the same scandals that are destroying the GOP

[skids]

5. Double digit lead for a 9-digit leaker?

You'd think Ohio voters would be a little more upset that their Social Security Numbers are probably now in the hands of the mob due to this boob.

[NEOBuckeye]

8. Blackwell will be exposed for the slimeball he is in the General Election

Most people pay little attention to the primaries.

[Selteri]

6. I've seen no Petro Ads VS over a dozen Blackwel adds

Blackwell is constantly trashing Jim Petro too, calling him a republican by convience and that he's not a real republican and doesn't hold up traditional republican values.

It's so familair of an attack. I don't doubt that Blackwell will win because he's in charge of counting the votes either way. He'll have some surprise win if it's really a challenge in November.