Ohio: Odp

I'm outta here.

I don't mind people who disagree with me.  In fact, I came here because I enjoy the give and take of a good debate.  Lord knows, I suffered the slings of arrows of several frontpagers, commenters, and other bloggers because of my support of Hillary Clinton.  And yet, despite some deeply personal and regretable attacks from both sides, I stayed.

I've been at this site for three years now.  I've gone through three rounds of site administrators during that time.  I think it's safe to say I'm the longest running member of BSB still blogging. Until today.  Because during my entire time at BSB, I've had one simple request for the administrators here: we don't have to agree with each other, but we should always have each other's back.

Northeast Ohio will be flush in the coming days with politicians positioning themselves for 2010 statewide campaigns.

Republican former congressman John Kasich, who's all but officially running for Ohio governor, will address the Lake County Republicans in Willoughby on Friday, his ninth appearance this year at a Lincoln Day event. He's the keynote speaker on Saturday at the Medina County Republican dinner at the Weymouth Country Club. He has15 more Lincoln Day appearances planned this year, including a March 21 speech before the Lorain County Republicans.

On Saturday, Kasich is expected to be introduced by Republican state Auditor Mayor Taylor, who still has not ruled out a bid for the U.

Well, kind of mentioned it. Specifically, they talked about Chris Celeste's position on an ODP endorsement.

Celeste said that he could be "a creative force to solve problems" in the Senate and said Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern should ensure that the party remains neutral in a primary.

"We don't need Chris Redfern laying hands on an anointed candidate," he said.

 Of course, no mention was made to anything that took place here at BSB.

The MSM is really going out of its way to avoid recognizing that political blogs are having an immediate and profound impact on the Democratic Senate primary races.  From the Columbus Dispatch's blog entry on State Rep. Yates announcement:

"You can't anoint for a United States Senate seat, so the desire is that the party have an open primary process and let's see how it shakes out," Yates said. "Something inside of me tells me that at the end of the day I'll prevail."

Gee, I wonder where Rep. Yates may have gotten the idea that there's a desire to let the nominee be chosen by primary, not an ODP coronation may have come from?  Could it be