Columbus Dispatch:
A former Republican primary challenger can’t run against U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce as an independent candidate this fall, Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell ruled yesterday....
...Blackwell’s ruling runs counter to one that he benefited from in 1984 when he was a candidate for Congress. He filed that year to run as a Republican, even though he voted as a Democrat in the 1980 primary election....
...The ruling late yesterday from Blackwell, the Republican nominee for governor in the Nov. 7 election, immediately brought accusations of partisanship from Morrison and Democrats.
"It’s a shame that democracy was denied to Charles Morrison by Ken Blackwell and the Republican Party," Kilroy said in a written statement...
Also in Ohio politics..... Republican Sen. DeWine has unleashed 9/11 pictures in his campaign ads. DeWine, who is behind in polls, is trying to use a campaign tactic promoted by Karl Rove. Ohioans are not as stupid as DeWine thinks. Ohioans know that DeWine and the Republican Party have ruined stripped Ohio of ethics, jobs, and a future. We know DeWine and the Republicans are responsible for the mess in our state and our country.
Meanwhile, from the Plain Dealer---
Raising lots of money has helped two-term U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine win elections. But in Ohio's poisonous political climate this year, it could also put him on the defensive -- or so hopes Sherrod Brown, the Democratic congressman challenging DeWine's re-election.
Brown's campaign spent part of last week promoting the idea that DeWine has engaged in "pay to play," taking more than $1 million in donations from corporate interests and supporting their agenda in bills dealing with energy, prescription drugs and trade....
Those Republicans certainly love that special interest money!