Plunderbund

When in doubt, throw some red meat at the base.
J. Kenneth Blackwell appears ready to jump-start his stalled campaign for governor by returning to the strategy that secured him the Republican nomination on May 2.
Trailing by double digits in the polls and lagging in major newspaper endorsements four weeks before the Nov. 7 election, Blackwell […]

Ever wonder why these photos never show a packed room?

This is awesome:
“Ken Blackwell is going to say what he is going to say because he is my opponent and wants to diminish my service in the House of Representatives,” Strickland said. “He simply doesn’t know what he is talking about. I don’t think he has any idea how I served the district, so I […]

Yesterday the Dispatch officially endorsed Ted Strickland for Governor. Not surprising after Blackwell’s meltdown in the sit-down with the editorial board, IMO.
Ohio is falling behind in jobs, education and optimism. It has been riven by bitter and closely decided presidential elections. More than anything, the next governor of Ohio must be someone who can […]

Unfortunately, despite all the hard work bloggers do, most citizens do not read blogs, so when something reported here at Plunderbund makes it into the papers, I get a warm fuzzy feeling. We are doing our thing. We are shaping the debate. And most importantly, we are forcing Republicans to play defense.
Blackwell […]

Blackwell and Strickland met with the Dispatch editorial board yesterday, and some weird stuff went down. One of the oddest moments, IMO, was the abortion showdown (emphasis mine):
Strickland, who supports abortion rights, said Blackwell said he opposed abortion under any circumstance during the GOP primary campaign to cater to the religious right, but “has […]

Next Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate at the University of Cincinnati is currently taking questions for Blackwell and Strickland. The focus of the debate will be the economy.
HT People Have The Power.

Ted Strickland’s campaign is sending out free bumper stickers. I’ve already got mine on my car, much to the chagrin of my Republican father-in-law. What are you waiting for - annoy your conservative family members today!
http://www.tedstrickland.com/bumpersticker

Some speculation is starting to make the rounds…
One of the early “cattle calls” for Republicans who want to follow President Bush into the White House is apparently being hosted by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell.
A steady stream of early contenders for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination have been popping in and out of Ohio during […]

Blackwell blogger Naugle’s nuclear explosion wasn’t contained, and has spread beyond the “Republicans for Strickland” press conference and on to “teh internets”. Naugle, apparently quite miffed after the presser, appears to have gone back to work and posted an entry attacking Saxby on Blackwell’s blog.
Rocky is a Republican who has made a fortune at […]

Silly me, this fact didn’t even occur to me, but Michael E. Hanke over at the Canton Repository points it out…
Shame on Republican Ken Blackwell for saying his opponent for Ohio governor, Democrat Ted Strickland, will raise taxes if he is elected. A governor can’t raise taxes. He might propose a tax, and he might […]

Norm Cummings is the highest paid and the longest serving member of Ken Blackwell’s campaign staff.
Over the past 12 years, the Blackwell campaign paid his rent, bought him a laptop and coughed up A LOT of cash for his consulting services.
Since 1994, Norm Cummings has received over $400,000 from Blackwell and […]

New attack ad out by Krazy Kenny goes after Ted on taxes. Probably just a warm up toward gays and god. Working on a copy of it…
Update: Here ya go!

So we ended up in a PR cage match on healthcare today, pitting Krazy Kenny Blackwell versus Ted “Turnaround” Strickland. Kenny got a Teducation by doing the look over the shoulder routine. Too bad us big bad bloggers were watching. The old flip flop flipper got busted, to be sure.
What was […]

Add a new nickname for our favorite corrupt Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate (the “guber” part is spot on): Copycat. We’ve already established the flip flop flipper part relatively well. Now it seems Krazy Kenny Blackwell is so nervous about getting his proverbial ass kicked in November that he is resorting […]