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In this post, I remarked on the Akron Beacon Journal’s mention of Ohio’s Chancellor of Higher Education Eric Fingerhut. Not 12 hours before I’d read that ABJ piece, my SO and I had both, at almost the same moment, thought about how only someone like Fingerhut could pull out a hands-down undebatable win in a special election to replace not yet dead Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann. So I thought it was ironic and I wondered if there was some between the lines meaning.
Well, I’ve since learned that a few people who matter really do read this blog, even on Sundays, and it’s been made clear to me by no less than three different sources that Chancellor Fingerhut will not be running in such an election should there be one.
I apologize sincerely for any discomfort my suggestion may have caused, but…!
My point stands: Ohioans need and want and deserve someone of Fingerhut’s caliber. Who might be as ironclad a winner!?
Read one of WLST’s most well-liked posts and this one as well. Re-reading what I wrote, there are moments when I wince (Dann said he wanted to create a public integrity unit) and there are moments where I nod up and down, seeing dead-on the problems we should have heeded more closely (I stated at least twice my fear for Dann’s leaning on his connections). But I really like the long-form, don’t I?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:24 am May 5th, 2008 in Blogging, Democrats, Elections, Government, Marc Dann, Meet the Bloggers, Ohio, Politics, Scandal, Statehouse
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If Dann should resign (particularly if he can hold out through August), I could see Cordray sliding over into that slot. He ran for AG once, and being AG is seen as a more natural steppingstone for governor than treasurer.