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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Blackwell’s book released; Dems lash out
Ken Blackwell’s new book, “Resurgent: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America” has been released and Democrats already are acting like Blackwell is the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2012.
The GOP nominee will take on first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.
In the book, released Tuesday, Blackwell - the 2006 GOP candidate for governor and former secretary of state and treasurer - and co-author Ken Klukowski prescribe a recipe that “can return our nation to prosperity,” according to a press release.
“In the post-Reagan era, the challenge for conservatism remains how to forge a fusion of the three essential aspects of conservative thought,” the authors write. They describe how ECons (economic conservatives), SoCons(social conservatives) and SafeCons(national security conservatives) need each other.
“To be pro-traditional marriage, pro-values and pro-life is to be pro-business, pro-wealth creation and pro-freedom,” they write.
Justin Barasky, spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party, panned the book and Blackwell.
“This is a person who doesn’t believe in the right to collectively bargain, wants to end Medicare, thinks moderates on the Supreme Court are a ‘mistake’ and wants to see the Republican Party become far more conservative,” Barasky said in a press release.
Blackwell told the Dayton Daily News last week that he would announce his possible plans for a U.S. Senate race after the book launch, but sounded like he was seriously considering the race. He has been leading other candidates for the GOP nomination in public opinion polls.
State Treasurer Josh Mandel and former state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, R-Cuyahoga Falls, both have formed committees to permit them to raise money for a Senate race although neither has formally declared his candidacy.
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