Reply #2: Ohioan here, I grew up near Cincinnati. [View All]

[Philostopher]

And went to Northern Kentucky University (started a year after George dropped out, and dropped out a couple of years later, myself). I can say that most people in that area respect Nick, whether they agree with him politically or not. He has 'Q factor' (face time and recognition) out the you-know-what, since he was a newscaster for at least fifteen years in Cinci and went on to do MC work for American Movie Classics; not only that, but he's had a column in the Cinci Post forever.

My mother, who's always been a big fan of his, says the newspapers seem optimistic about his chances. That may not sound like much, if you're not familiar with the newspapers in Cincinnati, but you have to consider that the Cincinnati Enquirer calls anybody to the left of Newt Gingrich a Commie, and the Post is a sort of wishy-washy, middle-of-the-road apologist for neocons much of the time.

If Nick was doing badly, they'd be popping champagne and spraying it all over each other at editorial meetings at the Enquirer. Apparently, they're not.

For my own part, I've wondered why Nick didn't do this long ago. His name is going to be damned hard to stain, and that's saying something for a Dem in that part of Ohio/Kentucky.