Remember former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell? The guy on the fast national track for the GOP? The guy who Ted Strickland trounced in the 2006 gubernatorial race?

If appearance has anything to do with it, no one here remembers him. Though he’s in town, Blackwell’s been absent from all Ohio GOP events. Asked where he’s been, Ohio GOP spokesman John McClelland said simply: “I have nothing to do with Ken Blackwell.”