The Ohio Republican Party Has No Center

I'm tired and probably should be sleeping, but I just had to say it. Like the middle letter in "G-O-P," the Ohio Republican Party has no center. Unlike that letter, it has nothing on the left, either, so I guess it's more like a backward "C".

Nope, no center, just right-wing extremism. How else do you explain the victory of Ashtabula County Auditor Sandra O'Brien (R) over the endorsed and well-funded incumbent Jennette Bradley (R)? O'Brien turned the primary into a referendum on God-guns-and-gays (issues certainly vital to State Treasury operations) and down goes Bradley. And concern about the political extremism of Secretary of State Ken Blackwell (R) and his dangerous Tax & Expenditure Limitation Amendment did nothing to provoke a backlash by "moderate Republicans" in the form of a groundswell for Attorney Geneeral Jim Petro (R), favored by the party higher-ups.

Nope, no center, just a big fat right wing. Just so we know who we're dealing with here.

Doesn't sound like a stable kind of structure to me.