The no-surprise endorsement of Ohio Democrat Governor Ted Strickland of Democrat State Treasurer Richard Cordray as the Democrat nominee in the upcoming special election to replace disgraced Democrat A.G. Marc Dann has stirred up the Ohio blog community.

From Naugh Blog:

Cordray may not be dumb enough to send dirty email messages to employees, but his philosophy and approach to the Attorney General’s office is still cut from the Eliot Spitzer/Marc Dann mold. He would be the same type of headline grabbing attorney general who will harm Ohio’s business climate, which is the last thing our state needs.

Comments from the Cleveland Plain Dealer Blog:

I’ve got nothing against Cordray, but I find it funny that in every news article there’s never anything about his legal skills, but he sure manages to get in that he won a few times on Jeopardy. Should we start electing our public officials based on how well they did on TV game shows? Hell, we might as well make Alex Trebek the President then, as he has all the answers. Howie Mandel could be the Vice President, and Jeff Foxworthy the governor of Ohio!

From the Ohio Daily Blog:

Speaking of lack of suspense, unless one of the higher profile GOP candidates changes course and gets into the special election on the Republican side, there is little doubt that Cordray will be the overwhelming favorite to win this race.

Oh, and you can check out the first political candidate from candidates of any stripe in this race right here from Independent candidate for A.G. Robert Owens.

Ohio’s going to be very interesting in 2008 – bonus!