Fingerhut's out

Just got an email from the campaign -- Eric Fingerhut, whose 2004 Senate campaign died an obscure death at the hands of the Voinovich machine, is dropping out of the Ohio gubernatorial primary contest, leaving southern Ohio Democrat Ted Strickland as the sole contender in that race. In my mind, this couldn't come soon enough -- we've got a tough fight against a corrupt but monied Republican juggernaut, and the sooner we consolidate resources behind a single candidate the better. Even better that it's the more charismatic Strickland who will carry our banner, a man who connects mostly progressive values with a moral drive that I find more palatable than Fingerhut's pseudo-intellectual slipperiness. And I go to college.