Jessica Wehrman, Dayton Daily News
- The race to head the Republican National Party may come down to who has the most Facebook friends, who can lure elusive young voters and, yes, which candidate owns the most guns.
“Seven,” said former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell Monday, answering the last question at a debate of the five contenders for the top RNC job Monday, Jan. 5. “And I’m good.”
In a wide-ranging hour-and-a-half debate that featured questions on favorite Republican presidents — Ronald Reagan was the unanimous choice — and whether the candidates used the social networking texting service known as Twitter, Blackwell offered himself up as an “authentic” conservative who would emphasize grassroots if elected.
