Strickland widens lead over Blackwell in Ohio

According to the latest Rasmussen poll, Democrat Ted Strickland leads Republican Ken Blackwell 57 percent to 32 percent in the Ohio gubernatorial race, a whopping and rather "intimidating" spread of 25 points. And the trend is looking good: Strickland was up by just 4 points in January, and the three-poll rolling average indicates that the spread has been widening consistently since late last year.

So much for the GOP's gay-card swift-boating.

Now we just need Sherrod Brown to pull ahead of Mike DeWine in the Senate race. How would that be for a Democratic one-two punch in one of America's most notorious swing states?