Closing remarks bring Blackwell back to his roots

Ken Blackwell, in his closing remarks, recalled growing up a half mile from City Hall in a public housing project and selling peanuts inside and outside sports events.

Now he's a minority owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Blackwell said.

"I've had the ability to live the American dream," Blackwell said. "I want more Americans to live that American dream."

But Ted Strickland replied that if people like what Blackwell represents "as a continuation of the Taft-Blackwell way of government," then they should vote for the Republican.

"I represent change," Strickland said.