No chickening out
The second of four gubernatorial debates is about to begin...but it's busier outside.
As Statehouse intern Annie Hall and I walked into WEWS-TV's Cleveland studio, Green Party candidate Bob Fitrakis was shouting across East 30th Street to police who were warning protesters that they were being unruly and might be arrested.
The Associated Press reported that two people in chicken suits, who are volunteers with Bill Peirce's Libertarian Party campaign had been detained. We do not know yet if they had been arrested, but a student camera crew from Kent State University student newspaper has it on video.
Peirce and Fitrakis have complained about not being invited to the debates along with the two major party candidates. But the television station hosts say they are following guidelines used by the League of Women Voters in which independent candidates polling at less than 5 percent are not included in debate forums.
More on that later.
The debate is about to start between Republican Ken Blackwell and Democrat Ted Strickland.
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