So far, State Treasurer Richard Cordray has been able to more or less define the race. That's because he has raised some $2.5 million. Mike Crites has raised about five percent of that. So with his high visibility, Cordray is capitalizing on economic uncertainty and is promising to hold Wall Street executives accountable for the current crisis. He says blame goes beyond marketeers to those who were charged with regulating them.
CORDRAY: I believe that the federal regulatory agencies were asleep at the switch for years....It does make them culpable. You can't sue the SEC or sue the Federal Reserve....but they certainly were culpable in that they did not regulate, did not regulate strongly, if they lacked powers they didn't call for the powers that were needed.
Meanwhile, former US Attorney Crites is struggling to make a dent in Cordray's commanding lead. HE says there's a single thing that separates him from any other who has sought the AG's office.
CRITES: For too many years, Republicans and Democrats alike, the initials "A.G." have stood for "Aspiring Governor." I don't aspire to be governor, I don't aspire to be the US Senator from the state of Ohio. I aspire only at this point in time to be the Attorney General of the state of Ohio
Also in the race is independent candidate Robert Owens, who is scheduled to appear on Morning Edition this Friday.
Dan Moulthrop, 90.3.