[T]he mere fact that an elected official and political candidate has the authority to toss his opponent out of a race is further evidence of a serious flaw in our democracy. —NY Times editorial commenting on the bizarre situation in which Ohio Republican candidate for governor Kenneth Blackwell, currently Ohio's Secretary of State, must rule on the eligibility of his Democratic opponent

Further evidence of a serious flaw in our democracy? I don't usually read the Times editorials so I must have missed Part I.

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