Add former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to the list of officeholders who retired or fell short in election contests last fall and are now applying their talents and experience to advancing the conservative cause in new think tank posts. Blackwell has joined Ohio’s Buckeye Institute as a Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow.
Previously, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum set up shop at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington and former Rep. Bill Thomas joined the American Enterprise Institute as a visiting fellow, just to name two examples.