Former Ohio Secretary of State and Townhall.com contributing editor Ken Blackwell isn't officially in the race for RNC Chair yet, but he's already lined up a major conservative endorsement.

On a phone call with me, Pat Toomey, president of the Club for Growth said of Ken Blackwell:  "He'd make a great (RNC) Chairman, I'm delighted he's running, and I hope he wins."

Toomey also described Blackwell as a "great Free Market economic conservative" and said Blackwell (who serves on the Club's board of directors) could reach out to new voters into the GOP...