NJ Gov. Corzine, IN Gov. Daniels and OH Gov. Strickland talk state economics

Even my Governor critter is going to take the bucks.

Gov. Strickland "puzzled" by McCain's Ohio trip

By GottaLaff

What's John Sidney McBushSquared doing in Ohio?

Ohio’s Democratic governor reacts on Obama media call to McCain’s stop in his state Thursday, says he doesn’t think the Arizonan can gain “any significant foothold” in the battleground state.

Particularly questions his choice to visit Youngstown.

“I cannot imagine that Senator McCain could hope to gain political advantage in the Mahoning Valley. It’s an area that has been devastated by Bush administration policies.”

Mahoning Valley was devastated by Bush policies. Now McCain is being devastated by the results of Bush policies and by one-liners by Strickland.

OhiObama!

OhiObama!

By GottaLaff

Ohio for Obama!

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland received a standing ovation Saturday night when he predicted the state will again tip the race for the White House — this time, delivering it to Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama.

Strickland, noting that he had backed Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, said she would want him to deliver a message.

I love one of the messages he delivered:

"Aren't you glad to be a Democrat?" Strickland shouted. "Aren't you really, really, really angry with George W. Bush and Dick Cheney?"

Sherrod Brown had a message of his own:

Sen. Sherrod Brown told the crowd a McCain presidency would be a "third term for George Bush."

He criticized the Republican nominee for visiting Ottawa, Canada, on Saturday rather than Ottawa, Ohio — where the state has seen economic hardship and lost jobs. Brown said McCain is out of touch with Ohio voters.

"There is no way, no how that John McCain's going to carry Ohio in 2008," Brown told the crowd of about 2,500 on the Ohio State Fairgrounds.

It would be great to pull an Ohio win without resorting to, you know, election fraud like other people do.

Top Obama VP candidate takes himself out of the running

By Paddy


I don't know very much about Strickland, but I have heard his name tossed around as veep. My one and only Ohio contact (other than Cliff) says that he probably took himself out of the running because of the broohaha over his Attorney General.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Ohio Governor Ted Strickland – who has often been mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama – said Tuesday that if asked, he would “absolutely not” join the party’s presidential ticket this fall.

Strickland, who backed Hillary Clinton during the primary season, told NPR’s Michele Norris that he was taking himself out of the running. “Absolutely not. If drafted I will not run, nominated I will not accept and if elected I will not serve,” he said, in an interview on NPR's All Things Considered. “So, I don’t know how more crystal clear I can be.”

Obama lost the Ohio primary to Clinton.