Strickland for VP? Hallett Reports on this, with Breathless Enthusiasm
From The Dispatch blog:
The buzz about Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland ranking high as a potential running mate for the eventual Democratic presidential nominee is getting louder, including a story Sunday in The Washington Post.
The newspaper said talk about a Strickland VP candidacy is “hardly a surprise, since Ohio will be a hugely important swing state in 2008.” It goes on to list Strickland’s credentials that might be appealing: Son of a steelworker, former Methodist minister, his property tax cut this year, an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, and support of abortion rights and universal health care.
A Strickland spokeswoman told The Post that the governor has “an open-door policy” but isn’t yearning for the No. 2 job.
I love how the MSM used the talk of Ken Blackwell being a VP candidate during the campaign as a way to hurt him (Being the governor is just a stepping stone… blah blah blah), while now the talk of Strickland being VP is seen as a positive.
Update: Bill Sloat dumps a bucket of cold reality on this stupid story.
Joe C. said,
Wrote on July 30, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
Hallett’s breadth of political analysis used to span from conventional wisdom to wishful thinking, but I see he has expanded to wet dreams.
If any of the leftists currently in the race are seriously considering Ted Strickland (other than KuKuKucinich), the Reps are in better shape than we think. The Dems are scraping the bottom of the candidate barrel as it is.
Daniel Jack Williamson said,
Wrote on July 30, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
Can we offer Lee Fisher to the Dem prez nominee instead of Strickland? If the Dems were actually able to pull off a prez win with Strickland in the VP spot, we’d be stuck with Fisher as governor. If Fisher is the VP candidate, win or lose, he doesn’t become governor. Please, Dems, draft Fisher! He’ll really help (Shh! Quiet, Reps! Don’t let the cat out of the bag!), yes, as I was saying, he’ll really help your 2008 ticket!
Mark J. said,
Wrote on July 30, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
Silly story by Hallett. In case you haven’t already read it, Sloat’s got a great retort to this puff piece at The Daily Bellwether: http://thebellwetherdaily.blogspot.com/2007/07/ohio-gov-strickland-for-veep-may-as.html#links