Ohio Doesn’t Think Strickland Is VP Material
From quinnipiac
Despite their wide leads for the nominations, both Clinton and Giuliani face sizable segments of the Ohio electorate (41 percent for her, 39 percent for him) who say they would never vote for them. Clinton’s problems are worse among married voters - 46 percent of married women and 48 percent of married men say they would never vote for her. While Democratic Gov. Strickland was overwhelmingly elected in November 2006, only 13 percent of Ohio voters, including 20 percent of Democrats, are more likely to vote for the Democratic ticket next year if Strickland is running as Vice President. Eleven percent of voters say they are less likely to vote for a Strickland ticket and 68 percent say it won’t affect their vote. “Even though Gov. Strickland is very popular among Ohioans, they do not see him as vice presidential material and do not give any indication he would be substantial help to the Democratic nominee in carrying Ohio’s crucial electoral votes,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll.
Matt, that’s because he is doing such a fine job as Governor and the citizens of Ohio would rather have him running the state. Maybe, Hilary will select Ken Blackwell as her running mate. Then, she will surely lose the election.
The reason Ohioans don’t want Taxin Ted to become Clinton’s running mate is because they are scared to death of Lee Fisher running the state.
Legal, I don’t think many people know who holds the office of Lt. Gov. What they do know however, is that Ted Strickland’s approval rating is at 70%, double the rating of the “leader of the free world” and over 60% points greater than our previous Gov. Oh, and he beat Crazy Ken by 20%.