Ohio Guv Won’t Run with Obama

You must be confused with McCain.

bOY THE WALLS ARE CAVING IN ON OBAMA. IF HE DOESN’T CARRY STRICKLAND’S STATE, HE IS OUT!!!

Maggie, Geevil,
You are right.
What if Ed Rendell also doesn’t want to join him? That make it worst.

Ed Rendell already said he does not want to be Obama’s VP.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., said Tuesday he will not endorse Barack Obama for president.
“I still remain very concerned about the (Obama) voting record being the most liberal of the United States Senate,” said
The internal poling must be coming in.

Why would Obama want him? He’s not even on the shortlist!
OBAMA/WEBB ’08 & ’12

Actually…Ed Rendell only said that he would advise Obama against it. He stated he wouldn’t turn it down. Strickland is just from a very conservative state and has to get re-elected. It’s that simple. However, he’s going to work his hardest to get him elected, he just doesn’t want to tick off his constitutents in doing so.

True truth,
I agree.
I feel like it’s a little bit unusual.
I hope MCCain would find a VP is good in economy strategy.

Obama has a list of 20 names. What he just needs is only one person. Even if 15 of them will not accept the offer, he will still get one from the remaining 5!

You all aren’t looking at the numbers…the real numbers…Obama’s lead is still increasing and the Hillary factor hasn’t even really started wearing off yet.
The bookies have himat 2 to 1…and with all the individual numbers of dem to repuub turn out matched with the fact that Obama’s numbers in some of these states in the primary alone were more than the entire repub turn out when they had all their players still in play…
this will be a joke.
Strickland is afraid of the fall out from Hillary. Lots o promises made in that there camp. Lots o turn about favors done by the Clintons.
wouldn’t want that wrath on me if that is where I laid all my eggs.
so don’t fool your selves. None of Hillary’s lackies will say they would take the job until it was offered…beheadings would abound if they did and they didn’t get it.

There will be alot of higher ups who are not willing to be in the #2 spot. Due to lack of intelligence they would rather be racist and judge Obama by the color of his skin and not by the context of his character. As a matter of fact through out the entire campaign there has been some form of discrimination (race, gender, age, religion, etc.) People be wise, if you go Republican our children will be in the war and we will not be able to afford a darn thing. A vote for Obama in 2008 is much closer to our parents who may at one point been considered low-medium class.
Obama 08 Yes WE Can!! and that’s Change We all can believe in.

Strickland has been saying for years that he has NO DESIRE to be VP. The idea was floated 4 years ago as VP for Kerry and he said No. Strickland is 67 years old. He is too old to be VP.

Obama will pick Clinton as his VP. Go ahead and bet it. It’s the only LOGICAL choice.

A true Democratic leader. A true patriot!

That’s what I like a man that let you know where he is. Obama WATCH this man. And have other watch him.

Polls are useless at this early stage of the game….a total expolsive tape of something could change the course as last as October…..so I don’t ever look at polls (although I heard Obama should have a double digit lead from the bump he should have got from Hillary supporters).
I’m one of the 18 million cracks in her glass ceiling WHO WILL NEVER VOTE BO.
IF NOT HILLARY, THEN McCAIN ’08/HILLARY ’12

and geevil all your poll numbers are off…
and it is not just the bookies…the pollsters have numbers similar to the 2 to 1 chances it will be Obama.
He doesn’t need Strickland and Strickland knows it. and just like the other two unless they are offered it they better not say they would like it. Can you imagine how Bill and Hill would take them down if they did?
especially if they aren’t offered.

the primary votes tell the true story

Yet another elected Democrat who questions the DNC choice that they have attempted to shove down our throats.
What he’s really saying to all you stupid Obama supporters is: He’d rather be Governor of Ohio than a VP nominee when Obama’s ship sinks – maybe sooner than November too.

Hillary doesn’t want the VP spot…Obama needs to lose on his own and she can run again in ’12. Why should she turn over her 18 million voters (and delegates) to him…he limped to the finish line,losing 9 out of 14 primaries and the super dels had to push him over….disgusting that popular vote does nothing in Dem party. I bet their are party big wigs who won’t even be voting for him in Nov.
McCAIN ’08/HILLARY ’12
COUNTRY FIRST – PARTY/PROMISES SECOND.

Thank you, Gov. Strickland. It shows you have the courage of your convictions.

ROE V. WADE WILL NEVER BE OVERTURNED. DRAFT WILL NOT BE RE-INSTATED.
WHEN ARE OBAMABOTS GOING TO STOP FEAR MONGERING. WE CANNOT TURN BACK TIME TO 1968 OR 1974!
MAYBE YOU ALL THINK WE’RE GOING TO REINSTATE PROHIBITION TOO.
GEEZE.

John McCain spent 5 years in chains listening to anti-American propaganda and paid a dear price.
Barack Obama spent 20 years in a church pew listening to anti-American propaganda and gladly paid for the privilege.

No, OH will be McCain’s. Ohioans already told obama where to go. Strickland reinforces that view. He is not welcome here.

Oh wow – bookies are giving odds for obama’s vp and outcome?
Yeah, sure I’ll just vote on who my bookie tells me to vote huh?
Obama cult followers are using everything to make him look good – smoking is perfectly ok with them, lying is great with them, cheating is even better, but the best of course, is the race baiting and bigotry he sends out. Take a look at other websites besides MSNBC (who is so in bed with obama that they refuse to even print anything negative about him – they just ingnore it. Wait until we start ignoring MSNBC and they have no ratings) and you will find that there are not too many people who really think the golden Boy is that great. You know, make yourself so above everyone and everything that pretty soon people just see you for the phony you are and they are now starting to see this bag of wind.
Hooray for John McCain – you go!

and JayM
You are wrong about them being able to overturn it already… look at all their statements since being put in office.
one more federalist…anti-choice and yes it will probably be overturned.
I am not doing that as fear mongering…it is the TRUTH…duh.

CalifLady
but there are a lot of people who think Obama is great…but I guess you would have to read a paper or turn on your tvv to see that.
oh and it’s not just bookies that have obama 2 to 1…check out some of our biggest pollsters.

Mark
Geevils numbers are wrong.

That is NOT good for Obama, though it would be GREAT if he would agree to campaign for Obama.

Ask yourself
Are you better off now then 8 yrs ago? If so, vote McCain
If not vote Obama
It’s that simple

Hot in from Disneyland..Mickey Mouse just said he would not run with Obama or McCain. He said he is much too busy in his own Disneyland to compete with pros. Good lord give me a break. How many more nut jobs are the media going to interview to hype this raise!! Nice try folks!!

Maybe to much garbage to hide ???????

Obama/Webb is a good ticket but the VP list is long, with very qualified people. Most of America realizes what the republicans (there are a few left but they are voting Obama) are doing to this country. Ofcourse some Hillary supporters won’t support Obama but that is simply because of his race, which is sad because these are the same people that cry prejudice and say Hillary didn’t win because she was a woman. Wake up America!

Wow, what an opportunity for sabotage. Carry on.

Dem38,
Thanks a lot for your back up.
I have to admit that my english is not perfect because english is not my mother tounge, I speak 4 languages.
But,,I love to be American and grateful to live here.

Anyone who says that the polls are meaningless at this point is fooling themselves. Isn’t this the “historic” candidate? You think the polling doesn’t favor him now? Wait until states get a second look at Mr. uh uh uh … he doesn’t get any better.

How do you tell weakness or strength in national security?

Boy, is this post ever filled with BITTER HILLARY CLINTON supporters. Get over yourselves. Hillary lost, fair and square, and Obama will blow McCain out of the water in a landslide victory in November. COUNT ON IT!

Chris: Strickland refused the VP because he was a high profile backer of Hillary Clinton and what he said he meant and I was delighted to hear that. I don’t think Rendell will take the job either. Rendell was a backer of Hillary also. Obama is looking for someone that knows ten times more than he so they can teach him what he doesn’t know. And believe me he doesn’t know a lot. For a graduate of Harvard he certainly didn’t have the brains to pick the right associates.

Poor thing. Nobody wants to be with him.

Maggie, Geevil,
You are right.
What if Ed Rendell also doesn’t want to join him? That make it worst.————–
Rendell said on CNN the other night that he doesn’t like taking orders from others. He said he wouldn’t take it.

Some here don’t want to see what’s really behind Strickland’s and Rendell’s statements. They are simply saying “Obama, please choose Hillary”. That’s all. Why is it that some of the people posting comments here can’t see that. It’s crystal clear.

Mariann pepitone
you are right and all Obama disciples are wrogn about everything … they dont like to be called that but it will stick through the election and will hurt Obama.. they are novices and out of touch because they dont know much!

lani
Obama managed to change the rules and bylaws of the party in the middle of the contest after he saw he wasnt going to be contested in the caucuses… he originally thought he would win the popular vote and hillary the delegates so any way you slice it you still have a problem and we will call you on it all the way to the convention and beyond!

Dem38, you prove how silly you are…notice how Hillary gave up the ‘winning the popular vote’ talk after her big loss in Montana? Because she did lose the popular vote, even including FL and PR and EXCLUDING Iowa, Washington, Nebraska etc…if you still hold on to counting every vote in your popular vote count then please include the 10% of states that you’re currently excluding.

A very wise men not to run on a loosing ticket. I hope Senator Clinton is smart enough not to run as VP with Senator Obama too. The Dems are so smart when they loose this election by a landside they will think we choose the wrong Senator to put over the top.

I find it funny the Obama people say we don’t need this one or that one. Who will be left to vote for this empty suit?

Mariann, again, I’ll give you the notion that HRC would’ve had a better chance at FL and probably OH (certainly WV, KY, AR). Obama does much better in CO, NM, WA, OR, VA, NC, IA, MN, etc…
Just two different battle fields. And, again, just because you lose states in primaries doesn’t mean you will the general. I.E., NY, CA, and MA are still going to vote Dem big time. Also notice that he’s well ahead in PA. Hillary was a great candidate and much of the party liked BOTH candidates. She is/was the party, almost like an incumbant. She also had an historic campaign of her own. So a lot of people voting for her really like her, just as many really like Obama and many dislike both.
I can see people not voting for Obama that didn’t vote for Hillary. But, for those people to vote McCain frightens me. His foreign policy stances are even more hawkish than Bush, he’s completely anti-woman’s rights, and he admits he knows nothing about economics. So, if you like Hillary’s plan then I’d say don’t vote or vote nader, but a vote for McCain puts Hillary’s ideals back another two decades.
And finally, yes, he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He taught there as a lecturer for 12 years, while he was also a State Senator.

J-M
the bottom line is … Obama will not win the GE based on the Iraq war stance alone… it wont happen!

Dem38: What about the Iraq War stance? More 60% of the country now favors bringing troops home during 2009, rating it more important than ‘winning in Iraq’ as if that means anything.
Even southern states like GA, the majority say that, check out Rasmussen.
Sure, I can see him losing in certain scenarios, but not on the Iraq war.

Dem38:
Agreed, neither candidate will win on one issue, and most of them will depend on how they’re played, for example, Iraq could go to McCain as you say if it’s ‘better’ but it could also be spun, if it’s better, than why not remove the troops?
The economy will be the biggest issue, who comes across as helping the middle class (most people don’t care about the media’s stupid rantings over taxing Capital Gains). Who can change the energy policy, or create one I should say.
It won’t be a battle won over Rev. Wright or John McCain’s age…the economy’s too much a mess for that. So, John McCain has to prove that his policies are such a change that they can fix many of the situations were stuck in. I think that’s the true test. Fair or not, if he seems too much of a continuance people will either stay home or vote for the opposite (Obama) even though they find him potentially ‘too liberal.’

Mariann Pepitone
most of the time when a party decides on a nominee they do rally around the one candidate but with all the questions surrounding Obamas nomination and the popular vote/edelegate counts it doesnt feel right and I say that as a democrat that has enthusaistically supported candidates that were more image than substance before…NOT THIS TIME!

J,
I know. I don’t agree with either of their policies. So, it’s my choice to pick who’s I think is better at the moment…Others disagree, that’s why we have elections and they’ll vote for McCain, or someone else.
All I’m saying is that people shouldn’t vote for candidates just to ‘spite’ others, it’s not an eighth grade Student Body election.

Hillary in 2012? You’re dreaming. If she can’t deliver her voters, seh won’t get any African-American voters in the primary. She got 50% when it was her and Obama. If it were her and other candidates she would get creamed.

Hillary in 2012? You’re dreaming. If she can’t deliver her voters, seh won’t get any African-American voters in the primary. She got 50% when it was her and Obama. If it were her and other candidates she would get creamed.
Posted by: MarchingMorons———-
The AA vote only adds up to about 12-13%. Women account for well over 50%.

J – Exactly. And only 8%-9% actually voted, even though most knew Obama was running for president.
You need more then just one group of the electorate to win. White Blue-collar voters, Hispanics, Asians, African-Americans, Jews, Catholics, Young and old alike. Obama is NOT doing to well in many of these groups, which would spell trouble for ANY candidate.

Just Words,
You are right on all accounts. You would think the DNC would want to keep that 54% of women voter bloc wouldn’t you? That doesn’t even count in the white working class voters who voted for her and yes some of them were men.

Ohio will go for McCain in Nov. My guess is that Strickland wouldn’t make much of a difference. I wouldn’t say that it will be a landslide for McCain, but it shouldn’t be that close. Native Clevelander.

wow!!! If you so call hillary supporter’s want to vote for mcsain go
ahead and vote that way. But i gotta say you all sound like a bunch of old bitter sore loser’s, even hillary your
candidate is endorsing the big O, So go ahead and vote your vindictive
spiteful, pitterful emotion’s, and we “NORNAL” people will do the job of getting this country back
on the right track… Loser’s get ah life.

Any Democrat holding public office needs to be careful, when the smoke finally clears, I think some will be going down with Obama. looks like Ted Strickland is sending his constituents’ a clear message.

The more hateful Wright is, the more it *proves* how wicked Americans are… because we made him that way! So goes the logic: the worse a protected class behaves the more it proves those better behaved must be guilty and sinful, equality achieved! Twenty years ago, a person who had taken his little girls to the American equivalent of a weekly Nuremberg rally, since they were born, would have been thrown out by the DNC.

I honestly want McCain to win and for him to appoint 2 of the most conservative judges on the Supreme Court. I definitely would like to see Roe V Wade overturned it’s about time!
McCain ’08!

slobo, The problem with theories is that they’re based on the theorist’s biases.
When Obama loses will you and his supporters blame it on angy females or the reality that the majority of voters thought him too inexperienced, had too much baggage and just wasn’t up to the job?

Strickland is the kind of Democrat that’s killing the party. I live in Ohio. He is dull and lifeless. He’s a career ploitician with no ideas. I don’t think Obama would have picked him anyway. I don’t think he will pick Rendell either. Frankly, Obama needs to bring in something fresh. Those old goats that occupy the top tier of the Democratic Party need to go.

CNN,Msnbc, super delegates and Obama tore The Democratic party apart. By their asinine decision the country suffers.
Our only chance is to have Clinton as VP.
Good for Strickland, and as far as a token women, better give that idea up real quick and bury the Webb of Va idea, he is a women hater, documented a long time ago.

MIguy – you sound like an idiot. Truly. I’ve been a McCain supporter before it was ‘cool.’ I’m just speak my mind. I DO want McCain to get elected; that’s my right! As I stated you Obama and Hillary deserve each other. I can’t stand liberals. I do have my preference for someone with experience and someone who respect life – yes “life.” I’m pro-life and that’s my choice; just like I’m sure you have yours. I do pray for the day that Roe V Wade is overturned. Lastly, not everyone is an imposter like you all Democrats – pretending to be someone they are not.
McCain 08!

No worries, Jay… Thanks for the correction.

It is simply amazing that anyone is reading this as a rejection of Obama by Strickland.

He probably doesn’t want to be vp to Obama because anyone who is will be doing all of the work. Obama only knows how to give speeches. Besides, who wants to be offered the job just to try to gain unity in the party with Hillary’s supporters, as this article stated. People who are in politics love to tell you their accomplishments. No one wants to be remembered through history as the vp candidate who was picked just to pick up another candidates votes.

Maybe Ted don want to get under the bus.

It is worth noting that Strickland had previously disavowed any interest in serving as Hillary’s VP in equally unequivocal terms. This shouldn’t be perceived as a vote of no-confidence in Obama.
As far as Strickland preserving his reelection interests in “a very conservative state,” as an earlier poster suggested, is concerned, I would first of all disagree with that characterization of Ohio, and second of all suggest that it is irrelevant. If the ticket won, Strickland would be VP. If it lost, it would more than likely raise his profile in the state rather than decrease it. But that point is moot I suppose.

Hillary wont take the vp spot simply because when something goes wrong in his four years,if he can win, she doesnt want her name anywhere near it so she has a clean run in 2012 and believe me he will mess up something…

Obama’s ship will sink sooner or later and Strickland is smart enough to read the handwriting on the wall. Actually, just about anybody with half a brain should be able to read that handwriting on the wall…

I hope everyone stands up like this Governor. He knows what the score is.
He is to GOVERN,that is is his job.
Not take orders from Soros.
We have 2 choices. I have to go with McCain.

I am the proud mom of an Ohio Natl Guard soldier who was deployed for more than a year to Iraq, and this state continues to send troops to that hellhole and to support the Bush familie’s personal vendetta in an illegal and unjust war. Now I can once again cast my vote for Obama in the GE, knowing that the Gov. of this state will not be on the ticket. I’m a baby boomer and a lifelong Republican prior to this corrupt administration, and Strickland is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Can’t wait to vote him out of office either!

The reason Clinton supporters will not vote for Obama is because they are embarrassed of him, his life, his unfair tactics and his beliefs. And they still don’t know all about him.
They don’t want a candidate that has been in a twenty year relationship with Reverend Wright and the Trinity United Church of Christ.
They don’t’ want a candidate that has a twenty year relationship with Father Plaeger as his compass in life
They don’t want a candidate that went to a church that supports Louis Farrakhan, an anti Semitic racist.
They don’t want to defend Black Liberation theology.
They don’t want a candidate that lies about his relationship with Tony Rezko, the Syrian Criminal that sold his property to Obama and supported his campaign.
They don’t want a candidate that could work with a domestic terrorist, William Ayers.
They dont’ want a candidate that didn’t stand up for the voters of Michigan and Florida.
They don’t want a candidate that Hamas supports.
They don’t want a candidate that Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam supports
They don’t want a candidate that has a wife that has just now realized she liked our country
They don’t want a candidate that denies Florida and Michigan their voices
They don’t want a candidate that mentions 57 states in his speeches. 50 states in the USA and 57 states in the Nation of Islam (IOC website)
They don’t want a candidate that fights unfair and steals votes from his opponent.
The don’t want a candidate that feels sorry to leave a church that is anti American and preaches hatred and racial views that are cruel and nasty.
They don’t want a candidate that is inexperienced.
They don’t want a candidate that considers it a loss to not to be able to attend his anti American, racist Church.
They don’t want a candidate that has a Muslim father.
They don’t’ want a candidate that can’t win a debate
They don’t’ want a candidate that misleads the youth with an ‘obama girl and her behind in their face”
They don’t want a candidate that says he’s an African American and missed the MLK Remembrance Day and the Louisianna Black Caucus meeting
They don’t want a candidate that has done nothing for humanity except talk about it.
They dont’ want a candidate named; Barack Hussein Obama
He scares them to death.
He is embarrassing.
He is unelectable.

Like Obama, his supporters and this Obama’s DNC party are great at stealing people credits and are afraid to be accountable for their own action.
Obama is selected by the insiders while Hillary is elected by the people. So, if Obama looses then it is on his head and those who support a weak candidate. Stand up like a real leader!
The idea of having a repub president and a dem congress may be the best thing for the country now so that we can have real check and balance. It is a revolting fear tactic to play on women by playing the anti-abortion card! Remember, congress can block any crazy nomination for the supreme court from the president; that’s the power of the check and balance.
Voting for Obama is to run a risk of having the Bush’s 1st term again where we had a inexperienced president with a republican congress who just say ‘yes’.

It is rather disturbing when I say I will not vote for a man based on political reasons, the accusations of racism fly because of his skin color. I absolutely despise the ridiculousness of such low-life tactics. If that’s all you Obamanites have, you’re awfully pathetic. Children trying to play grown-up. As for these polls that show anyone other than a republican leading in Ohio, they’ve gone into the short north and selected the most liberal people to poll, because I’m from the state, and I see an overwhelming support for the white-haired hero. Those who say any one state doesn’t matter can think again. Ohio was the critical swing in the Bush election(okay, don’t put all of that on us–obviously others voted for him, too) I did not. But, this time around, I think McCain is just that much closer to reality. I hear, “change, change change” and see same, same, same …and get told regularly by the great orator that I’m just a BITTER American. Bite me. Bring on McCain! Strickland is making a very, very good choice to avoid association on that level. Politics require party support, so he’ll be forgiven his campaigning for the BO. Running on the ticket is a whole other animal. As for BO supporters, just because a man speaks beautifully of change it does NOT mean he can actually get it done. Several of the higher senators of his OWN party are supporting McCain. I believe that screams volumes of the capabilities,or lack thereof, of this young man. I think it is also amazing the blindness of those who say Obama won 30 states–how many of those are known red states? Let the media blind you. They have been glazed over since Iowa. What a let down the GE has become to those of you media hounds who were into the “celebrity death match” -esque of the Dem candidate competition. McCain doesn’t need to stoop to that level to get supporters. Perhaps that will pull the younger vote who need to be entertained by the mud throwing, but those of us who want substance, we’re not impressed. Rise above! Another problem I see with BO is that he launched a website to debunk the rumors about him! The media love fest must be over for him to feel he had to launch such a site. Yeah, I’m voting for that Obama drama….NOT!!!!

All this talk about VP. In all reality the VP is more important to Americans voting for McCain then for Obama because the possiblity all jokes aside is with McCain’s age they may have to complete his the remainder of his term should he become ill or worse. I don’t think his age will weather good with the being President. Look how Bill Clinton and George Bush Jr aged. They served 8 yrs in the office and their features looked as if they aged 20-25 yrs during that time. The everyday stress of being President is hard on the heart during times of peace I can’t imagine what it would do facing a war with no end in sight, a county that seems to be headed into a economic depression and the body needs rest to regenerate and with those 3 o’clock in the morning calls Hillary was talking about when does the President ever sleep. Seriously though I don’t think not wanting to be Obama’s VP is all about race with Strickland and some of the other people on the short list. This is reality Walter Mondale and Al Gore served as VPs and didn’t get elected president, and the VPs in the last terms have not been very impressive so why should they leave their state, let someone else take their seat who may be a republican, fight a battle on war and economy that this country has been losing, and face Hilary in the next run for President. I think they would like a little more job security I mean nobody becomes VP then go back and become a senator again. Its called job security why take the chance of letting someone else get their foot in the door in your state which you will problably have a political seat in as Governor or Senator until you decide to retire. I mean Rendell and Strickland are smart guys why not go out being a senior senator like Kennedy has been doing all these years I know I wouldn’t trade a moment of fame as VP with all the obstacles facing this county in the near future and the president’s rating is at an all time low when I can contribute still by remain where I am and serve the constituents I represent not for the next for years but maybe the next 40 yrs. These 2 people if they become VP have a lot to loose after the term is up they will be misplaced and homeless and needless to say jobless. Not everyone has done as well as Al Gore after being VP where is Mondale, Quale and how bad has Chaney’s health become since he has become VP. Rendell and Strickland are indeed smart men they aren’t looking at the battle the Democrats are fighting today they are looking to fight in the battles the Democrats will face in the future. You see some battles are won and some are lost but what is most important is who wins the war. You see they want to survive pass this Democratic battle for President which if fought intelligently is a sure win given the way the republicans have performed over the last 8 yrs that is if everyone democrat votes in the general election. So right now they are positioning and arming themselves to ensure that the Democrats win not just this battle but the majority of the battles that will occur 10 and 15 yrs from now ensuring the American people a victory in this war to protect is citizens and the “American Dream”