Ted Strickland

From The Room: Senator Obama: I Have Your Vice President

June 17, 2008 - Dear Senator Obama, Congratulations on becoming the democratic nominee for the 2008 presidential election! Now you face the daunting task of picking the perfect running mate. It's a difficult decision, one that could polarize your supporters and ultimately lose you the election. That's why I'd like...

Barack Obama's shortlist of people to be forgotten by history

June 12, 2008 - On Tuesday, Barack Obama's vice presidential shortlist was leaked to MSNBC. Several of the frontrunners, like Tim Kaine and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander...

Ted Strickland on Obama VP short list, still needs to work on fadeaway jumper

June 11, 2008 - According to Democratic sources, Aaron Pickrell, a key political aide to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, will manage Barack Obama's campaign for president in that state. Meanwhile, Strickland himself is on a short list of possible running mates for Obama, despite the governor's early support of Hillary Cl...

From The Room: Barack Obama's Vice President Will Be...

May 30, 2008 - Just the other day (okay, a month and a half ago) I was having an off-the-record conversation with an extremely influential leader of the netroots community. How influential? Let me put it this way: Without him, there would be no Ned Lamont. Given that triumph, we naturally wanted...

Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: Potential Democratic VPs

May 14, 2008 - As West Virginians hand Hillary Clinton a landslide victory over her (black, totally black and FYI, nightmarishly black) rival, Barack Obama, it's still virtually impossible for Clinton to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, since Obama leads her by nearly 200 delegates and nobody's makin...