WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After Sen. Barack Obama's decisive victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was reported expressing doubt to political colleagues about whether he could hold his state for Clinton during the two weeks remaining before Ohio's Democratic presidential primary March 4.Bob apparently didn't watch Fox News Sunday last week when Gov. Strickland was asked point blank by Chris Wallace if he would accept the Vice Presidential nomination and stated quite emphatically that he would not. I played the clip on the radio show last Monday. That doesn't mean he won't change his mind, but if he does, that clip will be played back to him over and over.
Polls taken before Wisconsin voted gave Clinton a double-digit lead in Ohio, a state necessary to sustain her presidential hopes. A Clinton win there also may be needed for Strickland's chances to be the vice presidential running mate for either Clinton or Obama.
Prospects for Strickland, a former member of Congress elected as governor in a 2006 landslide, are based on presuming he would help carry pivotal state Ohio for the Democrats. But that argument would be undermined if he cannot deliver for Clinton in the primary.
With the race closing in both states, even if Clinton wins Texas and Ohio the wins will probably be by small margins which means she'll still be well behind in the delegate race. In fact, in Texas she would win and actually end up with fewer delegates than Obama thanks to their screwy rules, thus dropping her even further behind.
The question now is this: When will she get out? Will she bail after a poorer than planned showing on March 4th? Will she keep trodding along through the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary? Will she push toward the convention and hope the superdelegates make the difference?
America wants to know.
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